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The fall term Athletic Banquet at Alumni Hall, November 12, 2021, featured guest speaker Joe Bullock '22 from the Boys' Varsity Cross Country Team, and the coaches' awards. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon, marines from the “The President’s Own” Marine Band, and marines from the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. (8th and I) conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas Cooper in Section 57 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 10, 2022. Cooper was killed during World War II at age 22.
From the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) press release:
In November 1943, Cooper was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Cooper died on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943. He was reportedly buried on Betio Island.
Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Cooper’s remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory for identification in 1947.
In March 1980, the Central Identification Laboratory, a predecessor to DPAA, sent officials to Betio Island to receive skeletal remains that had been recovered during a construction project. Of the three sets recovered, two were identified. The third was declared unidentifiable and was subsequently buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
In 2016, DPAA disinterred the remains of 94 Tarawa Unknowns from the NMCP for identification. The remains were consolidated and sent to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Cooper’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Cooper was officially accounted for on Aug. 9, 2019. His daughter, Virginia Frogel, received the flag from his service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
The fall term Athletic Banquet at Alumni Hall, November 12, 2021, featured guest speaker Joe Bullock '22 from the Boys' Varsity Cross Country Team, and the coaches' awards. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
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ParalympicsGB Athlete, Zak Skinner aged 22, from Sevenoaks, competing in the 100m T13 - Men event, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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At the National Tramway Museum in Crich.
The Museum started in the 1950s / 60s when most of the old tram networks in the cities of the UK were being closed down.
The Tramway Museum Society was formed in the late 1940s when the decline began and they started to purchase the trams, track etc.
The Crich site came to the attention of the society in the late 1950s. They later purchased the site.
A look around the Tram Depots.
London United Tramways 159 from 1901 or 1902.
Restoration for this particular tramcar was funded by the London County Council Tramways Trust. Returned to service after major restoration in 2013.
Hampton Court
Glasgow 22 from 1922.
Glasgow Corporation Tramways
Built in 1922 and withdrawn from active service at the end of 1960. Operated nearly four thousand miles at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988.
Dumbreck
8A
Glasgow 1068 from 1919.
Glasgow Corporation Tramways
When the Glasgow Corporation took over Paisley's Tramway, this car gained an enclosed top and the number 1068 - but the Scottish Tramway Museum Society saved it and returned it to its former glory. When rebuilt at Glasgow it was given larger motors, which it retains. Withdrawn from Crich service in 2009. Repainted from Paisley 68 to Glasgow 1068 during 2012 and re-entered the operating fleet in 2013.
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
The William and Mary men’s basketball team led from start to finish and pushed its home-court winning streak to 14 games with a 77-58 victory over Elon on Wednesday night at Kaplan Arena. W&M shot 49 percent from the floor, knocked down ten 3-pointers and connected on 17-of-20 from the free throw line in outdistancing Elon. W&M remained in first place in the CAA at 10-3 in league and 16-8 overall, while Elon dropped to 11-15 on the year and 3-10 in CAA play.
Omar Prewitt led the Tribe, scoring 18 of his game-high 19 points in the first half to go with seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots. Sean Sheldon picked up his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Marcus Thornton finished with 17 points and three assists.
The Tribe jumped out to an early advantage thanks in large part to the play of Prewitt and Sheldon. They combined for 24 of the Tribe’s opening 28 points as the Green and Gold opened up a double-digit advantage. W&M scored 11 of game’s first 13 points as four straight from Sheldon, including a pair of free throws, gave W&M the nine-point cushion.
Five straight from Elon closed the gap to 11-7 at the 13:51 mark, but W&M responded with and 8-2 run, including six from Prewitt. His 3-pointer from the left side extended the Tribe lead to 19-9. The Tribe lead remained in double digits, jumping to 30-15 on a Thornton setback jumper with four and a half minutes left in the half. The margin was 11 points following an Elijah Bryant jumper at the 3:20 mark, before the home team ripped off a 12-2 run to push its advantage over 20.
Connor Burchfield provided W&M with a huge lift off the bench, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers. A steal and fast break bucket from Thornton gave W&M a 17-point advantage and forced an Elon timeout. The Green and Gold run continued on a tough finish inside from Sheldon and a pair of Prewitt free throws, extending the lead to 42-21 with a minute left in the first half. W&M led by 19 at the intermission after shooting 51.7 percent (15-of-29), while limiting Elon to 36 percent (9-of-25) in the opening 20 minutes.
The visiting Phoenix scored eight of first 11 in the second half to draw within 14 points. Hamilton scored six straight points for Elon, including a steal and fast break lay-up to close the visitors to within 45-31 with 16:45 left.
