The human rights story and the population that you’re NOT hearing about on the news.
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From The Legal Aid Society: “Rikers is the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis across the country, with an infection rate 7.5x that of NYC and 73x that of the United States. This is what happens when you warehouse people with no ability to social distance and a lack of sanitation supplies.”
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Although the day wasn't officially recognized until 1977 by the United Nations, the history of the celebration can be traced back to the early 20th century, thanks to labor movements across North America and Europe.
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Countries around the world will celebrate International Women's Day today Sunday, March 8. The day not only recognizes the achievements made by women, but also brings awareness to the obstacles that still stand in their way.
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What we’re watching tonight. 💻📺.
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@alwaysinseasonfilm by writer, director and producer Jaqueline Olive.
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“The film chronicles a mothers quest to learn the truth about her sons death and takes a closer look at the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans and connects the dots to show us America’s history of lynching isn’t history at all — its sinister seeds still bear “strange fruit.”
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Tune in or stream Monday, Feb 24 on PBS ➠
https://to.pbs.org/38WiUAc
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Joaquin Phoenix used his Best Actor win at the 2020 Oscars on Sunday to put sociopolitical issues in the spotlight. In a sprawling acceptance speech, he touched on social inequality, animal rights, systemic inequality, and cancel culture. He closed out by quoting his late brother, River Phoenix.
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BREAKING:
Released 1/19 “Time to Care” - Oxfam Inequality Report 2020
“Inequality is out of control — the world’s billionaires have more wealth than 4.6 billion people.
⚠️Our broken, sexist economies are lining the pockets of billionaires and big business at the expense of ordinary men and women.
⚠️What's the hidden engine behind this amassing of wealth?
The 12.5 billion hours of unpaid care work that women and girls do every day.
For free.
Women do more than three-quarters of all unpaid care work. They often have to work reduced hours or drop out of the workforce because of their care workload.
Across the globe, 42 percent of women cannot get jobs because they are responsible for all the caregiving, compared to just six percent of men.
With little or no time to get an education, earn a decent living or have a say in how our societies are run, women are trapped at the bottom of the economy.
We cannot beat poverty without addressing this shameful inequality.
Governments created the inequality crisis —they must act now to end it. ✔ They must ensure corporations and wealthy individuals pay their fair share of tax and increase investment in public services and infrastructure. ✔ They must pass laws that value the huge amount of care work done by women and girls. ✔ They must ensure that people who do some of the most important jobs in our society — caring for our parents, our children and the most vulnerable — are paid a living wage.”
Read the full report here: http://bit.ly/2RFRSWn
Join the fight against inequality now at 👉 evenitup.org
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Cheers to our First Lady and cheers to always living your TRUTH!
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#throwbackthursday Listen in on the 2019 episode of the #socialchangediaries as Jeremy Heimans, Co-Founder & CEO of @purpose and author of New Power, describes how new power catalyzes impactful social change movements. Listen at http://bit.ly/JeremyHeimans-
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In 1967, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King spoke with NBC News Sander Vanocur about the "new phase" of the struggle for "genuine equality."
This #MLK interview for could have been given in 2020. Watch in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xsbt3a7K-8
Dr. King addresses the ongoing backlash against the struggle for racial equality, the wealth gap, and more: “...America has broad, racist elements still alive...there has never been a single, solid, determined commitment of large segments of white America on the whole question of racial equality...I see the white backlash as a continuation of the same ambivalence and vacillation of white America on the whole question of racial justice that has existed since the founding of our nation...”
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The United States Postal Service will host a stamp dedication ceremony to launch the release of the Gwen Ifill black heritage stamp on January 30th. The ceremony will honor the late journalist with the 43rd stamp and it’s Black Heritage Forever stamp collection, a collection that has honored other Black history heavyweights like Ida B Wells and Sojourner Truth.
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John Hope Franklin, historian, author, and member of President Clinton’s Advisory Committee on Race, was born in Rentiesville, OK, on this date January 2, 1915. #johnhopefranklin #socialchange #author #historian #racerelations #fromslaverytofreedom #phd #harvard #humanities #presidentialmedaloffreedom
#throwbackthursday ⏯Listen to the #SocialChangeDiaries episode featuring, Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director of UpRose Bk as she talks about her experiences as a leader and how her organization is shaping conversations and actions in the climate justice fight. Full episode: http://bit.ly/2tRqpc1
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