Friday, June 4, 2010

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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with each upside-down turn of events, my heart has broken further and has threatened to take my mind with it because my mind wants to make sense of something that my heart knows full well it cannot.

and should not.

what i can do instead is try to sort out what is real and what is not. that's an illusion of sorts too, i know, but this is what i came up with:

Nine Things Real and Not Real

  1. we, the People, are divided by fear, lack of vision and imagination is real.
  2. the so-called border that divides this land from the people we took it from by force is not real
  3. the horrific show of how deep this country's racism runs, masking itself as it's very own Party of hatred, is real.
  4. the idea that a President of any race, color, gender or creed can rise above and act beyond a corrupted system that put them there to begin with is not real.
  5. the toxic waste hemorrhaging onto the land from 5000 feel under the sea—laying waste to the life in its path—is real.
  6. the will to stop feeding off of "ancient hours of sunlight" and converting fossils into a fuel that drives death and destruction worldwide is not real.
  7. the cordoning off of nearly 1.5 million people like so much cattle that amounts to a New Millenium Apartheid is real.
  8. the resolve of America and the world to stop financing state-sanctioned war crimes and now international law breaches is not real.
  9. the deep divisions of our society, people and planet, based on the peculiar illusory constructs of race, class, privilege, supremacy and superiority is real. and for this, we will all pay.


 
 

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BP Threatens to Fire Cleanup Workers Who Use Their Own Safety Gear

 
 

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Contract workers from BP load absorbent booms onto a boat before departing from a staging area to clean up oil impacted marshes June 1, 2010 near Venice, Louisiana. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Fishermen who've been hired to do cleanup and containment work in BP's Gulf Coast oil spill have been told they would be fired for using their own respirators or safety equipment that wasn't provided by BP, reported Louisiana Environmental Action Network, a Louisana-based environmental group.

"It appears that, despite the obvious potential for exposure to respiratory toxins, BP does not consider respiratory protection necessary equipment," said Paul Orr, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper in LEAN's statement. "And even so to prevent the fishermen from using their own respiratory protection if they chose to do so is deeply troubling."

This news comes on the heels of reports last week that ten cleanup workers had to be hospitalized after reporting dizziness, nausea and difficulty breathing. The news prompted the Coast Guard to demand 125 commercial fishing boats participating in containment work to return to shore.

Hundreds of fishermen, already risking their own health and using their own boats to help ferry materials and place containment booms to stem the oil's spread, had won a restraining order earlier in May against BP ordering the company to provide proper haz-mat training and safety gear to workers when it was clear that workers were not receiving either. LEAN had since been providing Tyvek suits, face respirators, nitrile gloves and booties to workers.

Both the crude oil gushing out of the underwater leak and chemical dispersants being sprayed on the surface of the water are highly toxic. Crude oil contains volatile compounds like benzene, toluene and xylene that cause respiratory illness, nausea and dizziness, all symptoms that workers reported. The chemical dispersants cause similar symptoms. Over the long term, exposure to these chemicals has been shown to lead to brain damage and leukemia.


 
 

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fuckyeahblackbeauties:This is called udoli. in the Zulu...

 
 

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fuckyeahblackbeauties:

This is called udoli. in the Zulu language its called doll. Its basically African dolls. It dont matter your race but your appreciation of urban culture of African, Caribbean, and Native American beads, urban/animal prints, and feathers. And looking like a live doll doing it.


 
 

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Crips Visiting Detroit!

 
 

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Are you a crip and/or someone with a chronic illness that is going to be in Detroit this summer for the Allied Media Conference and/or the US Social Forum?

We know that for many of us, access is on our minds when it comes to traveling, navigating the city, movement spaces, buildings, sidewalks, public transportation, rides, the air, the bathrooms, the places to stay, the pace, the language,the cost, the crowds, the doors, the people who will be there and so so so much more.

Would you like to be connected to a network of crips and our allies/comrades who are working together to create collective access?