After failing to hit a 3-pointer in the opening 20 minutes, Thornton knocked down back-to-back triples, including one of the step-back variety, to push the lead back to 18, 51-33, and the Phoenix never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way. His fast break lay-up off a Sheldon defensive rebound and look-ahead pass gave W&M a 60-40 lead with just under eight minutes remaining.
The cushion reached as many as 23 on a pair of occasions, including on Thornton’s third 3-pointer of the second half with 2:50 to play. From there, both teams emptied the bench and W&M picked up a 77-58 win, its 16th of the season. The 16 wins rank 10th in program history.
In a stark contrast from the earlier meeting this season, W&M limited Elon to just 3-of-22 (13.6 percent) from 3-point range, including only 1-of-14 from its top two scorers in Bryant and Tanner Samson. The Phoenix duo was 12-of-22 from long range and combined for 45 points in their home win over the Tribe in January. Elon finished the game shooting 40.3 percent (25-of-62) from the floor. Bryant led Elon with 15 points and 10 rebounds, but was just 5-of-15 from the field and 1-of-4 from 3-point range. Samson, who had 20 in the first meeting, finished with just two points and was 0-of-10 from 3-point range. Hamilton added 13 points, while Christian Hairston tallied 10 off the bench.
Playing without the services of guard Daniel Dixon, who was out due to injury, the Tribe received a number of contributions, especially from its freshman class. Rookie Oliver Tot garnered his first career start, finishing with three rebounds and two assists in a strong floor game. Greg Malinowski added six points, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers, to go along with two assists and fellow classmate Burchfield poured in six points on two 3-pointers. Tom Schalk added six points, four rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots off the bench.
W&M shot 49 percent (25-of-51) on the night, including a 10-of-24 (41.7 percent) effort from 3-point range. The Green and Gold continued its strong free throw shooting, connecting on 85 percent (17-of-20) from the charity stripe. The Tribe out rebounded Elon, 36-30, and dished out 14 assists on its 25 made field goals.
Red Weasel Media was sitting on the baseline to capture all of the high flying action.
Security officers wear the badge of their private employer on one shoulder and a police badge on the other, highlighting the cozy relationship between the police state and the corporations whose interests they serve.
RAN Forest Campaigner Lafcadio Cortesi and Communications Manager Laurel Sutherlin traveled to Indonesia in July of 2011 to meet with and interview an extensive network of allies involved in the movement to resist the rampant deforestation and human rights abuses occurring there. They conducted site visits to remote villages of Siabu, Muara Merang and Tanjung Alam, each impacted in different ways by Indonesia's forest crisis.
Rct. Kevin P. Chapman, Platoon 3049, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, jumps to the next level of a Confidence Course obstacle May 19, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits tackled, scaled and weaved their way through the course’s 15 obstacles, which are designed to increase self-confidence. Chapman, 22, from New Hartford, N.Y., is scheduled to graduate July 24, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Pfc. Vanessa Austin)
The fall term Athletic Banquet at Alumni Hall, November 12, 2021, featured guest speaker Joe Bullock '22 from the Boys' Varsity Cross Country Team, and the coaches' awards. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
Smoke and Mirrors Lilith in Muses Look #22 from Owen Su's Dangerous Love Collection.
For some reason whenever Eden or Lilith is in front of my camera lens, I can't stop photographing them. There's just something about these two, thus the vast number of photos always posted when one is redressed.
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Location: New York
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From: New York
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From: New York
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I asked Sasuke to say "Sharkin Shooter" but he didn't get the joke. It is a line from this awful toy commercial they used to run. Fellow narutards also like to quote the "Zabusa's sword cannot be beat!" line. In fact, one of the masquerade skits had that as its title.
Also, I'm glad to some some people from New York make the trip. I didn't find a lot of us. But we came, dammit!
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
A trumpeter from the “The President’s Own” Marine Band plays "Taps" as part of military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas Cooper in Section 57 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 10, 2022. Cooper was killed during World War II at age 22.
From the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) press release:
In November 1943, Cooper was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Cooper died on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943. He was reportedly buried on Betio Island.
Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Cooper’s remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory for identification in 1947.
In March 1980, the Central Identification Laboratory, a predecessor to DPAA, sent officials to Betio Island to receive skeletal remains that had been recovered during a construction project. Of the three sets recovered, two were identified. The third was declared unidentifiable and was subsequently buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
In 2016, DPAA disinterred the remains of 94 Tarawa Unknowns from the NMCP for identification. The remains were consolidated and sent to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Cooper’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Cooper was officially accounted for on Aug. 9, 2019. His daughter, Virginia Frogel, received the flag from his service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conducts military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas Cooper in Section 57 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 10, 2022. Cooper was killed during World War II at age 22.
