Friday, April 30, 2010
Feminists Care for Everyone: Humans & Animals Alike
Weekly Feminist Jobs Digest: 4/24/2010 - 4/30/2010
Weekly Feminist Jobs Digest: 4/24/2010 - 4/30/2010 The Weekly Feminist Jobs Digest is a service of the Feminist Majority Foundation, made possible through the support of individuals like you. Your contribution is vital to the continued success of our empowering work. (DC Metro Region - 4/21/2010) Title: Paid, Two-Year Health Policy Fellowship Organization: National Women's Law Center http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26908 (DC Metro Region - 4/23/2010) Title: Press Secretary Organization: Human Rights Campaign http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26914 (DC Metro Region - 4/23/2010) Title: Clinic Manager - Santa Rosa CA Organization: Women's Health Specialists a Feminist Women's Health Center http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26912 (East Coast - 4/21/2010) Title: Pro-Bono Visiting Lawyer: Law School Initiative Organization: Center for Reproductive Rights http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26903 (East Coast - 4/21/2010) Title: Pro-Bono Visiting Lawyer: U.S. Legal Program Organization: Center for Reproductive Rights http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26904 (East Coast - 4/21/2010) Title: Pro-Bono Visiting Lawyer: International Legal Program Organization: Center for Reproductive Rights http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26905 (East Coast - 4/21/2010) Title: Trainer Organization: Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26907 (East Coast - 4/23/2010) Title: Outreach Coordinator Organization: Free Press http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26918 (Midwest - 4/23/2010) Title: Communications Director Organization: United Council of UW Students, Inc http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26916 (Midwest - 4/23/2010) Title: Inclusivity Director Organization: United Council of UW Students, Inc http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26915 (Southeast - 4/21/2010) Title: Photographer-Bureau (12545) Organization: Central Florida News 13 http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26910 (Southwest - 4/21/2010) Title: Superintendent- Federal Construction Organization: DWG & Associates http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26906 (Southwest - 4/23/2010) Title: Voter Engagement Table Coordinator Organization: Texas Organizing Project Education Fund http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26913 NEW FEMINIST INTERNSHIPS (Southwest - 4/21/2010) Title: Food Delivery: Deliver Food to Domestic Violence Shelter Twice a Week Organization: Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26911 (Southwest - 4/21/2010) Title: Microsoft Access Database Technician Organization: Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=26909 |
Don't count her out: Jennifer Brunner can win Ohio Senate Primary
The polls would have you believe that Jennifer is out of this race. But I'm here to tell you that this race is neck and neck.
"As per the poll that you are dead in the water I have one thing to say." And then he attached a picture of President Truman holding up a paper that says, "Dewey Defeats Truman."
I'm telling you this race is still a toss-up. With Brunner driving around the state, meeting residents face-to-face, we still have the chance to earn the support needed in this primary.
And gaining enthusiastic support isn't difficult once someone meets Jennifer. People connect with her vision for Ohio and quickly come to understand why she is the best person to represent them in the Senate. Her commitment, determination, and compassion will make her an effective and bold U.S. Senator, which is what Washington really needs.
If you want to see for yourself - watch this video of Jennifer talking about her true belief in being a public servant--not just a politician.
Jennifer also has amazing supporters who keep her campaign going day after day. They give gifts, contributions and smiles. They make homemade signs and greet her at every bus stop with applause and cheers.
She hasn't backed down from this primary, and she won't back down from her beliefs in Congress.
I spoke with one man who told me, "I think we need more women in office. I'm the feminist of the family, and we need Jennifer Brunner in the Senate." This man is now making phone calls for Brunner, and she needs everyone's help, all across the county, to ensure Jennifer's victory on May 4.
If you believe that we need more than 17 women in the Senate; if you want your voice hear loud and clear in our government; if the idea of a true public servant protecting your needs; and if you want real change and fresh perspective in Washington, then you should do whatever you can for Jennifer Brunner.
You can email Brian Morgan, bmorgan@jenniferbrunner.com, to get more information on how to help. Write "WCF Volunteer" in the subject line.
