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The Public Eye, Summer 2010
Right-Wing Co-Opts Civil Rights Movement History, p. 3 TheA PUBLICATION OF POLITICAL R PublicEyeESEARCH ASSOCIATES Summer 2010 • Volume XXV, No.2 Basta Dobbs! Last year, a coalition of Latino/a groups suc - cessfully fought to remove anti-immigrant pundit Lou Dobbs from CNN. Political Research Associates Executive DirectorTarso Luís Ramos spoke to Presente.org co-founder Roberto Lovato to find out how they did it. Tarso Luís Ramos: Tell me about your organization, Presente.org. Roberto Lovato: Presente.org, founded in MaY 2009, is the preeminent online Latino adVocacY organiZation. It’s kind of like a MoVeOn.org for Latinos: its goal is to build Latino poWer through online and offline organiZing. Presente started With a campaign to persuade GoVernor EdWard Rendell of PennsYlVania to take a stand against the Verdict in the case of Luis RamíreZ, an undocumented immigrant t t e Who Was killed in Shenandoah, PennsYl - k n u l Vania, and Whose assailants Were acquitted P k c a J bY an all-White jurY. We also ran a campaign / o t o to support the nomination of Sonia h P P SotomaYor to the Supreme Court—We A Students rally at a State Board of Education meeting, Austin, Texas, March 10, 2010 produced an “I Stand With SotomaYor” logo and poster that people could displaY at Work or in their neighborhoods and post on their Facebook pages—and a feW addi - From Schoolhouse to Statehouse tional, smaller campaigns, but reallY the Curriculum from a Christian Nationalist Worldview Basta Dobbs! continues on page 12 By Rachel Tabachnick TheTexas Curriculum IN THIS ISSUE Controversy objectiVe is present—a Christian land goV - 1 Editorial . -
Fifth Annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival at the Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory
FIFTH ANNUAL RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL AT THE RANCHO MIRAGE LIBRARY & OBSERVATORY JANUARY 24–26, 2018 Welcome to the RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL! We are celebrating year FIVE of this exciting Festival in 2018! This is where readers meet authors and authors get to know their enthusiastic readers. We dedicate all that happens at this incredible gathering to you, our Angels and our Readers. The Rancho Mirage Writers Festival has a special energy level, driven by ideas and your enthusiasm for what will feel like a pop-up university where the written word and those who write have brought us together in a most appropriate venue — the Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory. The Festival starts fast and never lets up as our individual presenters and panels are eager to share their words and their thoughts. The excitement of books. David Bryant Jamie Kabler In 2013 we began to design the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival. Our Steering Committee kept its objective LIBRARY DIRECTOR FESTIVAL FOUNDER important and clear — to bring authors, their books, and our readers together in this beautiful resort city. In 2018 our mission remains the same, though the Festival has grown and gets even better this year. The writers you read and the books that get us thinking and talking converge at the Festival to make January in the Desert, not only key to our season, but a centerpiece of our cultural life. The Festival is a celebration of the written word. The Festival lives in our award-winning Library. Recent investments in the Library include: Welcome • Windows in the John Steinbeck Room and the Jack London Room that can be darkened electronically making for a better presenter/audience experience. -
Award Ceremony November 6, 2013 WELCOME NOTE from RICHARD M
AWARD CEREMONY NOVEMBER 6, 2013 WELCOME NOTE from RICHARD M. ABORN Dear Friends, Welcome to the third annual fundraiser for the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City. This year we celebrate 35 years of effective advocacy – work which has made our city BOARD of DIRECTORS safer and influenced the direction of national, state, and local criminal justice policy. At the Crime Commission, we are prouder than ever of the role we play in the public process. We are also grateful for the generous support of people like you, who make our work possible. CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIRMAN Richard J. Ciecka Gary A. Beller Keeping citizens safe and government responsive requires vigilant research and analysis Mutual of America (Retired) MetLife (Retired) in order to develop smart ideas for improving law enforcement and our criminal justice system. To enable positive change, we are continually looking for new trends in crime and Thomas A. Dunne Lauren Resnick public safety management while staying at the forefront of core issue areas such as guns, Fordham University Baker Hostetler gangs, cyber crime, juvenile justice, policing, and terrorism. Abby Fiorella Lewis Rice This year has been as busy as ever. We’ve stoked important policy discussions, added to MasterCard Worldwide Estée Lauder Companies critical debates, and offered useful ideas for reform. From hosting influential voices in public safety – such as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman Richard Girgenti J. Brendan Ryan and United States Attorney Preet Bharara – at our Speaker Series forums, to developing KPMG LLP DraftFCB cyber crime education initiatives and insightful research on the city’s gangs, the Crime Commission continued its tradition as the pre-eminent advocate for a safer New York. -
Brown Jesus Today?