From the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) press release:
In November 1943, Cooper was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Cooper died on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943. He was reportedly buried on Betio Island.
Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Cooper’s remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory for identification in 1947.
In March 1980, the Central Identification Laboratory, a predecessor to DPAA, sent officials to Betio Island to receive skeletal remains that had been recovered during a construction project. Of the three sets recovered, two were identified. The third was declared unidentifiable and was subsequently buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
In 2016, DPAA disinterred the remains of 94 Tarawa Unknowns from the NMCP for identification. The remains were consolidated and sent to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Cooper’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Cooper was officially accounted for on Aug. 9, 2019. His daughter, Virginia Frogel, received the flag from his service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Marine body bearers from the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. (8th and I) conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas Cooper in Section 57 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 10, 2022. Cooper was killed during World War II at age 22.
From the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) press release:
In November 1943, Cooper was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Cooper died on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943. He was reportedly buried on Betio Island.
Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Cooper’s remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory for identification in 1947.
In March 1980, the Central Identification Laboratory, a predecessor to DPAA, sent officials to Betio Island to receive skeletal remains that had been recovered during a construction project. Of the three sets recovered, two were identified. The third was declared unidentifiable and was subsequently buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
In 2016, DPAA disinterred the remains of 94 Tarawa Unknowns from the NMCP for identification. The remains were consolidated and sent to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Cooper’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Cooper was officially accounted for on Aug. 9, 2019. His daughter, Virginia Frogel, received the flag from his service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
The William and Mary men’s basketball team led from start to finish and pushed its home-court winning streak to 14 games with a 77-58 victory over Elon on Wednesday night at Kaplan Arena. W&M shot 49 percent from the floor, knocked down ten 3-pointers and connected on 17-of-20 from the free throw line in outdistancing Elon. W&M remained in first place in the CAA at 10-3 in league and 16-8 overall, while Elon dropped to 11-15 on the year and 3-10 in CAA play.
Omar Prewitt led the Tribe, scoring 18 of his game-high 19 points in the first half to go with seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots. Sean Sheldon picked up his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Marcus Thornton finished with 17 points and three assists.
The Tribe jumped out to an early advantage thanks in large part to the play of Prewitt and Sheldon. They combined for 24 of the Tribe’s opening 28 points as the Green and Gold opened up a double-digit advantage. W&M scored 11 of game’s first 13 points as four straight from Sheldon, including a pair of free throws, gave W&M the nine-point cushion.
Five straight from Elon closed the gap to 11-7 at the 13:51 mark, but W&M responded with and 8-2 run, including six from Prewitt. His 3-pointer from the left side extended the Tribe lead to 19-9. The Tribe lead remained in double digits, jumping to 30-15 on a Thornton setback jumper with four and a half minutes left in the half. The margin was 11 points following an Elijah Bryant jumper at the 3:20 mark, before the home team ripped off a 12-2 run to push its advantage over 20.
Connor Burchfield provided W&M with a huge lift off the bench, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers. A steal and fast break bucket from Thornton gave W&M a 17-point advantage and forced an Elon timeout. The Green and Gold run continued on a tough finish inside from Sheldon and a pair of Prewitt free throws, extending the lead to 42-21 with a minute left in the first half. W&M led by 19 at the intermission after shooting 51.7 percent (15-of-29), while limiting Elon to 36 percent (9-of-25) in the opening 20 minutes.
The visiting Phoenix scored eight of first 11 in the second half to draw within 14 points. Hamilton scored six straight points for Elon, including a steal and fast break lay-up to close the visitors to within 45-31 with 16:45 left.
After failing to hit a 3-pointer in the opening 20 minutes, Thornton knocked down back-to-back triples, including one of the step-back variety, to push the lead back to 18, 51-33, and the Phoenix never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way. His fast break lay-up off a Sheldon defensive rebound and look-ahead pass gave W&M a 60-40 lead with just under eight minutes remaining.
The cushion reached as many as 23 on a pair of occasions, including on Thornton’s third 3-pointer of the second half with 2:50 to play. From there, both teams emptied the bench and W&M picked up a 77-58 win, its 16th of the season. The 16 wins rank 10th in program history.
In a stark contrast from the earlier meeting this season, W&M limited Elon to just 3-of-22 (13.6 percent) from 3-point range, including only 1-of-14 from its top two scorers in Bryant and Tanner Samson. The Phoenix duo was 12-of-22 from long range and combined for 45 points in their home win over the Tribe in January. Elon finished the game shooting 40.3 percent (25-of-62) from the floor. Bryant led Elon with 15 points and 10 rebounds, but was just 5-of-15 from the field and 1-of-4 from 3-point range. Samson, who had 20 in the first meeting, finished with just two points and was 0-of-10 from 3-point range. Hamilton added 13 points, while Christian Hairston tallied 10 off the bench.