Ohio and America are counting on you. Please help spread the word by sharing my blogpost and Jennifer's video with everyone you know. Together, we can pave the path for one more strong woman in the Senate.
Julie Daniels
WCF Political Programs Manager
Summary of NOW Northeast Regional Conference & Our Workshop
- Recognizing that the world is governed by patriarchy and its terrible effects on women and girls
- Understanding that women’s rights are human rights
- Accepting moral responsibility for the consequences of patriarchal thinking and behavior
Girls Investigate: Is the Media a Mirror?
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Spring Soiree, Tues, May 4, Immigration Rally, Sat, May 1, and more!
NPA-NY SPRING SOIREE 2010!
TUESDAY, MAY 4TH, 7:30 TO 10PM
Find out about other exciting initiatives - locally and globally.
Great music! DJ Brother John and Sista Manisha. Huge selection of margaritas. Good food. Hosted by the National Physicians Alliance - NY. Co-hosted by NYCforChange.
RSVP: npa.spring@gmail.com; Spread the word!
PARTNER EVENTS
Bring 'em on.
NYCforChange
National Physicians Alliance
Take Action: Stop the Global Gag Rule -- Permanently!
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Action Needed Background All NOW Actions Take action NOW! | Stop the Global Gag Rule -- Permanently!
Send a message to members of your congressional delegation urging their support of the Global Democracy Prevention Act. The Global Gag Rule is a repressive U.S. policy that denies women and girls the fundamental right to exercise control over their reproductive lives. The rule restricts foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive U.S. family planning dollars from utilizing their own non-U.S. funds to perform legal abortion services, advocate for abortion law reform in their own countries, or to dispense accurate medical counseling on abortion or abortion referrals. In countries where women are still second-class citizens and live at an elevated risk of violence, economic insecurity, and rape, the Global Gag Rule is especially harmful and inhumane. The Global Gag Rule was first imposed by the Reagan administration, then lifted when Bill Clinton came into office, then reinstated by George W. Bush, and now lifted once again by President Obama. Women who needed access to abortion and whose lives were unnecessarily put at risk because of the Global Gag Rule were the primary victims of this ideological tag of war. For their sake, we have to make sure that this time the Global Gag Rule doesn't make a comeback. Take Action NOW! The Global Gag Rule derives its name from the fact that it restricts freedom of speech on abortion-related issues and thus severely undermines women's health care by preventing access to abortion and even reducing access to contraceptives. A study by the Guttmacher Institute in 2009 found that almost 20 million unsafe abortions occur each year in 197 countries surveyed. Ensuring the permanent abolition of the Global Gag Rule would mean reduction of the 52 million unintended pregnancies and prevention of 75,000 deaths that result each year from unsafe abortions. Additionally, assuring access to contraceptives is vital to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted infections. The Global Democracy Promotion Act (H.R. 4879/S. 311) was re-introduced in mid-March by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) to bar future administrations from unilaterally imposing the Global Gag Rule. Currently, advocates of the Global Democracy Promotion Act are looking for additional co-sponsors in the hope that critical mass can be reached for its inclusion in the FY 2011 State Foreign Operations appropriations bill. Earlier this month, nearly 300 organizations -- including NOW -- signed a letter to House and Senate leaders in support of the legislation. We must pass this bill to make sure that tens of thousands of women do not die because of a cruel and inhumane policy imposed by the U.S. government. Please contact your representatives and ask them to co-sponsor the Global Democracy Promotion Act, so that women and girls can have secure access to reproductive health care. Your voice can make a difference in lives of many women. TAKE ACTION NOW! Ask your members of Congress to co-sponsor the Global Democracy Promotion Act.