What is collective access?  Collective Access is access that we intentionally create collectively, instead of individually.

Most of the time, access is placed on the individual who needs it.  It is up to you to figure out your own access, or sometimes, up to you and your care giver, personal attendant (PA) or random friend.  Access is rarely weaved into a collective commitment and way of being; it is isolated and relegated to an after thought (much like disabled people).

Access is complex.  it is more than just having a ramp or getting disabled folks/crips into the meeting.  Access is a constant process that doesn't stop.  It is hard and even when you have help, it can be impossible to figure out alone.

We are working to create mutual aid between crips and beyond!  Things we are thinking about as possibilities for collective access in Detroit:

  • collective eating and food gathering. having a central accessible place where we eat together.  This space could also be kid friendly to help provide mutual aid for parents and their children.  We may go on joint food runs to the grocery store or to pick up food and bring it back.
  • collectivizing rides–pooling transportation for those who need it.  helping to coordinate rides to and from places.
  • sharing information/communication. helping us be in touch to share information (about access, ableism that is happening, workshops, resources, etc.), connect and provide a working network of crips through out the AMC and the USSF.

The Network: We imagine that there will be pockets of planned access happening.  We cannot anticipate or meet everyone's medical or access needs and we are sure that for a lot of you, you have your PAs, folks who you feel comfortable with and trust already lined up.  Our hope is to create a network that can connect these access pockets together. We hope we can help each other and share resources:  you can't walk long distance, but i can speed in my chair down to the end of the block and get food; i can't read, but you can, so you help me find my workshop in the schedule; you can help make calls to organize the food gathering and eating, while i carry the food up into the room.  We hope that together we can create a culture of collective access.

We are just trying this out! would you like to join us in practicing what this could look like?  do you have ideas?  are you an ally/comrade who wants to help out or be on call?

Please email creatingcollectiveaccess[at]gmail[dot]com.



 
 

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Disability in an Intersectional Lens: A Conference of Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies

<http://disabilitystudies.syr.edu/docs/su_disabilitystudies_cfp_fall2010.pdf>Disability in an Intersectional Lens: A Conference of Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies

This conference is dedicated to the memory and work of Chris Bell

Call for Proposals

The Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee and the SU Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies are jointly seeking proposals for our second Disability Studies Conference to be held at Syracuse University on October 9, 2010.

This conference seeks to explore all aspects of disability studies as generated by emerging scholars. We are particularly interested in papers that promote the understanding of social models of disability which emphasize cultures, histories, discursivity, philosophy, art, politics, geographies, & identities of diverse
people & communities. We encourage submissions from a variety of disciplines and methodologies.

Potential paper topics might include, but are not limited to:

 *   histories & archives
 *   space & place
 *   linked oppressions
 *   activism & liberation politics
 *   cultures & communities
 *   transnational, colonial issues
 *   effects of global capitalism
 *   changing notions of identity & identity politics
 *   literature, film, & the arts
 *   access & universal design
 *   inclusion & education
 *   race & intersectional identity
 *   queerness & intersectional identity

The conference is free and open to the public; everyone-students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to attend.

Conference submissions: all proposals should be no more than 500 words. In addition, please include title of paper or panel, authors' names, affiliations,
and contact information. Submissions should be sent electronically to Ashley Taylor at astaylor@syr.edu<mailto:astaylor@syr.edu>.
Conference date: Saturday, October 9, 2010
(Welcome reception Friday October 8, 2010)
Deadline for submission: Sunday, August 1, 2010
Notification: Sunday, August 21, 2010

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Nigeria’s oil spill agonies dwarfs the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

 
 

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… more oil is spilled from the [Niger] delta's network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico, the site of a major ecological catastrophe caused by oil that has poured from a leak triggered by the explosion that wrecked BP's Deepwater Horizon rig last month.

