Activism
Highlighting an open letter now co-signed by 175 teachers that urges educators around the world to cancel classes and join the global climate strike scheduled for Sept. 20, two of the original signatories published an op-ed in The Guardian Friday explaining why striking “in the name of climate justice is a resounding endorsement of learning.” #globalclimatestrike
Environmental activists are hoping to bring Washington, D.C. to a “gridlocked standstill” next month with a massive act of civil disobedience aimed at disrupting business as usual and getting the attention of members of Congress standing in the way of bold climate action. #ShutDownDC #ClimateStrike #CivilObedience
Beyond protests and petitions, there are hundreds of ways to work for change. Here are seven ways we can connect to the power of removing our consent and cooperation, refusing to go along with injustice, and intervening in the destructive practices that cause harm. #peoplepower
Three days after 22 people were killed in a mass shooting that targeted Latinos in El Paso Texas, progressive social justice groups gathered in Washington, D.C. to declare that “white supremacy kills” and demand concrete action from lawmakers to combat white nationalist terrorism. #WhiteSupremacyKills
Rejecting the notion that denouncing the Trump administration’s immigrant detention centers as “concentration camps” does harm to the memory of the Holocaust, 200 Jewish people demonstrated at a facility in New Jersey Sunday evening and demanded the release of the thousands of immigrants in U.S. custody. #NeverAgainIsNow
How can you know someone is an awaken human being? The author explains how we identify someone who is awake as opposed to someone who is just properly informed.
“This is not only about coal power,” said one Ende Gelände spokesperson. “This is about changing a destructive system that is based on the quest for infinite economic growth and exploitation. We are fighting for a future in which people count more than profits”. #EndeGelaende #ClimateJusticeNow
16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and the youth-led movement she inspired were honored Friday with Amnesty International’s top human rights award.
What leads us to dehumanize groups of people we don’t even know? How can we find common ground?
In the war on freedom of speech, Assange is asking everyone else who stands against corruption to take his place and keep speaking truth to power.
An developer is planning to build a new housing and entertainment development just 10 miles from the Grand Canyon, but an activist’s viral tweet urged opponents to contact a local town council to stop the plan from going forward.
In a rebuke to the Trump administration’s cruel immigration policies and rhetoric, world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma gave a performance at the U.S.-Mexico border on Saturday, where he praised culture’s ability to “build bridges, not walls.” #buildbridgesnotwalls
“We are unstoppable. Another world is possible.” That was the message of the youth-led School Strike for Climate movement on Friday as hundreds of thousands of students across the globe walked out of class and flooded the streets to demand immediate action against the ecological crisis, which threatens to render the planet uninhabitable for future generations. #ClimateStrike #SchoolsStrike4Climate
If you want to get involved in the fight to end homelessness, there is volunteer work, financial or material contributions, advocacy efforts, and continued self-education programs in which you can get involved that make sense for your budget and schedule. #endhomelessness
After spending several hours at the U.S.-Mexico border with attorneys and immigrant rights advocates on Saturday, 29 parents separated from their children then deported under President Donald Trump’s so-called “zero tolerance” policy were allowed to take a crucial step toward applying for asylum and reuniting with their kids. #ReunifyFamilies