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4/30 - 5/2: Meet National NOW President Terry O'Neill
Meet National NOW President Terry O'Neill NOW President Terry O'Neill will be spending three days in the Rochester, Seneca Falls, and Finger Lakes area April 30 - May 2, 2010 (For her full schedule go to http://www.nownys.org/oneill_visit.html) Unless noted otherwise, the events are free and open to the public. Friday, April 30: 10 - 11:30 am Terry will speak on the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the ERA at the UR Interfaith Chapel Sanctuary 1 - 2 pm Terry will be the featured guest on WXXI Radio 1370 Connection 7 - 9 pm Join a discussion with Terry on a variety of subjects at a Rochester NOW meeting, First Unitarian Church, 220 S. Winton Rd. Saturday, May 1: Join Terry on a Feminist Finger Lakes Wine Tour, 10am - 4 pm. The bus leaves from Seneca Falls, NY. Cost for non-NOW members $60 for non-NOW members. This includes a NOW yearly membership, a years membership to the Women's National Hall of Fame, a complimentary tour of the Hall of Fame, and the Bus ride. ($40 for NOW members-Inncludes membership to Women's Hall of Fame, tour of the Hall and the Bus ride. Sunday, May 2: Brunch at the Susan B. Anthony House for college, university, high school students and young feminists and their teachers. Registration required. For more information about all these events, including registration information, go to http://www.nownys.org/oneill_visit.html Please pass this one to all of your like minded friends. |
Female Bangladeshi Forces Carry Hope to Haiti
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Thursday, April 29, 2010 | ||
TODAY'S UPDATE
WeNews correspondent
Thursday, April 29, 2010
A police officer just laughed and told her it was the problem of Rene Preval, president of the country that on Jan. 12 suffered an earthquake that killed approximately 230,000 people and left upwards of 1.3 million homeless.
"They did nothing," Delva told Women's eNews in a phone interview, assisted by a Creole translator from the camp Champ-de-Mars, in Port-au-Prince, home to roughly 50,000 people. "The only help we found came from members of the camp."
Today or tomorrow an all-female policing unit is journeying from Bangladesh to protect and serve as allies to Haitian women, said Gerardo Chaumont, police commissioner of the U.N.'s Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
Exactly how they will accomplish that, however, is hard to ascertain from official interviews.
The Haiti U.N. mission's police spokesperson Fred Blaise said the new female policing unit will be stationed at the U.N. headquarters in Delta Camp, in Tabarre, just north of Port-au-Prince. The policewomen will work on a rotating basis inside the U.N.'s approximately 700 makeshift camps for internally displaced persons, where they will be responsible for crowd control, disturbances and other regular duties, just as their male counterparts, he said in an e-mail interview.
That doesn't necessarily mean immediate or direct help for Delva, a co-coordinator of KOFAVIV, a Haitian grassroots female empowerment organization.
"What we need is security," Delva said. "Right now we have none and the rapes are happening not only at night, but in the daytime."
Tracking Sex Assault Victims
She and her partner, Malya Villard Appolon, 50, both say they will continue tracking victims of sex assault in Champ-de-Mars and other camps for displaced Haitian women and girls.Delva and Villard live together with 18 extended family members, including their six and eight children, respectively, in one tent. They work daily to document reports of sexual violence in the crowded, poorly lit camps, which lack private bathing facilities. They then guide the women to medical clinics and police posts to report the crime, a vain effort they often find.
"Almost every day we are taking testimony of someone who has been raped," said Delva through translator Beverly Bell, an American social justice activist who has worked closely with the activist group for years. "Every day in the hospital we find someone who has been raped."
Chaumont denied that Haitian police are unwilling to aid civilians and report and follow up on cases of sexual assault.
"Many police also suffered the loss of families so at the beginning, following the earthquake, they were focused on saving their own relatives and helping themselves" the police commissioner told Women's eNews. "But that isn't the case anymore. Security is under control. We have police posts stationed, with women there, where you can go and report these crimes."
When pressed about Delva's case specifically, Chaumont said he has not heard of any such disregarded incidents, but that doesn't mean they don't exist, he conceded.
Relief and reconstruction efforts are underway, but sexual violence has worsened in the temporary housing camps, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose-Migiro said in an April 15 press conference in response to a question from Women's eNews.
