This email is making the rounds in Ann Arbor: ——– Original Message ——– Subject: the michigan daily is unacceptable From: amoffett at umich.edu Within the last two weeks, the Michigan Daily has published two extremely racist comics against the black community. After the first one was published the community went to the daily to express […]
Maine Activists Launch ‘Rolling Justice’ Tour
A coalition of activists in Maine are launching an massive road tour on December 12 through the state they are calling “Rolling Justice” where community leaders will discuss the threat Samuel Alito could pose to our basic rights if appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s the announcement: Please join members of the Maine Fair […]
‘Wellstone!’ Screening in D.C. Tommorrow
Tomorrow (12/8) there’s a screening of a documentary about the life of the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, “Wellstone!,” here in Washington as part of the Washington Jewish Film Festival. The screening is at 1529 16th St. NW and tickets (available online) cost $10. (If you can’t make it, the DVD is $20)
Blog Work
I just installed the “recent-comments” and “most-commented” plugins written by Nick Momrik. I had no trouble at all installing either, I only wish the recent comments plugin had the option to display the date of the comment. I’ve also sprinkled some Google ads around (might as well, right?) and am considering tweaking the layout slightly […]
Learning From the Maine State Museum
Taking inspiration from the Maine State Museum in Augusta, Maine, local D.C. blogger Richard Layman argued recently city leaders should seek to combine the failed city museum, downtown branch of the public library, and D.C. archives into one structure. I think the proposal sounds like a good idea. A shared facility could help each save […]
The Gap: Not Big Brother … Yet
A friend of mine wrote in about my post about the RFID chips I found sewn into some new clothes I purchased at the Gap: … as a retail veteran, I wanted to tell you that they are indeed commonly used for theft protection. The Gap is too cheap to do anything else with them. […]
Studying Political Organizing and Activism
I got this email about a class being offered at the University of Michigan Residential College next semster on community organizing. The course is being taught by RC Seniors Sarah Barcus and Ryan Bates and supervised by Professor Helen Fox. Here’s the description: RCIDIV 351 Section 5 Community Organizing: Theory and Praxis Instructors: RC Seniors […]