THE ANOINTED SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST together with all other “pre-70 AD” Semites, Hebrews, Israelites and Jews (and Egyptians and Ethiopians) HAD DARK-BROWN SKIN & CLASSICALLY AFRICAN COMPLEXION c © 2015 by John M Guire: Free Radical Informant: [email protected] Nobody cares about Africa. —GEN. ZATEB KAZIM, SAHARA My sources: - The Christian Bible (King James Version): o Ancient Israelites’ self-observation: . Leviticus 13:30: “Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.” Blond hair for true Israelites was a symptom of plague, yet Jesus was never suspected of being unclean in that way. Job 30:27-31: “My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.” . Song of Solomon 1:5: The speaker whom we assume to be the beloved (feminine) says, “I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.” The beloved carries on in a way that demonstrates insecurity about her color, accentuated by her misfortunes and hard labor. -
PP No 2021/0136
PP 2021/0136 SOCIAL AFFAIRS POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEEE SECOND REPORT FOR THE SESSION 2020-21 The implementation of the Abortion Reform Act 2019 SOCIAL AFFAIRS POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE SECOND REPORT FOR THE SESSION 2021-22 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ABORTION REFORM ACT 2019 There shall be three Policy Review Committees which shall be Standing Committees of the Court. Subject to Standing Order 5.6(3) they may scrutinise the established (but not emergent) policies, as deemed necessary by each Committee, of the Departments and Offices indicated in this paragraph together with the associated Statutory Boards and other bodies: Social Affairs Committee: Department of Health and Social Care; Department of Education, Sport and Culture; and Department of Home Affairs. Each Policy Review Committee shall in addition be entitled to take evidence from witnesses, whether representing a Department, Office, Statutory Board or other organisation within its remit or not, in cases where the subject matter cuts across different areas of responsibility of different Departments, Offices, Statutory Boards or other organisations. The Policy Review Committees may also hold joint sittings for deliberative purposes or to take evidence. The Chairmen of the Policy Review Committees shall agree on the scope of a Policy Review Committee’s inquiry where the subject cuts across the respective boundaries of the Policy Review Committees’ remits. Each Policy Review Committee shall have: (a) a Chairman elected by Tynwald, (b) two other Members. Members of Tynwald shall not be eligible for membership of the Committee, if, for the time being, they hold any of the following offices: President of Tynwald, member of the Council of Ministers, member of the Treasury Department referred to in section 1(2)(b) of the Government Departments Act 1987. -
Is Abortionabortion “Black“Black Genocide”Genocide”
SISTERSONG WOMEN OF COLOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE C o l l e c t i v eVo i c e s VO L U M E 6 ISSUE 12 S u m m e r 2 0 1 1 IsIs AbortionAbortion “Black“Black Genocide”Genocide” AlliesAllies DefendingDefending BlackBlack WomenWomen UnshacklingUnshackling BlackBlack MotherhoodMotherhood ReproductiveReproductive VViolenceiolence aandnd BlackBlack WomenWomen WhyWhy II PrProvideovide AborAbortions:tions: AlchemAlchemyy ofof RaceRace,, Gender,Gender, andand HumanHuman RightsRights COLLECTIVEVOICES “The real power, as you and I well know, is collective. I can’t afford to be afraid of you, nor of me. If it takes head-on collisions, let’s do it. This polite timidity is killing us.” -Cherrie Moraga Publisher....................................................SisterSong Editor in Chief.........................................Loretta Ross Managing Editor.......................................Serena Garcia Creative Director....................................cscommunications Webmaster..............................................Dionne Turner CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Loretta Ross Laura Jimenez Heidi Williamson Dionne Turner Serena Garcia Charity Woods Monica Simpson Candace Cabbil Kathryn Joyce Willie J. Parker, MD, MPH, MSc Bani Hines Hudson Gina Brown Susan A. Cohen Laura L. Lovett Cherisse Scott From the Managing Editor, Serena Garcia: Please note in this issue of Collective Voices we have allowed our writers to maintain their own editorial integrity in how they use the terms, “Black”,“minority,” and the capitalization of Reproductive Justice. Send Inquiries to: [email protected] SEND STORY IDEAS TO: [email protected] SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective 1237 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., SW Atlanta, GA 3011 404-756-2680 www.sistersong.net © All Rights Reserved 2 www.sistersong.net CV Message from the National Coordinator This special edition of Collective Voices is dedicated to women of color fighting race- and gender-specific anti-abortion legislation and billboards across the country. -
