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Archive for February, 2012
New Yorkers united to end “Stop-and-Frisk” and discriminatory policing (PHOTOS).
Tweet February 29, 2012 — Members of Communities United for Police Reform, a new grassroots campaign of community members and advocacy organizations formed to end discriminatory stop-and-frisk and related practices, today hailed Councilmember Jumaane Williams’ NYPD reform legislation on the City Hall steps. “Stop and Frisk and police discrimination are out of control in New [...]
Movilización nacional por la defensa del río Magdalena.
Tweet MOVILIZACIÓN NACIONAL DEL 28 DE FEBRERO A 7 DE MARZO POR LA DEFENSA DEL RIO MAGDALENA Y LAS COMUNIDADES AFECTADAS POR LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL PROYECTO HIDROELÉCTRICO EL QUIMBO. Más información en este La acción violenta se cumplió coordinadamente entre el Gobierno Nacional y Emgesa contra campesinos y pescadores inermes cuya única respuesta fue cogerse [...]
Maryland House and Senate passed marriage equality bill.
Tweet On Friday, February 17th, 2012, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a marriage equality bill 71 votes to 67 and on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012, Maryland senators met in Annapolis to debate the Civil Marriage Protection Act. The bill passed 25 (YES) – 22 (NO). On Friday, February 17th, after the House passed the [...]
No kisses for Hershey until it ends HIV discrimination.
Tweet Protest to end HIV stigma. Hershey retail store in Times Square March 7th, 2012. 48th and Broadway New York, NY School Rejects HIV-Positive Student According to the Associated Press (Claim:
Communities United for Police Reform
Tweet Communities United for Police Reform are launching a campaign with events around New York City, taking our message to City Hall, and to the communities most intensely targeted by these profoundly unfair policing practices. CPR’s Week of Action starts February 26: Stepping Up Resistance to Police Violence. “Stop and Frisk” policies and related “broken [...]
El Sheriff de chocolate y su novio Mexicano.
Tweet Esta es la historia de un Sheriff (que no es precisamente de chocolate) en Arizona y su novio Mexicano. El Sheriff se llama Paul Raymond Babeu y su ahora ex-novio se llama Jose. En un condado de Arizona vive Paul. Raymond es miembro del Tea Party que es parte del partido Republicano. Babeu al [...]
Bloomberg & the NYPD are violating the constitutional rights of New Yorkers.
Tweet February 14, 2012 — The NYPD stopped and interrogated people 684,330 times in 2011, by far the highest total since the Police Department began collecting data on its troubling stop-and-frisk program in 2002. This represents a 603 percent increase in stop-and-frisks since that year, the first year of the Bloomberg administration, when there were [...]
HIV Is Not a Crime. End HIV criminalization NOW!
Tweet HIV Is Not a Crime but in 34 states and two U.S. territories currently have varying statutes that can penalize HIV+ people for potentially exposing others to the disease. In the state of Iowa, an HIV+ person can get charged with assault and attempted murder for having consensual sex. In Michigan, Daniel Allen, an [...]
HASA clients to Commissioner Robert Doar: Take a drug test (PHOTOS)!
Tweet 2/17/2012. Manhattan, NYC – Activists marched today to the office of New York City HRA Commissioner Robert Doar to ask him to take a drug test. They are upset with a new drug screening regulation for people living with AIDS. WATCH THE VIDEO “Aasif Mandvi heads to Florida to find out why Luis Lebron, [...]
Homophobia at a NYC train station (PHOTOS).
Tweet Friday, February 17th, 2012. New York City – Last week I saw these ads at a train station, I thought they were great. Today I went to cover a protest against HASA policies and I had to make a transfer at the same subway station. Sadly, the ads have been vandalized. Apparently, a religious [...]
Lincoln Hospital allows artists to barter talent for health care.
Tweet LINCOLN HOSPITAL ALLOWS ARTISTS TO BARTER TALENT FOR HEALTH CARE Tony and Grammy Awards winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hip Hop Pioneer Roxanne Shante, The Actors’ Fund, The Bronx Council on the Arts and Others Join HHC President and Lincoln Hospital Executive Director to Officially Launch
The New Jersey Assembly passed the marriage equality bill.
