Tag Archives: social justice
Fighting for solidarity
TweetThis past weekend’s CLPP reproductive justice conference, for me, was by far the hardest, most challenging and most rewarding yet. As I said on the Transfeminisms panel, I am really feeling the pressure of this particular political moment, where the divide between rich and poor in the US is more stark than ever and the [...]
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The Feministing Five: Julia Neubauer
TweetJulia Neubauer is the co-founder and CFO of the Ashraya Initiative for Children, an orphanage in Pune, India. Neubauer, who is originally from a small town in Austria, went to high school in India, where she was struck by how many small children she saw begging on the street, some of them orphans, but many [...]
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BREAKING: Oscar Grant’s killer, Johannes Mehserle, Gets Two Years in Prison
Tweet The San Jose Mercury News reports that Johannes Mehserle, the cop that killed Oscar Grant, has just received his sentence: Two years in prison, 146 days served. Colorlines has more. Tweet
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Access to safe and clean water is a fundamental human right
Tweet Today is Change.org’s Blog Action Day. They’ve picked the theme of Water for folks around the world to blog about and bring attention to the importance of access to clean and safe water as a human rights issue. Access to clean and safe water is something that we often take for granted living in [...]
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