Optimizing the Functional Utility of Afrocentric Intellectual Production
I OPTIMIZING THE FUNCTIONAL UTILITY OF AFROCENTRIC INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTION: THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF SYSTEMIC RACE CONSCIOUSNESS & NECESSITY OF A SEPARETIST EPISTEMOLOGICAL STANDPOINT A Thesis Submitted to The Temple University Graduate Board In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts By Zachary Brooks May 2018 II ABSTRACT This research aims to reinforce the functional aspect of the Afrocentric paradigm by coupling the development of Afrocentric consciousness with a systemic race consciousness so that the intellectual production coming out of the discipline of Africology can more practically address the needs of Afrikan people under the contemporary system of white supremacy. By examining strengths and limitations of some existing theories and concepts within Black Studies, the goal of this examination becomes to more effectively address the problems of the epistemic convergence Eurocentrism structurally imposes on Afrikan people seeking liberation. Through an examination of how the cultural logic of racism/white supremacy has determined the shape and character of institutions within the United States, this work will argue that the most constructive political disposition for an Afrocentrist to take is one of separatist nationalism. The argument being made is that this ideological component is a necessary catalyst to produce Afrocentric scholarship that has optimal functional utility toward the goal of achieving sustainable liberation for Afrikan people from the Maafa. Keywords: Afrocentricity, Separatism, Race -
Trusting Black Women
Trusting Black Women The National Attack on Black Women and Chicago’s Response to the Abortion Billboard Campaign by LifeAlways and Heroic Media © 2010 Black Women for Reproductive Justice/Trust Black Women Planning the Campaign to Target Black Women • 2009 secret meeting between Georgia Right to Life and Georgia Republican Party on St. Simon’s Island to craft strategy for nationwide, multi-prong attack on women of color with Black women as primary targets • Billboard campaigns to divide Black communities across country • Anti-abortion legislative strategy targeting women of color through “race and sex-selection” anti-abortion legislation • Race strategy used to target bodies of Black women and to divide Black community on issues of abortion • Sex-selection strategy used to wage xenophobic attack on Asian American women and communities further building upon anti- immigration attitudes Shock Tactics with Billboards In February, 2010, Georgia Right to Life and the Radiance Foundation erected 65 of these billboards in predominantly Black neighborhoods throughout Atlanta, GA. The phrase “endangered species” is a term used to refer to animals in danger of becoming extinct. Race & Sex-Selection Legislation Georgia anti-choice legislators put forth HB 1155 and SB 529 which would have criminalized abortions provided to women of color allegedly because of the “race or sex” of the fetus. Strategy behind the bills: Race to organize the Black community against abortion rights and to split support for abortion rights in Black community and build support for conservative issues. Xenophobia to attack Asian American communities, further building upon anti-immigration attitudes. Atlanta Black Women & Allies Organize To Defeat Bills SisterSong forms coalition with SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW!, Feminist Women's Health Center, SisterLove, Planned Parenthood of the Southeast Region, and Raksha. -
Abortion and Unintended Consequences Should Google Pull
8 oPINION 03.23.10 The RetrIever Weekly Abortion and unintended consequences Time to three main sub-species; the Nordics, the Courtney Ring Alpines, and the Mediterraneans. All wake up! EDITORIAL STAFF three are good stocks, ranking in genetic worth well above the various colored rac- > from TITLE [6] Why is it that the vast majority of es.” And this is just one piece of a seem- not get involved in something that im- abortion clinics are located in poor, pre- ingly endless trail of evidence laid out by proves the world? dominantly minority neighborhoods? this documentary that the birth control The apathy on this campus is almost Why is it that black women form a movement did have its roots in a racist more than I can bear. It seems to me that small percentage of the population, yet desire to severely reduce the population there is a small collection of extremely have almost 40% of abortions? A new of the impoverished, and specifically, Af- dedicated and active students on cam- documentary entitled Maafa 21 that is rican-Americans. Amazingly, some of the pus, a large group made up of students currently being distributed by pro-life quotations date as late as 1969 and 1971, who pretend to be involved, and an even groups seeks to tackle these questions. including a taped phone discussion be- larger body comprised of students who Even if you don’t agree with all the con- tween president Richard Nixon and his simply dont care about anything. HEL- clusions reached by the documentary, chief aides over the merits of Roe v. -
