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Participants of the Global Gathering have been asked to post videos and photos on social media with the hashtags #repealthe8th, #riseandrepeal, and #global8. Related social media posts will then be used in a short film documenting the movement to repeal the 8th. Activists feel showing a strong, global social media presence in support of the movement will put additional pressure on Irish politicians to repeal the law.
NEPs are a particularly hot topic of conversation now. GOP vice presidential nominee, Indiana Governor Mike Pence has been blamed for a “spiraling HIV outbreak” in his home state of Indiana after he reportedly “dragged his feet” before finally agreeing to lift a ban on NEPs.
“Pride is the opposite of shame.”
What might seem like just a useful reminder to you or I is so much more to one Australian football team. According to a media release on the St. Kilda Saints' website, the saying is also one main reason why they’re helping to make history by taking part in the Australian Football League’s (AFL) first ever Pride Game. “Finnis said the Saints were committed to this game because ‘pride’ is the opposite of ‘shame’ and that St Kilda firmly believes that communities can only thrive when all people belong," reads part of the release. It has taken the AFL awhile to reach this point.
Andrea Horan created The HunReal Issues –a website that works to “…empower and engage non-politically motivated people” over a month ago. Together, Horan and her staff looked at how they could best achieve that objective. As part of their efforts, they enlisted the help of models and TV presenters. They also asked popular artist, Maser, if he would contribute some artwork.
It all started with a hashtag.
According to the movement's website, “#BlackLivesMatter is a call to action and a response to the virulent anti-Black racism that permeates our society.”
The movement just celebrated its third birthday on July 13th, and what started as an American, social media phenomenon has grown.
On June 26, 2016, New York City hosted its annual Pride March, celebrating the LGBT community. New York City's vibrant labor movement was well represented.
Legalisation and decriminalisation are two different things. Legalisation means instead of removing laws criminalizing women, other laws and policies are introduced. Women who can’t meet the new laws then become criminalised again. The abuse that is currently happening continues. The most affected are the women who needs the most protecting.Tunisia is an example of this. It also allows police to keep using current laws to target women as Amnesty found in countries that have the nordic or similar models.
The X-ile Project launched on December 10, 2015, with their first round of 11 photographs. They hope that their project will call people’s attention to what they say is an “identification problem between the Irish government and some factions of Irish society, and women who travel for access to abortion services.”
On Monday, June 13th, crowds gathered outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City to remember the 49 lives lost in the Pulse Nightclub shooting .
In a recent vote, 92% of the members of CUNY's Professional Staff Congress (PSC) voted yes on authorizing a strike if their contract demands are not met. Actions have been organized across the CUNY system to keep faculty, staff and students informed; and garner support.
On Wednesday, June 8th, PSC members at LaGuardia Community College (LaGCC) gathered at LaGCC for a picket, speak out, and a brief question and answer period about the potential strike.
CUNY faculty and staff have been without a contract or a raise for several years now. Many are struggling to get by, and all are wondering what the hold up is. "It's going to be almost 7 years now that we haven't had a raise, and we're working in New York City," says Nivedita Majumdar, PSC Secretary and Associate Professor of English at John Jay College, "So the first demand across the bargaining unit is a fair salary that does justice to the work we do...and is adequate for our living expenses, and our families, and the communities we live in. So the first demand is a salary demand."