For instance:

On 1 May this year a ruptured ExxonMobil pipeline in the state of Akwa Ibom spilled more than a million gallons into the delta over seven days before the leak was stopped. Local people demonstrated against the company but say they were attacked by security guards. Community leaders are now demanding $1bn in compensation for the illness and loss of livelihood they suffered. Few expect they will succeed. In the meantime, thick balls of tar are being washed up along the coast.

Within days of the Ibeno spill, thousands of barrels of oil were spilled when the nearby Shell Trans Niger pipeline was attacked by rebels. A few days after that, a large oil slick was found floating on Lake Adibawa in Bayelsa state and another in Ogoniland. "We are faced with incessant oil spills from rusty pipes, some of which are 40 years old," said Bonny Otavie, a Bayelsa MP.

Read the article here. Hopefully, one of the outcomes of the Gulf oil spill would be that people start talking more about spills in other parts of the world.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

"As an Indigenous organization, we recognize that indigenous peoples from La...

 
 

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"As an Indigenous organization, we recognize that indigenous peoples from Latin America have every right to migrate up and down the continent as they please and as they have done through trade and communication routes since time immemorial. The native peoples of the continent should be the ones establishing immigration laws and enforcing them. However, because we were disempowered through genocide and colonization, and because we have consistently treated 'foreigners' in a more humane and hospitable way, we respect peoples' rights to migrate. If we did enforce such power, only tribal identifications from throughout the continent (including documentation identifying peoples from Latin American indigenous ancestry) would be recognized as legitimate, and we could very well racially profile people of Caucasian descent as the true and eternal foreigners."

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FIERCE! seeks Executive Director

 
 

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FIERCE

FIERCE is a membership-based organization building the leadership and power of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth of color in New York City.  Below is a job announcement for a new Executive Director:

Greetings FIERCE community,

As you may know, Rickke Mananzala will be leaving his position as FIERCE's Executive Director later this year.  In his 6 years on FIERCE's staff, Rickke has been a visionary leader who has helped to build an amazing organization of LGBTQ youth of color in NYC.  With Rickke's leadership, the organization has expanded its membership, launched a national program, and won key campaign victories for LGBTQ youth of color and their communities.  We are thankful for Rickke's many contributions and are excited for his next steps.

FIERCE is conducting a national search for a new Executive Director, and we need your support to find an experienced, committed, fabulous and humble leader to join the FIERCE team! We hope that you will:

  • Forward the attached job announcement to people you think might be good candidates, and encourage them to apply.
  • Help spread the word by forwarding the job announcement link to your personal contacts, listservs, twitter, facebook: http://www.fiercenyc.org/index.php?s=83 (FIERCE ED Job Announcement Link)
  • Let us know if you have questions or ideas for candidates by emailing <edhc@fiercenyc.org>.

The ideal candidate is someone who is experienced and deeply committed to: youth-led organizing; movement-building; racial, economic and gender justice values; sustaining a positive and affirming organizational culture; and ensuring that the organization continues to grow and strengthen its overall systems to support the work.  We hope that you'll be creative about your ideas for candidates, and help us spread the word that the search is on!

The next ED of FIERCE will be joining a strong team of staff, member leaders and board. They will also be helping to lead an organization that is respected nationally for its many accomplishments.  Over its 10 years, FIERCE has:

  • Trained over 250 LGBTQ youth of color leaders, many of whom have gone on to become leaders and organizers in other multi-generational social justice organizations in NYC and across the country.
  • Built a strong membership base of 1,200 LGBTQ youth of color, including homeless and low-income youth who have built and led campaigns.
  • Launched a national program to support LGBTQ youth organizing and leadership in broader social justice movement.
  • Won key victories, including: preventing displacement of LGBTQ youth of color from historically safe spaces in the West Village; maintaining the right to public space for LGBTQ youth of color; ensuring that more NYC resources are directed to the needs of homeless and low-income LGBTQ youth, and more!

We're counting on you to help us spread the word.  For more information, or to apply, go to http://www.fiercenyc.org/index.php?s=83
In solidarity, Raquel, FIERCE board member

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