Tweet Thursday, February 16th, 2012 – The New Jersey Assembly passed the Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act on Thursday afternoon in a 42-33 vote. The historic passage, following Senate approval on Tuesday, February 13th, 2012, turns the spotlight to Governor Chris Christie. He said, he will veto the bill. “The existing civil union law [...]
Monsanto’s GMO sweet corn and GMO salmon coming to a store near you.
Tweet Tell the FDA to require the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods (genetically modified organism – GMO). Learn more about GMOs. Below is an email from Eric Schlosser, the author of Fast Food Nation, and Gary Hirshberg, chairman of Stonyfield Farm. Eric and Gary created a petition on SignOn.org that is getting a lot [...]
Senator Chuck Schumer didn’t break America’s heart (PHOTOS).
Tweet Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 MANHATTAN, NYC – On Valentine’s Day, activists marched from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Ave) to Senator Chuck Schumer’s Manhattan office to demand that he protect us from this climate disaster, and not do the bidding of Big Oil. (NOTE: There will be a
Support journalists arrested by the government of the United States of America.
Tweet Over the weekend a journalist was arrested in Washington, D.C., while trying to report on Occupy events. Thanks to citizen journalists on the ground we have footage of the arrest, in which you can hear the journalist shouting for help. It’s hard to watch, but it’s even harder to know that these types of [...]
The New Jersey state Senate approved the marriage equality bill.
Tweet Monday, February 13th, 2012 – The New Jersey state Senate approved the marriage equality bill, 24-16. The bill is expected to pass in the Assembly on Thursday, too. Governor Chris Christie said, he will veto it. Garden State Equality answers the question of why the vote is important, even if there is a veto. [...]
Fans dan el último adiós a Whitney Houston (1963-2012).
Tweet Whitney Houston nació el 9 de Agosto, 1963 y murió el Sabado, 11 de Febrero, 2012 a las 3:55 p.m. en el hotel Beverly Hilton. Tenía 48 años. Estos son videos sobre como sus fans le dan el último adiós. Continuaré poniendo mas videos, fotos, comentarios de sus fans. Whitney Houston – I Will [...]
Descanse en paz Whitney Houston (1963-2012).
Tweet La publicista de Whitney Houston confirmó que murió el Sabado, 11 de Febrero, 2012 a las 3:55 p.m. en el hotel Beverly Hilton. Tenía 48 años. No se ha dado a conocer la causa de su muerte. Whitney Houston Dead Diva’s Last Performance “Yes, Jesus Loves Me” (La última canción que interpretó Whitney “Si, [...]
Schools closed by the Bloomberg administration.
Tweet Thursday, February 9th, 2012. Brooklyn, New York City – The Panel for Educational Policy had a public meeting and a public vote on plans to close schools tonight at the Brooklyn Technical High School located on 29 Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn, NY. Approximately, 3,000 people came to the meeting, including protesters from Occupy Wall [...]
Protest Against HASA Policies.
Tweet VOCAL-NY members and leaders have called for a march and protest at HASA/HRA headquarters on Friday at 12pm. What: Protest Against HASA Policies When: Friday, Feb 17th at Noon Where: South Street Seaport, intersection of Water, Pearl, and Fulton St Getting There: 2/3/4/5/A/C to Fulton Street WATCH THE VIDEO “Aasif Mandvi heads to Florida [...]
Lawyers of Jateik Reed want a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute NYPD officers who beat Jateik.
Tweet 2/09/2012 Bronx, NYC – Jateik Reed, family members and supporters gathered today in front of the Bronx Supreme Court Courthouse located at 851 Grand Concourse to announce their attorney’s call for New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to appoint New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute New [...]
Events by the Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP).
Tweet Have you been illegally stopped and frisked or harassed by the NYPD? Tell Your Story! Saturday, February 11th, from 11am-4pm PROP Presents: A Public Forum on Police Problems and Policies for Reform Thursday, February 16th, from 6 – 8 pm PROP’s new op-ed – “Whose Police Department?” by Robert Gangi According to PROP, “every [...]
