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I dont think I need to explain who Martin Luther King was. If you are interested in his life and work, you can look him up. There is plenty of information about him and on what he dedicated his life. Today, we celebrate his birth as he was born on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta. And I should probably share a picture of the house where he was born (since we celebrate his birth), however the photo I took was pretty crappy so here I am posting a picture from the Martin Luther King Jr Natinal Historic Park where his tomb is. Have a great weekend everyone!
Maybe when Trump boasted he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue
And get away with it…
You thought he was joking.
Maybe when he hung out at Miss America Pageants
Was best friends with a known pedophile
You thought he was somehow infiltrating the ring
Then he let it still go on and participated in it for decades
And maybe you didn’t realize that Americans
Kidnapped, raped, enslaved, and murdered humans
Just because of the color of their skin
And continue to profit off the prison industrial complex
Maybe you thought the world was fair and just
Perhaps you thought you lived in a Democracy this whole time.
Wake up, Snow White, and join reality.
We are a people of blood and greed
But we all get a choice about our own souls.
And about what we will be complicit in.
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Workers involved in cotton processing, a driving force behind the country's garment industry, are living a life of extreme health risks and negligence. Working day and night in dusty environments without modern protective masks or safety gear, they constantly inhale fine airborne cotton fibers. As a result, they suffer from chronic conditions like bronchitis, asthma, and severe respiratory illnesses. Despite this hazardous and backbreaking labor, they receive nominal wages, with wage discrimination being even more prominent against women workers. To protect this massive workforce that keeps the country's economic engine running, it is urgent for relevant authorities and factory owners to take immediate action by ensuring hygienic working conditions, proper factory ventilation, mandatory high-quality masks, and fair wages.
B&W , a call for equality , justice and love.
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I used to visit the Palm House in Liverpool as a child, The delightful scent of the inside always contrasted with the severe marble and bronze statues of Henry Yates Thompson outside.
Returning today I noted that several of the figures are now rather more colorful.
I learn they have been subjects of artistic interventions aimed at recontextualizing their historical narratives. In 2021, fashion designer Taya Hughes adorned the statues of Christopher Columbus shown here and those of Captain Cook, and Henry the Navigator with elaborate Elizabethan-style ruffs made from fabrics associated with indigenous populations in Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. This "Statues Redressed" project sought to prompt discussions about the legacies of these historical figures, many of whom were involved in colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade.
The project aimed to engage the public in conversations about how we should respond to statues that were built to honor individuals now viewed in a different light. Whatever, they are certainly less scary than I recall.
ICY and SOT’s work completed. My previous photo shows the section (in progress) pertaining to “Black Lives Matter.” This entire mural is dedicated to “Justice” and “People Power.” The brothers are stencil artists from Tabriz, Iran now living in NYC., who contribute to both Iranian and international art culture through incredible stencil work that depicts human rights, ecological justice, and social and political issues. This piece is on the corner of Leeland Street and St. Emanuel, close to downtown Houston, and it is part of the Houston HUE Mural Festival.
Like adults, children cannot control when they get sick. They also can't control when they have asthma attacks, are exposed to sometimes life threatening allergies, have seizures, and/or get hurt. This is absolutely why we need a nurse in every school every day!
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First of a B&W urban series on homelessness in Seattle. Prominently visible from the breakfast room at my hotel, but I went down to the street for a better angle.
One could pursue this theme in any American city. I don’t claim that the series is in any way definitive or systematic. I just shot some of what I saw walking through generally prosperous commercial and residential neighborhoods on the north side of downtown. Homelessness in America used to be a mental health problem. That hasn’t been fixed—some of it will show up in this series—but now there is also “economic homelessness”. Due to limited availability, in many places those with a median income can not afford median housing costs. The problem predates Covid.
For the Brits: “median” is American for “central reservation”, the green belt separating traffic on multi-lane roads.
Happy Mono Monday, anyway!