Raising Cautious Hope
Edmond Mulet, head of the Haiti U.N. mission, said he hopes the Bangladeshi troops will prove as helpful as the U.N.'s first all-female unit, which came from India, was in Liberia, where rape was used as a systematic weapon of war during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Bangladeshi troops will be operating in a post-disaster zone, not a post-conflict zone as was the case in Liberia. But officials say that in addition to sex assault in the camps, Haiti has a rooted history of sexual assault that merits increasing women's protection.
The three-year-old all-female units in Liberia are widely credited with encouraging women to report on sex assault.
"It's a whole world of difference for women who have been victimized to see women police, and we see the reporting of cases of gender-based sexual crimes increase when they are there," said Lee Angela Biason, a gender affairs associate for the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping, in a recent interview.
The Liberian all-female deployment has also been credited with providing women with a positive role model. An example of that is the slight but significant increase in women's participation in Liberia's national security forces. In 2008 women constituted almost 13 percent of Liberia's national police force and by the following year, 2009, the figure was up to 15 percent, according to the U.N. mission in Liberia.
Increase in Female Peacekeepers
Female peacekeepers from Austria, Rwanda and Nigeria, as well as an additional female unit from India, are slated to be deployed to various countries in the coming months, Biason said.Women currently make up 6.5 percent of U.N. peacekeeping forces, but a recruitment effort aims for 20 percent by 2014, Biason said.
At Delva's Champ-de-Mars camp, KOFAVIV organizers--all victims of sexual assault themselves--found in a recent informal survey an average of 15.3 incidents of rape in the two months, per camp, following the earthquake.
Bell, the American activist, noted that almost none of the organizers are literate and that their work cannot replace formal documentation, which does not exist.
The earthquake destroyed the formal data system for tracking and reporting cases of gender-based sexual violence that the United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, was developing.
Bell said it's hard to know how these numbers would compare to an intensive assessment, but the testimony of girls and women she recently met reveal an overwhelming atmosphere of fear in the camps.
"I spoke with a woman who sleeps with a machete under her blanket, in case men come after her 18-year-old daughter who sleeps next to her," Bell said. "I heard from a woman in the general hospital of a 1-½-year-old baby whose mother's boyfriend raped her."
Delva says her group is continuing its difficult work in the camps, as she also tries to find a way for her family and herself out of the tent city.
Appolon, her co-coordinator, said they have a responsibility to defend girls and women who are living in the camps. "The police are crazy and laugh when we tell them these things, but we cannot stop doing what we are doing. There is no other way," she said.
Amy Lieberman is a journalist based out of the U.N. Secretariat, where she writes primarily for a Brazilian newswire.
For more information:
Lambi Fund of Haiti:http://www.lambifund.org/
Other Worlds:
http://www.otherworldsarepossible.org/
Don’t be confused about health reform – come to a teach-in!
A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 55% of Americans say they are confused about the law and 56% say they don't yet have enough information to understand how it will affect them personally. Is this you? It doesn't have to be! Come to one of the health care reform presentations I'm giving next week! Monday, May 3 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PMJohn Jay College / CUNY 445 West 59th Street, Room 2200 New York, NY 10019 Hosted by Arlene Geiger, Upper West Side Baby Boomers for Obama's Agenda RSVP here Wednesday, May 5 from 7:45 PM - 9:45 PMSt. Luke's Church 133-21 232nd Street Laurelton, Queens, NY 11413 Hosted by Councilman James Sanders and Queens County for Change RSVP here Reminder – March for Immigration Reform this Saturday, May 1st, at 11 AMAssemble at the StoryCorps booth at Foley Square (on the corner of Worth & Centre) We are united—the employed and the unemployed, the documented and the undocumented, the organized and the unorganized, the people of diverse races and ethnicities who live and work in New York City. We are marching to demand an economic policy that supports rather than destroys the lives of the working-class majority, one that supports rather than attacks the traditional source of New York's wealth—immigrants. RSVP here or on MyBo Can't make the rally? On Friday, the New York Immigration Coalition is sponsoring a Call-in Day to Senator Schumer: 212-486-4430 Every day without immigration reform, immigrant communities are terrorized and families are torn apart – from Arizona to Long Island. Every day without immigration reform, over 1,000 immigrants are deported. Senator Schumer promised us an immigration reform bill. We need him to deliver, now more than ever. |
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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Monday, April 26, 2010
N.Y. Gov.'s Protection-Order Probe Spotlights Risks
http://youngfeministtaskforce.blogspot.com/2010/03/paterson-disappoints-women-of-ny-state.html
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WeNews correspondent
Monday, April 26, 2010
While that answer is not yet known, safety advocates do know a lot about the ways those seeking protection orders can be stymied.