Playing without the services of guard Daniel Dixon, who was out due to injury, the Tribe received a number of contributions, especially from its freshman class. Rookie Oliver Tot garnered his first career start, finishing with three rebounds and two assists in a strong floor game. Greg Malinowski added six points, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers, to go along with two assists and fellow classmate Burchfield poured in six points on two 3-pointers. Tom Schalk added six points, four rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots off the bench.
W&M shot 49 percent (25-of-51) on the night, including a 10-of-24 (41.7 percent) effort from 3-point range. The Green and Gold continued its strong free throw shooting, connecting on 85 percent (17-of-20) from the charity stripe. The Tribe out rebounded Elon, 36-30, and dished out 14 assists on its 25 made field goals.
Red Weasel Media was sitting on the baseline to capture all of the high flying action.
Pfc Mack Thornton, machine gunner, age 22, from Sturgis Kentucky. Thorton is a US Marine with 3/2 Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines. Photographed at OP (observation post) Kunjak, overlooking the town of Da Karez, near Musa Qala, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Thorton had just returned from a 3 day operation called "Eastern Expansion", in which 1/8's Alpha Company pushed into the town of Da Karez to clear out insurgent fighters, and to establish a COP (combat outpost )in the town. The Marines met little resistance as they entered the town in large numbers, but to the north of Da Karez, two Marines were wounded, and a third killed by an IED. In Da Karez, Marines found significant stashes of opium, as well as bomb-making materials and components. Used hypodermic needles were also found in several compounds. October 15, 2010 Da Karez, Helmand province, Afghanistan
Made with some pictures taken with the Canon 10-22 from mey friend Paulo
Panorãmica feita com várias fotos tiradas com a Canon 10-22 do meu amigo Paulo
Ford Motor Company Fund returned as sole sponsor of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau Symposium, marking its 10th year with the title “Moving Forward: The State of the Industry.” The annual event was held Thursday, Feb. 20, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The event was free to the public.
A portion of Ford’s sponsorship will be directed to support community programs, including a $10,000 grant to Duke Media Foundation.
Last year, the film entertainment industry set a record with box office receipts totaling $11 billion. Black filmmakers, including an increased number of black film directors and actors starring in lead roles, as well as gripping feature films and moving historical pieces all played a role in this unprecedented success.
“Ford is proud to be working again with the NAACP Hollywood Bureau Symposium to showcase a renaissance in black film at all levels,” said Pamela Alexander, director of community development, Ford Motor Company Fund. “We congratulate the award-winning Bill Duke and Duke Media Foundation for their work in developing media and financial literacy programs to prepare inner-city and gifted high school students for the new digital media age.”
The event focused on whether this newfound success was due to a broader industry trend or the achievement of a new stronghold for blacks in the film industry. More than 300 people including Hollywood entertainers, NAACP board members, members of the NAACP Image Awards’ committee and television academy, as well as film and television students from local colleges and universities convened for this event. They also engaged in the question and answer session by directly addressing the panel participants with various inquiries. All panelists encourage aspiring artists to persevere and learn to perfect their craft.
Panel participants included humanitarian/activist/director Bill Duke, CAA agent Cameron Mitchell, senior vice president of production for Columbia Tristar Pictures Devon Franklin, and author and producer Flo McAfee. Ramsey Jay Jr., nationally renowned writer, interviewer and producer, served as panel moderator.
The Hollywood Bureau Symposium was one of several popular events held during Image Awards week. The 45th NAACP Image Awards aired Saturday, Feb. 22, from 9 to 11 p.m. on TV One. Check local listings for encore broadcasts.
About Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services
Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services works with community partners to advance driving safety, education and community life. For more than 60 years, Ford Motor Company Fund has operated with ongoing funding from Ford Motor Company. The award-winning Ford Driving Skills for Life program teaches new drivers through a variety of hands-on and interactive methods. Innovation in education is encouraged through programs that enhance high school learning and provide college scholarships and university grants. Through the Ford Volunteer Corps, more than 25,000 Ford employees and retirees work on projects each year that better their communities in more than 30 countries. For more information, visit www.community.ford.com.
About NAACP Hollywood Bureau
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the NAACP Hollywood Bureau opened officially in October 2002. The NAACP Hollywood Bureau is a satellite of the National office that deals with issues of diversity programming and minority employment in Hollywood, and oversees the production of the NAACP Image Awards. Recognizing the national and international influence of power of the entertainment industry, the Hollywood Bureau was established as part of the follow-up to the NAACP Diversity Initiative started in 1999.
