December 2011
Arizona Judge Rules Mexican American Studies... →
nezua:
angryfuckingliberal:
PHOENIX (AP) - An administrative law judge ruled Tuesday that a Tucson school district’s ethnic studies program violates state law, agreeing with the findings of Arizona’s public schools chief. Judge Lewis Kowal’s ruling marked a defeat for the Tucson Unified School District, which appealed the findings issued in June by Superintendent of Public Instruction John...
thinking about something teebs is working on and...
ultramaricon:
and that maybe life is not a flow of time but one frame replacing the next
so you can excise entire spans, like childhood, and replace them with
love | love | love | love | love | love | love | love | love | love
“The U.S. Government doesn’t drop bombs on people because of their race....”
– Norman Solomon, This War and Racism (via darkjez)
speaking of bombs, how bout this truth bomb?
(via velocicrafter)
QWOCMAP FILMMAKER TRAINING PROGRAM →
thegang:
Each year, QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS PROJECT offers 4 free Filmmaking Workshops through our award-winning Training Program. Our workshops serve teenagers to elders. To better serve our community, QWOCMAP has conducted Training Program workshops specifically for youth (ages 18 to 25), queer folks of color who are butch/genderqueer/transgender, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African...
“As the content of the question ‘Who?’, Filipina subjectivity consists of modes...”
– Neferti Tadiar, “Filipinas ‘Living in a Time of War’” (via sapagitan)
Queerly: Transgender Group Starting January 12... →
queerly:
Title: Transgender Group Therapy Date: Thursdays starting January 12th, 2012. Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Repeats: This event repeats every week. Location: 725 Washington St. Suite 213 Oakland, CA 94607. Limit: 8-10 people. Rates: $35-50 per session. Contact: Call to schedule an…
Reuters Special Report: Ciudad Juarez, a city... →
quelola:
mohandasgandhi:
welp. we have americas “war on drugs” to blame for this.
Defending Democracy: Confronting Modern Barriers... →
On December 5, 2011, the NAACP released a new report revealing direct connections between the trend of increasing, unprecedented African American and Latino voter turnout and an onslaught of restrictive measures across the country designed to stem electoral strength among communities of color.
The report, Defending Democracy: Confronting Modern Barriers to Voting Rights in America, details a...
NAACP report highlights current efforts to keep... →
atinaLista — “We are experiencing an assault on voting rights that is historic, both in terms of its scope and intensity.”
That one line that sums up the foundation for a new report released today by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund titled DEFENDING DEMOCRACY: Confronting Modern Barriers to Voting Rights in America.
As a result of the 2010 Census and the...
“‘There are moments,’ writes poet Charles Simic, ‘when true...”
– Boboland Cronicas - National and topical commentary about about politics, Mexicans, Chicanos, Mexican-Americans, Latinos, Raza, racists, Aztlán, the Americas, Guadalupe, Segundo Barrio, immigrants, living in El Chuco, Tejas. 80 % brown, music, poetry, religion, local politics, one of the most...
“This is what I mean: What’s made of genetics—body knowledge is what’s important....”
– Octavia Butler re: Human Genome Project and it’s subsequent “revelations” about humanity (“Radio Imagination”: Octavia Butler on the Poetics of Narrative Embodiment; MELUS, vol 26, no. 1, p. 58)
I’m just gonna leave this here.
(via note-a-bear)
1,100-year-old Mayan ruins found in North Georgia →
Topics: North Georgia Archaeologists ♦ Richard Thornton ♦ University of Georgia archeologist
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in the mountains of North Georgia believed to be at least 1,100 years old. According to Richard Thornton at Examiner.com, the ruins are reportedly what remains of a city built by Mayans fleeing wars, volcanic eruptions, droughts and...
salmonrojo: Red Salmon Arts →
hello everyone,
i have been a part of Red Salmon Arts/Save Our Youth in Austin for the last seven year either as a volunteer or employee. and, i wholeheartedly believe in the work that we do, especially with currently and formerly incarcerated youth.
i don’t normally do this, but i am asking folks in the tumblr universe to donate to our nonprofit. we are very a grassroots,...
Library of Free Public Education for All, Free of... →
cwnl:
A comprehensive site providing thousands of downloadable Video lectures, Live Online Tests,etc in the fields of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management and Accounting, Dentistry, Nursing, Psychology, History, Language Training, Literature, Law, Economics, Philosophy,Astronomy, Political Science etc FREE to its visitors…
This site...
“The specificity of the language is sometimes necessary because quite often the...”
– dorothy allison, notes to a young feminist (via negationparty
)
SOPA Supporters.pdf (application/pdf Object) →
technocraticus:
60 Plus Association ABC Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP) American Federation of Musicians (AFM) American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Americans for Tax Reform Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States Association of American Publishers (AAP) Association of State Criminal...
“Save your “garbage” for a week, packaging, and containers, especially plastics....”
– (Soma)tic Poetry Exercises: #56 OIL THIS WAR! (via writeaction)
Notable deaths of 2011 - latimes.com →
Phoebe Snow
( Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images )
The singer gained fame with her 1974 hit, “Poetry Man.” She received wide acclaim for her self-titled album, which showed off her multi-octave range and musical versatility. She had suffered a brain hemorrhage in January 2010. She was 60. Full obituary
Notable deaths of 2011 - latimes.com →
Gil Scott-Heron
( Mischa Richter )
The singer and poet “set the template‘“for rap music. He combined social and political commentary with spoken words and musical grooves in ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ and other songs. He was 62. Full obituary