Only about 20 percent of the 1.5 million people victimized by intimate partner violence every year obtain protection orders, according to a 2000 study cited on the Web site of the Denver-based National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Even when victims do obtain these orders, it's no guarantee they'll actually receive protection.
"Approximately one-half of the orders obtained by women against intimate partners who physically assaulted them were violated," the coalition says on its site.
Sandra Park, a New York City-based staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union's Women's Rights Project, says police often do not take domestic violence calls seriously.
"There's still this underlying notion that violence perpetrated within the home or within the marriage is somehow acceptable because it's within the context of the relationship," Park said. "I think that [notion] is certainly rooted in our history of husbands having control over the marriage and the family."
Significant and unrecognized barriers for women in accessing protective orders were identified in a September 2009 study funded by the National Institute of Justice in Washington, D.C. The study interviewed more than 200 women in Kentucky who had obtained protective orders, as well as law enforcement officials and victims' advocates.
The study focused exclusively on Kentucky, but Rob Valente, general counsel for the National Network to End Domestic Violence in Washington, D.C., said it also revealed hurdles that domestic violence victims face in other states.
"When I read the results of the Kentucky study, it seemed remarkably consistent with my experiences," Valente said. "This really gets it. They've really captured what's going on."
Protection Order Restrictions
Kentucky state law does not allow victims to file for protection orders against an abuser whom they were only dating, according to the report. Instead, they must have been married to their abuser, have lived with the abuser or had a child in common with the abuser.The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence's Web site says Kentucky legislation is "pending to include current or former dating partners."
It is often difficult to serve the abuser with notice of a protection order, without which the order cannot be enforced. Speaking broadly about these challenges, Park, the American Civil Liberties Union staff attorney, cited factors including abusers who dodge service and the cost to victims of getting the notice served.
Courthouse employees and law-enforcement officials may also be uncooperative with petitioners and even try to discourage them from filing for protection orders in the first place, the Kentucky report finds.
In a section of the report focused on victims who have filed and dropped multiple protection orders, the authors find that judges frequently view multiple petitions for a protective order by the same victim as undercutting that person's credibility. Abusers with connections to judges often try to exploit those connections or even offer bribes.
The report also listed "fear of retaliation, no faith in the justice system, lack of resources or support, embarrassment, fear of being blamed or not believed and fear of child protective services involvement" as factors standing in the way of domestic violence victims seeking and obtaining protection orders.
Valente, at the National Network to End Domestic Violence, said many victims find the legal process intimidating and time consuming.
"The follow-up is hard. A lot of people in a very difficult situation will go out and get that protective order and then life overwhelms them," Valente said. "A lot of these folks are really struggling with balancing work, taking care of their kids, taking care of other obligations in their life. And court isn't very flexible."
Intimated and Reluctant
Park said that most victims applying for protection orders do not have a lawyer with them, which can make going to court all the more intimidating. Those without U.S. citizenship, Park said, may be particularly reluctant to seek protection."A lot of immigrants will not want to seek out court assistance," Park said, "because they're afraid that a court is an unsafe place for them if they're undocumented."
Another factor frightening victims from seeking protection orders is housing discrimination.
Park said that landlords sometimes use whether someone has had a protection order as a criterion to screen applicants. She added that many towns, especially in the Midwest, are passing ordinances that evict tenants if they call police to their home more than three times in a year; many of these ordinances, Park said, do not take into account whether the calls were deemed to be justified or not.
"It's being seen as a way to help with town budgets on police services," Park said, "but we certainly think it's problematic in this context."