6 Sep 2021; 09:30 CDT; Acros & post
Big Issue Seller's dog on the streets of Bath yesterday. (I been told by a commenter who knows the dog that his name is Trigger)
For those who don't know, Big Issue magazine sellers are homeless people trying to raise funds for finding places to live, and the Big Issue magazine supplies a legitimate way of doing that without begging..
Many homeless folk in the UK have dogs. Some "normal" people will see it as a street person's cynical and manipulative way to get extra money from the government and/or passers-by. That is possibly so for many of them. But there is no doubt these furry friends provide some much-needed love and companionship and maybe protection for people who have - for whatever reason - hit rock bottom. We all need a bit of love and unconditional acceptance in our lives.
The sad truth is more people will be genuinely moved and want to help the dog than his owner. Such is cruel modern times.
Chicago Teachers are STILL on strike. As our mayor determined our budget today, many children, parents, teachers, and support staff hung in the balance at City Hall wondering if there was any tax dollars left over for the people who help this city truly thrive and are invested or just merely the investors who want to own another Lincoln Yards condo and don't even plan on living in the city for more than a couple months out of the year.
Again, this isn't about "caving in" This is about defining priorities for what kind of city and world you want to live in. This is about social justice and sustainability.
***All photos are copyrighted***
No students ever wanted their teachers to not fight for social justice. Let that sink in. We are the voice of students. We are the voice that says their dreams matter, their education matters, their FUTURE matters.
Yesterday, Chicago Public Students wrapped themselves around City Hall in a sit in because they believe in their own future. We believe in them, too!
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Chicago teachers are still waiting for our mayor, Lori Lightfoot to follow through on her promises to give the schools more nurses and social workers. She'd still rather give it to condo developers and corporations that don't pay their fair share. The argument is always "But the corporations create jobs!" Schools create jobs, too! Invest in the future!
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Because the footprints show
That you are by my side
#ArethaFranklin
#NeverGonnaBreakMyFaith
#BlackLivesMatter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLbHi92YOhE&list=RDZLbHi92YOh...
Aretha Franklin - Never Gonna Break My Faith (Official Video) ft. The Boys Choir of Harlem
UUSC's JustWorks programming includes a service-learning trip entitled "Freedom Summer: A Civil Rights Journey." This inter-generational experience visits important historical locations from the Civil Rights movement and participants hear firsthand accounts from activists who took a stand for social justice.
uusc.org
El Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores, created to defend the human rights of day laborers. California Street and Park Avenue West, Denver, CO.
Vigil for Victims of Police Brutality: King-Seabrook Chapel, Huston-Tillotson University campus, Austin, Texas
Sadness and outrage. That's what many of us have been feeling for a long time in America. We watched in horror the video of George Floyd, pleading for his life, as he lay dying with a racist cop's knee on his neck, who refused to hear his pleas, "I can't breathe." 8 minutes 46 seconds later, he was dead. After 400 years of racism, millions of Black and Brown people enslaved, and thousands terrorized, oppressed and killed, America is finally hearing the cries of Floyd and Black Lives Matter protestors for racial equality and justice. Floyd's death sparked BLM protests all over America and the world. Floyd was speaking for all of us when he cried, "I can't breathe." We no longer want America to be a country where Black and other people are dehumanized, destroyed or killed for the color of their skin or for profit. We will keep fighting for real social change, equality and justice, and for a better world where the humanity of all people is protected and revered. Black Lives Matter! Power to the People!
Vigil for Victims of Police Brutality: Huston-Tillotson University campus, Austin, Texas, Sept. 22, 2016
Los maestros de Chicago están en huelga, que es lo que el 94% de los maestros y el personal de apoyo votaron por todo el distrito. Tengo la suerte de haber trabajado en este Distrito de Escuelas Públicas de Chicago desde 2001, cuando me convertí en un terapeuta ocupacional para niños con diferentes niveles de habilidad. Amo a mis alumnos y preferiría estar en la escuela en lugar de marchar afuera en las calles. Lo que mucha gente puede o no saber es que, de acuerdo con la Ley del Estado de Illinois, los maestros solo pueden hacer huelga por el pago. Entonces, nuestra nueva alcaldesa de Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, ofreció un aumento del 4% por año (16% en 4 años) con la esperanza de que esto sea suficiente.
