I love Angela Davis, & I love what she’s doing even now: speaking out against the racial bias of the industrial prison complex:
Tag: social justice
Kalamazoo: Get Involved
Posted by – October 7, 2009
Kalamazoo, Michigan is trying to add LGBT people to the existing non-discrimination law in Kalamazoo. It seems like a no-brainer, considering 20 other Michigan cities already have a similar law. But – this won’t be a big surprise to my trans readers – the big scary bathroom threat is being used to quash the legislation.
In addition, this campaign used photos of actual trans women – and ones that you have probably heard of because they’ve been in the news for other reasons – to scare the public on transgender issues. Nasty tactics, but we’ve seen them before.
- You can get all your questions answered here,
- follow the campaign on Twitter,
- and there’s a list of things you can do,
- including how and where to make a donation,
on their website: http://www.onekalamazoo.com/
Is Andrew Sullivan Catholic?
Posted by – September 10, 2009
Is the Pope?
He points out some things I noticed, too, during the talk, here, and here.
Maybe it’s growing up in Chicago, but if there’s any aspect of Catholicism I think politicians should pay attention to, it’s the social justice stuff. It certainly made me a better person, & I’m glad my parents raised me with these ideas.