Laws governing protection orders vary from state to state. For instance, according to the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, several states do not grant protection orders for adult "dating violence." Most states do grant such orders, but in some instances there are significant caveats; in Montana, for example, the dating partners must be of the opposite sex.
The length of final protection orders in many states is one year or less. In many states, judges have considerable discretion regarding the length of the order.
"Despite three decades of research on various aspects of protective orders," the Kentucky report noted, "there is still no comprehensive picture of how they are implemented in various jurisdictions across the country or their effectiveness in providing increased safety for partner violence victims."
After receiving a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 2006, Tony Richards served for three years as the editor in chief of the Highbridge Horizon, a publication covering a section of the South Bronx. He has written about a broad range of topics, including arts and culture, education, housing and police brutality and has a particular interest in issues of human rights and social justice.
For more information:
State-by-state information on obtaining protective orders, Womenslaw.orghttp://www.womenslaw.org/
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
http://www.nnedv.org/
The Kentucky Civil Protective Order Study: A Rural and Urban Multiple Perspective Study of Protective Order Violation Consequences, Responses, and Costs
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228350.pdf
France and Belgium Move Toward Veil Bans
The Weekly Feminist News Digest is a service of the Feminist Majority Foundation Apr 23 2010 Mississippi, Louisiana, Moving to Ban State-Backed Insurance Abortion Coverage The Mississippi and Louisiana state legislatures are both moving to pass legislation that would ban abortion coverage in each state's respective health insurance exchange being created as a result of the new federal health care package... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12365 Apr 22 2010 France and Belgium Move Toward Veil Bans French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced yesterday that he plans to introduce a ban prohibiting women from wearing a full veil in public... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12363 Apr 21 2010 Oklahoma Senate Passes Five New Anti-Choice Bills The Oklahoma Senate Health and Human Services Committee passed five new abortion restriction bills Monday... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12361 Apr 20 2010 Obama Administration to Rescind Bush-Era Title IX Sports Regulation The Obama Administration will rescind a Bush-era sports policy regulation on Title IX... http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12357 |
OTHER WEEKLY NEWS |
Apr 23 2010 - Missouri State Senate Passes Expanded Abortion Bill http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12366 Apr 22 2010 - Tennessee Legislators Approve Ban on State-Backed Insurance Abortion Coverage http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12364 Apr 21 2010 - Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Hastings Law Student Group Discrimination Case http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12362 Apr 20 2010 - Dorothy Height Remembered for Her Many Contributions to the Women's Movement http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12358 Apr 20 2010 - Annual Equal Pay Day to Recognize Ledbetter Act, Paycheck Fairness Act http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=12359 |
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Rallies this week for Immigration Reform, Wall Street Reform & more!
From Greater NYC for Change:Arizona passed an anti-immigrant law that threatens to 'undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans.'The Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to corporate donations in political campaigns.A tone-deaf Wall Street is resisting long overdue financial regulatory reforms.Well, don't get mad – get organized! Come to these events this week and help us keep our country moving forward!
Wednesday, April 28th, 7:45 - 9 PM
The Price of Democracy: Corporate Money in Politics
Come see a vigorous debate about corporate cash in our democracy in the wake of the Citizens United decision. Featuring special guests State Senator Daniel Squadron, campaign finance expert Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, and election lawyer/professor Jerry H. Goldfeder. (Co-sponsored by Living Liberally, Act Now!, Manhattan Young Democrats and many, many others.)
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Thursday, April 29th, 4 - 6 PM
March On Wall Street
Join AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and thousands of union and community activists from across the country marching down Broadway into the heart of the financial district in support of Wall Street reform. RSVP on MyBo
Saturday, May 1st, 11 AM
March & Rally for Labor, Immigrant Rights & Jobs for All!
We are united—the employed and the unemployed, the documented and the undocumented, the organized and the unorganized, the people of diverse races and ethnicities who live and work in New York City. We are marching to demand an economic policy that supports rather than destroys the lives of the working-class majority, one that supports rather than attacks the traditional source of New York's wealth—immigrants.