About Duke Media Foundation
Duke Media Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization with a distinct emphasis on offering media and financial literacy to inner-city youth ages 14 through 18, in South Los Angeles, California. The combined focus of these two disciplines is what separates Duke Media from all other programs. The organization was founded in 2008 by actor, director, producer and humanitarian, Bill Duke. The Duke Media Foundation’s mission is to seek to train and empower under served and gifted high school students in the disciplines of media literacy, financial literacy, the science of branding and entrepreneurship in preparation for careers in the new digital media age.
Freshly converted peatland forest near the village of Muara Merang in South Sumatra - an area with high rates of illegal logging and active deforestation.
RAN Forest Campaigner Lafcadio Cortesi and Communications Manager Laurel Sutherlin traveled to Indonesia in July of 2011 to meet with and interview an extensive network of allies involved in the movement to resist the rampant deforestation and human rights abuses occurring there. They conducted site visits to remote villages of Siabu, Muara Merang and Tanjung Alam, each impacted in different ways by Indonesia's forest crisis.
Lafcadio addresses an audience of international journalists from a panel at the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club about indigenous land use conflicts in Indonesia - held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Jakarta, July 6th, 2011.
RAN Forest Campaigner Lafcadio Cortesi and Communications Manager Laurel Sutherlin traveled to Indonesia in July of 2011 to meet with and interview an extensive network of allies involved in the movement to resist the rampant deforestation and human rights abuses occurring there. They conducted site visits to remote villages of Siabu, Muara Merang and Tanjung Alam, each impacted in different ways by Indonesia's forest crisis.
The fall term Athletic Banquet at Alumni Hall, November 12, 2021, featured guest speaker Joe Bullock '22 from the Boys' Varsity Cross Country Team, and the coaches' awards. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
Marine body bearers from the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. (8th and I) conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas Cooper in Section 57 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 10, 2022. Cooper was killed during World War II at age 22.
From the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) press release:
In November 1943, Cooper was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, while the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Cooper died on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943. He was reportedly buried on Betio Island.
Despite the heavy casualties suffered by U.S. forces, military success in the battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. The 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio between 1946 and 1947, but Cooper’s remains were not identified. All of the remains found on Tarawa were sent to the Schofield Barracks Central Identification Laboratory for identification in 1947.
In March 1980, the Central Identification Laboratory, a predecessor to DPAA, sent officials to Betio Island to receive skeletal remains that had been recovered during a construction project. Of the three sets recovered, two were identified. The third was declared unidentifiable and was subsequently buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
In 2016, DPAA disinterred the remains of 94 Tarawa Unknowns from the NMCP for identification. The remains were consolidated and sent to the laboratory for analysis.
To identify Cooper’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome DNA (Y-STR) analysis.
Cooper was officially accounted for on Aug. 9, 2019. His daughter, Virginia Frogel, received the flag from his service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
The fall term Athletic Banquet at Alumni Hall, November 12, 2021, featured guest speaker Joe Bullock '22 from the Boys' Varsity Cross Country Team, and the coaches' awards. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
RAN Forest Campaigner Lafcadio Cortesi and Communications Manager Laurel Sutherlin traveled to Indonesia in July of 2011 to meet with and interview an extensive network of allies involved in the movement to resist the rampant deforestation and human rights abuses occurring there. They conducted site visits to remote villages of Siabu, Muara Merang and Tanjung Alam, each impacted in different ways by Indonesia's forest crisis.
The fall term Athletic Banquet at Alumni Hall, November 12, 2021, featured guest speaker Joe Bullock '22 from the Boys' Varsity Cross Country Team, and the coaches' awards. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
VMC Image acquired on 15-06-2019 at 01:42:35 at an altitude of 3951.78 km above Mars, on Mars Express orbit number 19543. Image #22 out of 22 from this observation.
Credit: ESA - European Space Agency, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/ CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
Ford Motor Company Fund returned as sole sponsor of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau Symposium, marking its 10th year with the title “Moving Forward: The State of the Industry.” The annual event was held Thursday, Feb. 20, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The event was free to the public.
A portion of Ford’s sponsorship will be directed to support community programs, including a $10,000 grant to Duke Media Foundation.
Last year, the film entertainment industry set a record with box office receipts totaling $11 billion. Black filmmakers, including an increased number of black film directors and actors starring in lead roles, as well as gripping feature films and moving historical pieces all played a role in this unprecedented success.
