Category: Around the Web

• Neo Protest Songs

  One word:  Goosebumps  

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  February 16, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Podcast, Social Justice Activism, to protect and serve

  activism, civil rights, Podcasts, racism_exists, social_justice, youtube

• Breathe… {Poem} | elephant journal

  I love this poem and beautiful things must shared 🙂 Breathe… {Poem} | elephant journal.

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  February 14, 2015

  Around the Web, Hope and Cope, Inspiration, Stress Less

  stress_less

• Filming the History of Police Brutality in One City | Bitch Media

  Very Interesting article from B*tch  magazine:   Filming the History of Police Brutality in One City | Bitch Media.

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  February 5, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism, to protect and serve, Women Being Awesome

  activism, civil rights, social_justice, to protect and serve, Women Being Awesome

• Excessive or reasonable force by police? Research on law enforcement and racial conflict in the wake of Ferguson Journalist’s Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center

  Excessive or reasonable force by police? Research on law enforcement and racial conflict in the wake of Ferguson Journalist’s Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center.

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  January 27, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism, to protect and serve

  resources

• Trigger Happy Cop Kills Unarmed Man Holding Baby: Scottsdale, AZ – YouTube

  An Arizona man was shot to death by police Tuesday while holding his grandson. Police say 50-year-old John Loxas was holding his grandchild in his arms as he walked around his Scottsdale neighborhood Tuesday night threatening neighbors and police. “There were at least three officers in position to engage the suspect. At least one of…

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  January 24, 2015

  Around the Web, to protect and serve

  social_justice, to protect and serve, Videos

• Speaking of those new voices…

  I, Too by Langston Hughes – Heal Write Now for Trauma Survivors & Adults Abused as Children.

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  January 20, 2015

  Around the Web, Hope and Cope, Inspiration

  child abuse, trauma, writing

• Police Force | CPI

  Where Do We Go From the Middle of the Road? | CPI.

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  January 20, 2015

  Around the Web, to protect and serve

• Josephine Baker, Rainbow Tribe Used Iconoclasm to Protest Racism | The New Republic

             I think that this is the beginning of a more inclusive global movement.  Similar to the movement for marriage equality.  I think people are tired of being put in constraints that say: “This is who you are. Who you will always be. You can only have this.”  Who wants to live in a…

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  January 20, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism

  civil rights, social_justice

• Rape Culture Is Real | TIME

  “Though rape is certainly a serious problem, there’s no evidence that it’s considered a cultural norm.” Is 1 in 5 American women surviving rape or attempted rape considered a cultural norm? Is 1 in 6 men being abused before the age of 18 a cultural norm? These statistics are not just shocking, they represent real…

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  January 20, 2015

  Around the Web

• J. Ivy performs ‘Dream Big’ | Video | windycitylive.com

  I decided to celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday by celebrating the rich cultural history I belong to.  Instead of focusing on the depressing realities, I am embracing how much talent and joy is shared in our artists.  It is the melody of a people who when they are knocked down, get back up. It’s amazing to be…

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  January 19, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration