One Billion Rising: Sexual Harassment, Rape and Bullying Are All Part of a Continuum of Violence
On Feb. 14, Eve Ensler has organized ONE BILLION RISING to DANCE and DEMAND an end to violence against women. Thousands will participate in events in more than 187 countries. One in three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.
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January 29, 2013 - 12:46pm
"In the long history of our country's constant search for justice, some names of ordinary citizens stand for millions of souls. Plessy, Brown, Parks ... to that distinguished list, today we add the name of Fred Korematsu."- President Bill Clinton, in his remarks before bestowing Korematsu with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998Fred Korematsu’s legal case against the United States government for its internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was stopped cold by the Supreme Court in 1944. But his fight against intolerance, and his legacy as a champion of civil rights, would last for the rest of his life.
January 28, 2013 - 1:59pm
A Movement to End Bullying, Hate, and Intolerance
February 28, 2013 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Hayward Unified School District Office
24411 Amador Street, Hayward, CA
Co-Presenters:
Becki Cohn-Vargas
Director, Not In Our School
Lynn Bravewomon
Coordinator, Hayward USD Safe and Inclusive Schools Program
January 25, 2013 - 2:43pm
Above: The building targeted with hate speech at UC Berkeley, from Berkleyside. Below: UCLA, from KPCC.
January 22, 2013 - 4:43pm
The Not In Our Town production crew just returned from Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where we experienced one of the most moving stories we've followed. Oak Creek residents are standing up for each other, providing a powerful example of a community coming together after a devastating hate crime took the lives of six members of the Sikh community in August 2012.