“Ford is proud to be working again with the NAACP Hollywood Bureau Symposium to showcase a renaissance in black film at all levels,” said Pamela Alexander, director of community development, Ford Motor Company Fund. “We congratulate the award-winning Bill Duke and Duke Media Foundation for their work in developing media and financial literacy programs to prepare inner-city and gifted high school students for the new digital media age.”
The event focused on whether this newfound success was due to a broader industry trend or the achievement of a new stronghold for blacks in the film industry. More than 300 people including Hollywood entertainers, NAACP board members, members of the NAACP Image Awards’ committee and television academy, as well as film and television students from local colleges and universities convened for this event. They also engaged in the question and answer session by directly addressing the panel participants with various inquiries. All panelists encourage aspiring artists to persevere and learn to perfect their craft.
Panel participants included humanitarian/activist/director Bill Duke, CAA agent Cameron Mitchell, senior vice president of production for Columbia Tristar Pictures Devon Franklin, and author and producer Flo McAfee. Ramsey Jay Jr., nationally renowned writer, interviewer and producer, served as panel moderator.
The Hollywood Bureau Symposium was one of several popular events held during Image Awards week. The 45th NAACP Image Awards aired Saturday, Feb. 22, from 9 to 11 p.m. on TV One. Check local listings for encore broadcasts.
About Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services
Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services works with community partners to advance driving safety, education and community life. For more than 60 years, Ford Motor Company Fund has operated with ongoing funding from Ford Motor Company. The award-winning Ford Driving Skills for Life program teaches new drivers through a variety of hands-on and interactive methods. Innovation in education is encouraged through programs that enhance high school learning and provide college scholarships and university grants. Through the Ford Volunteer Corps, more than 25,000 Ford employees and retirees work on projects each year that better their communities in more than 30 countries. For more information, visit www.community.ford.com.
About NAACP Hollywood Bureau
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the NAACP Hollywood Bureau opened officially in October 2002. The NAACP Hollywood Bureau is a satellite of the National office that deals with issues of diversity programming and minority employment in Hollywood, and oversees the production of the NAACP Image Awards. Recognizing the national and international influence of power of the entertainment industry, the Hollywood Bureau was established as part of the follow-up to the NAACP Diversity Initiative started in 1999.
About Duke Media Foundation
Duke Media Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization with a distinct emphasis on offering media and financial literacy to inner-city youth ages 14 through 18, in South Los Angeles, California. The combined focus of these two disciplines is what separates Duke Media from all other programs. The organization was founded in 2008 by actor, director, producer and humanitarian, Bill Duke. The Duke Media Foundation’s mission is to seek to train and empower under served and gifted high school students in the disciplines of media literacy, financial literacy, the science of branding and entrepreneurship in preparation for careers in the new digital media age.
RAN Forest Campaigner Lafcadio Cortesi and Communications Manager Laurel Sutherlin traveled to Indonesia in July of 2011 to meet with and interview an extensive network of allies involved in the movement to resist the rampant deforestation and human rights abuses occurring there. They conducted site visits to remote villages of Siabu, Muara Merang and Tanjung Alam, each impacted in different ways by Indonesia's forest crisis.
We presented our Time Machine at Marinovators 2017, an annual showcase for young makers in Marin County.
Our Time Machine was created by the Maker Art class taught by Fabrice Florin and Edward Janne at the Lycée Français in Sausalito in winter 2017. Our 4th and 5th graders designed and built their own scenes from the past, present and future -- from the age of dinosaurs to the 50th century. This interactive art exhibit combines art, technology and storytelling -- using Arduino, motions, lights and sounds.
Many of our students and their parents were on hand to demonstrate this innovative after-school project to dozens of visitors of all ages. Everyone seemed to enjoy their experience, and it was a great opportunity for the kids to get the recognition they deserve. This innovative after-school project helps children develop their creative and collaborative skills -- and the confidence that they can help change the world.
We hosted this exhibit with Tam Makers, our makerspace in Mill Valley, where many of the artifacts for the Time Machine were fabricated, based on the children’s designs. We also invited visitors to make their own Tam Makers badges with LEDs, laser cut shapes, and color markers. They created some ingenious badges, and wore them proudly at the show.
It was a great way to celebrate art and science and encourage children to build a better world.
Marinovators took place on Saturday, April 22, from 10am to 3pm, at the College of Marin in Kentfield. Our Tam Makers booth was in Room #245 in the new Academic Center.
