Category: District of Columbia

FEMA Protest Today

A coalition called the Hip Hop Caucus is organizing a protest of FEMA today at 11 a.m. to draw attention to the agency’s inadequate response to provide housing to hurricane survivors. The group, which seeks to “provide a comprehensive agenda for the Hip-Hop community both domestically and abroad” is holding a protest of FEMA in […]

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Further Michigan Daily Reading

Dumi has some coverage of the Daily scandal over at the Blackblog, and I trust I’ll follow it more closely than I can. Here he is making an excellent point on a Daily story that put boycott in the title although nobody is considering one this time around: Why does this matter, you ask? And […]

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Michigan Daily Criticized for Cartoons

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Democracy in Online Journalism

Now that I am semi-employed, I have had time to catch up on projects and reading that I had been neglecting. This means that not only have I been reading quite a bit more, I’ve finally got around the trying to catch up on my Bloglines subscriptions. Reading through posts from the past couple months […]

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Buzz Alexander Lauded for Teaching

Prison Creative Arts Project founder U-M English Professor “Buzz” Alexander has won a Carnegie Foundation award for his dedication to undergraduate teaching. The University press release quotes Alexander: “This award for our work brings recognition to a heretofore invisible national crisis—massive incarceration.”

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