No. 19-1392 THOMAS E. DOBBS, State Health Officer
No. 19-1392 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ___________________ THOMAS E. DOBBS, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al., Petitioners, v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION, et al., Respondents. ___________________ On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ___________________ BRIEF FOR AMICI CURIAE AFRICAN- AMERICAN, HISPANIC, ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS SUPPORTING PETITIONERS ___________________ Mathew D. Staver Counsel of Record Anita L. Staver Horatio G. Mihet Roger K. Gannam Daniel J. Schmid LIBERTY COUNSEL P.O. BOX 540774 Orlando, FL 32854 (407)875-1776|[email protected] Counsel for Amicus Curiae i TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .................................. iii INTEREST OF AMICI ............................................ 1 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ........................................................... 4 ARGUMENT ........................................................... 6 I. ABORTION GREW OUT OF AND REMAINS ROOTED IN EUGENICS IDEOLOGY THAT ELIMINATES “LESS DESIRABLE” RACES AND CERTAIN CLASSES OF PEOPLE TO EVOLVE A SUPERIOR HUMAN POPULATION. .............. 6 A. The Birth Control Movement, Abortion Advocacy, and Eugenics Are All Rooted In Social Darwinism and the Elimination of Undesirable Populations. .................................................. 7 B. The Eugenics Movement’s Racist Roots. 10 C. A Dark Stain Upon This Court, Buck v. Bell Legitimized the Eugenics Movement. -
The Interviews
Jeff Schechtman Interviews December 1995 to April 2017 2017 Marcus du Soutay 4/10/17 Mark Zupan Inside Job: How Government Insiders Subvert the Public Interest 4/6/17 Johnathan Letham More Alive and Less Lonely: On Books and Writers 4/6/17 Ali Almossawi Bad Choices: How Algorithms Can Help You Think Smarter and Live Happier 4/5/17 Steven Vladick Prof. of Law at UT Austin 3/31/17 Nick Middleton An Atals of Countries that Don’t Exist 3/30/16 Hope Jahren Lab Girl 3/28/17 Mary Otto Theeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health 3/28/17 Lawrence Weschler Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the Land of the Astrophysicists 3/28/17 Mark Olshaker Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs 3/24/17 Geoffrey Stone Sex and Constitution 3/24/17 Bill Hayes Insomniac City: New York, Oliver and Me 3/21/17 Basharat Peer A Question of Order: India, Turkey and the Return of the Strongmen 3/21/17 Cass Sunstein #Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media 3/17/17 Glenn Frankel High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic 3/15/17 Sloman & Fernbach The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Think Alone 3/15/17 Subir Chowdhury The Difference: When Good Enough Isn’t Enough 3/14/17 Peter Moskowitz How To Kill A City: Gentrification, Inequality and the Fight for the Neighborhood 3/14/17 Bruce Cannon Gibney A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America 3/10/17 Pam Jenoff The Orphan's Tale: A Novel 3/10/17 L.A. -
AAST 1000-04 Introduction to African American Studies Instructor: Dr
AAST 1000-04 Introduction to African American Studies Instructor: Dr. Marcus D. Watson Class Meets: MWF, 9:00 – 9:50 am Contact Info: mwatso10 / 766-4169 Location: Education Building, room 6 Office: 235 Ross Hall Semester: Fall 2014 Office Hrs: Tues. 9:30-11:30 am Thurs. 12:00-1:00 pm COURSE DESCRIPTION This course aims to provide students with an interdisciplinary introduction to the fundamental concepts, theories, methodologies and debates in the disciplines covered by African American Studies. We will survey a myriad of perspectives in African American Studies, across academic disciplines such as history, economics, psychology, literature, anthropology, political science, sociology, gender studies and philosophy. The course provides a foundation for a critical understanding and discussion of the field. Students will be introduced to the origin, scope and relevance of African American Studies as well as its theoretical foundations and challenges. This course fulfills the Diversity in the United States or “D” requirement. The “D” requirement requires an exploration of the complexity of cultural identities in the United States and the interdependence of cultures located primarily within these geographic and civic boundaries. COURSE OBJECTIVES • To introduce the transdisciplinary study of the African American socio- historical experience. • To compare paradigms, theories, philosophies, and ideologies within African American Studies. • To understand how enslaved Africans shaped the course of American history, culture, and society. • To explore how African Americans have thought about their experience in transforming the U.S. • To use the transdisciplinary perspectives to analyze the structures, culture, and institutions of the U.S. • To link transdisciplinary perspectives to current U.S.