Learn more about our Time Machine: bit.ly/time-machine-lycee-2017
Learn more about our Maker Art classes: fabriceflorin.com/2016/02/14/teaching-maker-art/
Learn more about Tam Makers: www.tammakers.org/
Learn more about Marinovators: marinovators.org/
The fall term Athletic Banquet at Alumni Hall, November 12, 2021, featured guest speaker Joe Bullock '22 from the Boys' Varsity Cross Country Team, and the coaches' awards. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
CHICAGO (Perspectives Charter Schools) -- Perspectives Mentor Breakfast on Tuesday, October 22 from 8:00-10:00am at Perspectives High School of Technology.
Every year hundreds of juniors from across the Perspectives network participate in a five-week internship throughout the Chicagoland area. The program aims to provide every student with the opportunity to form a healthy relationship with a professional role model, help them develop awareness of career choices, and to introduce them to the culture of the business arena. Over the years, hundreds of companies and organizations have provided this valuable experience, where students work in the offices of their mentors on Wednesdays from 9 am to 3 pm for five weeks during the winter.
Photo credit: David Terry
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
Stagecoach North East 19436, a 2008 Alexander Enviro 400 bodied Dennis Trident 2, reg no NK58FMZ, seen on 20/6/20, at Newburn Riverside, Newcastle whilst operating Service 22 from Cobalt and Silverlink to Throckley. The vehicle is allocated to Walkergate Depot.
Reg, No: NK58FMZ
Fleet No: 19436
Chassis: Dennis Trident 2
Body: ADL ALX 400 H47/33F
Company: Stagecoach North East
Depot: Newcastle Walkergate
Year in Service: 2008
Location: Newburn Riverside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
***All Social Distancing Guidelines Followed***
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church is a Roman Catholic church located in the Antakalnis neighbourhood of Vilnius, Lithuania.
Construction was begun in 1688 and the decorative works were completed in 1704.
It is the centerpiece of a former monastery complex of the Canons Regular of the Lateran.
Its interior has masterful compositions of some 2,000 stucco figures by Giovanni Pietro Perti and ornamentation by Giovanni Maria Galli and is unique in Europe.
The church is considered a masterpiece of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Baroque.
The interior of the church changed relatively little since that time.
The major change was the loss of the main altar. The wooden altar was moved to the Catholic church in Daugai in 1766.[4]
The altar is now dominated by the Farewell of St. Peter and St. Paul, a large painting by Franciszek Smuglewicz, installed there in 1805.
The interior was restored by Giovanni Beretti and Nicolae Piano from Milan in 1801–04.[11]
At the same time, a new pulpit imitating the ship of Saint Peter was installed.
In 1864, as reprisal for the failed January Uprising, Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky closed the monastery and converted its buildings into military barracks.[11]
There were plans to turn the church into an Eastern Orthodox church, but they never materialized.[11] In 1901–05, the interior was restored again. The church acquired the boat-shaped chandelier and the new pipe organ with two manuals and 23 organ stops.[12]
The dome was damaged during World War II bombings, but was rebuilt true to its original design.[12]
When in 1956 Vilnius Cathedral was converted into an art museum by Soviet authorities, the silver sarcophagus with sacred relics of Saint Casimir was moved to the St. Peter and St. Paul's Church.[13] The sarcophagus was returned to its place in 1989.
Despite religious persecutions in the Soviet Union, extensive interior restoration was carried out in 1976–87.[11]
About the Decorative Scheme
St. Peter and St. Paul's is one of the most studied churches in Lithuania.[19]
Its interior has over 2,000 different decor elements that creates a stunning atmosphere.[20]
The main author of the decor plan is not known. It could be the founder Pac, monks of the Lateran, or Italian artists.
No documents survive to explain the ideas behind the decorations, therefore various art historians attempted to find one central theme: Pac's life and Polish–Lithuanian relations, teachings of Saint Augustine, Baroque theater, etc.[19]
Art historian Birutė Rūta Vitkauskienė identified several main themes of the decor: structure of the Church as proclaimed at the Council of Trent with Saint Peter as the founding rock, early Christian martyrs representing Pac's interest in knighthood and ladyship, themes relevant to the Canons Regular of the Lateran, and themes inherited from previous churches (painting of Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy and altar of Five Wounds of Christ).[21]
The decor combines a great variety of symbols, from local (patron of Vilnius Saint Christopher) to Italian saints (Fidelis of Como),[22] from specific saints to allegories of virtues.
There are many decorative elements – floral (acanthus, sunflowers, rues, fruits), various objects (military weapons, household tools, liturgical implements, shells, ribbons), figures (puttos, angels, soldiers), fantastical creatures (demons, dragons, centaurs), Pac's coat of arms, masks making various expressions – but they are individualized, rarely repeating.[23]
The architects and sculptors borrowed ideas from other churches in Poland (Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków, Sigismund's Chapel of Wawel Cathedral) and Italy (St. Peter's Basilica, Church of the Gesù).[22]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Peter_and_St._Paul,_V...
