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Blogging for Human Rights Day
posted on NOVEMBER 12, 2012 by Meredith Fenton
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Get ready to blog on the first ever Blogging for Human Rights Day!

TAGS: #Blog4HR, human rights, International Human Rights Day, UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Struggle: Timely, Chilling Documentary on Voter Suppression and Election Rigging
posted on OCTOBER 29, 2012 by Roger Hill
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Watch this new documentary on voter suppression for free.

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Middle of Nowhere- Film Review
posted on OCTOBER 12, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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A new film explores the impact of incarceration on the loved ones of those locked up.

TAGS: Middle of Nowhere, Books Not Bars
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It Is about Race
posted on JULY 26, 2012 by Jakada Imani
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How can we start to talk about race in our country, even when we'd rather not see the impacts of race?

TAGS: racial profiling, Aurora, Anaheim, Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, OPD, Manuel Angel Diaz, police violence, racism
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Two Heroes- One Media Darling
posted on MAY 14, 2012 by Javier Alvarado
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Contrasting the media coverage of two incidents where working class people took action to save a coworker.

TAGS: Racism in America
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Challenging the Model Minority Myth
posted on MAY 10, 2012 by Tara Ramanathan
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A few years later, my sister told me about a new organization called Bay Area Solidarity Summer. I read the organizations mission statement “Bay Area Solidarity Summer (BASS) is a collective run by diverse volunteers of South Asian descent

TAGS: model minority
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Having the Talk With My Son
posted on APRIL 16, 2012 by Shemika Skipworth
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Recently, I had the opportunity to be interviewed by the Oakland Tribune.  It was for  Hoodies: Why parents of teens of color have the 'survival' talk? in response to the murder of Trayvon Martin. 

TAGS: Trayvon Martin
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Having the Talk With My Son
posted on APRIL 16, 2012 by Shemika Skipworth
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Recently, I had the opportunity to be interviewed by the Oakland Tribune.  It was for  Hoodies: Why parents of teens of color have the 'survival' talk? in response to the murder of Trayvon Martin. 

TAGS: Trayvon Martin
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The Eve Ensler Cycle
posted on MARCH 19, 2012 by Tara Ramanathan
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A new play gives South Asian woman the opportunity to share their stories.

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Making Good: Let's Get to (Meaningful) Work
posted on FEBRUARY 28, 2012 by Hayes Morehouse
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In 2007, Paul Hawken published Blessed Unrest, which documented a new type of movement. One which has no single leader, but in which many people are leading. There are literally millions of organizations large and small that were -- and still are -- growing a new type of movement.

TAGS: Billy Parish, Dev Ajula, Making Good
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