From the Church's Brochure
The church was erected after the Russian invasion that devastated Vilnius in the mid-17th century.
Barely a dozen years passed, and the capital of Lithuania began to recover.
In 1668 Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas, Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and wojewode of Vilnius, embarked upon the Antakalnis.
The church is decorated by the stucco mouldings of two excellent Italian sculptors, Giovanni Pietro Petri and Giovanni Maria Galli.
The interior of the church consists of the main nave, six chapels on both sides, and the transept.
Photo was taken during the Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike took place on 4/22/22.
From the event organizers:
Pittsburghers from the Sunrise Movement and other allied organizations (see full list below) will rally at 414 Grant Street to celebrate Earth Day and push for serious climate justice policy from our local, state and national governments. We’ll be striking to make sure that people in power know that they can’t keep ignoring the voices of the people, and we’d like to bring out as big of a crowd as possible to do that. So come on down everybody, and join us in celebrating Earth Day!
WHAT: A rally to celebrate Earth Day and demand concrete climate action.
WHEN: 2 PM - 4 PM ET.
WHERE: At the City County Building, 414 Grant St.
WHY: The world is in a state of emergency. Across the globe, the climate crisis is wreaking havoc on our communities, destroying our homes and livelihoods, and leaving death and destruction in its wake. The message is clear: our extractive system has resulted in the greatest crisis we have ever faced, and we must rise to defeat the challenge of our lifetimes. We cannot let politics or corporatism convince us that there is no way out, because there is: a just transition from fossil fuels to a regenerative economy.
WHO: Our organizers and endorsers are an intergenerational coalition working together to bring about concrete climate action. If your organization would like to join this list we only have two things that we specifically ask of our endorsing partners:
Bring out your base! As many people as you can. The more you can spread the word, the more impact this action could have.
Be ready to keep working together after the action is over. We can’t afford to stop fighting and to ensure we get the justice we deserve we have to fight as a team. The partnerships formed through this action are something we hope lasts well after it!
Our Endorsing Partners (in alphabetical order):
350 Pittsburgh
Abolition Law Center
Alliance for Police Accountability
Bend the Arc: Pittsburgh
Breathe Project
CAPA Asian Student Union
Casa San Jose
Churchill Future
Citizens Climate Lobby
Clean Water Action
CMU Divest
Fossil Free Pitt
Green Party of Allegheny County
Human Rights City Alliance Student Action Network
Izaak Walton League of America (Allegheny County)
Justice for All Network
Ohio Valley Environmental Resistance
One PA
One Payer States
Palestinian Solidarity Committee Pittsburgh
PASUP
Pittsburgh Green New Deal
Pittsburgh Youth Climate Council
Putting Down Roots
Socialist Alternative
Straight Ahead
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Winchester Thurston Climate Changers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS AMAZING LIST AND HELP OUT: Email Ilyas Khan (ilsomoshi@gmail.com) for more information!
Our Demands
We’re structuring this action so that every organization can bring demands to the table, but each organizations’ demands do not supersede the overall goals of the strike:
1. Pittsburgh universities (Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, Duquesne, Point Park, etc.) and institutions must divest from fossil fuels, and do so with transparency to the public.
2. The City must transition away from single use plastics, starting with taking them out of our retail services. A regular conversation between activists and the Gainey administration in regards to plastic pollution needs to be established.
3. The broader community must get involved and engaged in fighting the climate crisis in any way they can. This can be by joining organizations or other means!
4. Gainey and other reps must stand against the cracker plant and all current and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, to protect our air and water quality and communities.
5. Pittsburgh must divest from the police and reinvest in the community.
6. Education on the Climate Emergency: Allegheny county schools must recognize the threat and educate on it.
7. A fracking ban in Allegheny County.
8. The halting of national pipeline construction.
9. The passage of voting acts that ensure everyone has easy and equal access to voting.
10. The city, county, state and country must invest in communities of color and create opportunities for good green jobs
The fall term Athletic Banquet at Alumni Hall, November 12, 2021, featured guest speaker Joe Bullock '22 from the Boys' Varsity Cross Country Team, and the coaches' awards. Photography by Glenn Minshall.
Route 22 from the main railway station to Královo Pole where nowadays one might find a non-stop Tesco hypermarket. lovely. Tatra K2 tram nr 1100 was new in 1977 and is still going strong..
Route 22, along with all over routes numbered above 13, ceased to operate after September 1 1995 .
cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam_tramvajových_linek_v_Brně
At the time of the photograph, the termini were Královo Pole, and Komáro. It was then the highest numbered route.