Pero esto no es suficiente. ¿Por qué? Porque nosotros, maestros y clínicos, somos rebeldes. No hacemos esto por el dinero. Hacemos esto por los niños. Nos atrevemos a soñar con un mundo en el que no tengamos que pedir una enfermera, una biblioteca y un trabajador social para todas nuestras escuelas porque en los suburbios, todo esto se da y más. ¿Por qué los estudiantes de Chicago deberían tener menos? ¿Por qué los estudiantes de Chicago deberían sufrir con aulas sucias? ¿Son estas buenas condiciones de aprendizaje? Hace unos años, probaron las fuentes de agua en la escuela en busca de plomo y descubrieron que al menos el 30% de los examinados tenían plomo, por lo que simplemente dejaron de hacerlo. Y no se hizo nada al respecto. ¿Son estas buenas condiciones de aprendizaje? Chicago está plagada de clasismo y racismo que obliga a muchos niños a vivir en entornos inseguros, pero Lori Lightfoot preferiría abrir comisarías de policía que proporcionar dinero para las escuelas. ¿Son estas buenas condiciones de aprendizaje cuando nuestros estudiantes llegan a la escuela con síndrome de estrés tóxico y no hay un trabajador social presente para ayudarlos?
La respuesta en nuestros corazones es no. Y no existe una ley que impida que los maestros de Chicago peleen. Lucharé. Perderé mi paga. Marcharé en el frío. Pero defenderé a estos niños y es un honor. Necesitan ver esto. Necesitan ver que sus maestros los aman y lucharán para que existan en un mundo mejor. Respirar. Ser amado. Tener una alta calidad de vida. De eso se trata realmente la huelga de la Unión de Maestros de Chicago.
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Chicago Teachers are on Strike, which is what 94% of the teachers and support staff voted for district wide. I happen to be lucky enough to have worked in this Chicago Public Schools District since 2001 when I became an Occupational Therapist for children with different ability levels. I love my students and I would rather be in school instead of marching outside on the streets. What a lot of people may or may or not know is that according to Illinois State Law, teachers can only strike over pay. So, our new Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot offered a 4% raise per year (16% over 4 years) in hopes that this would be enough.
But, this is not enough. Why? Because us teachers and clinicians are rebels. We don't do this for the money. We do this for the kids. We dare to dream of a world where we don't have to ask for a nurse, a library, and a social worker for all of our schools because in the suburbs, these are all given and more. Why should Chicago students have less? Why should Chicago students suffer with dirty classrooms? Are these good learning conditions? A few years back they tested the water fountains at school for lead and found at least 30% of those tested had lead and so they just stopped testing. And nothing was done about it. Are these good learning conditions? Chicago is plagued by classism and racism that forces many children into unsafe living environments but Lori Lightfoot would rather open up police stations than provide money for schools. Are these good learning conditions when our students come to school with toxic stress syndrome and no social worker is present to help them?
The answer in our hearts is no. And there isn't a law in existence that is going to keep Chicago teachers from fighting. I will fight. I will lose my pay. I will march in the cold. But, I will stand up for these children and it is an honor. They need to see this. They need to see their teachers love them and will fight for them to exist in a better world. To breathe. To be loved. To have a high quality of life. That is what the Chicago Teacher's Union Strike is really all about.
***All photos are copyrighted. But please, if you or a loved one are in this photo, write to me at kirstiecat@gmail.com with a link to the photo in question and I will send you the high res version for free.**
Chicago Teachers are on Strike, which is what 94% of the teachers and support staff voted for district wide. I happen to be lucky enough to have worked in this Chicago Public Schools District since 2001 when I became an Occupational Therapist for children with different ability levels. I love my students and I would rather be in school instead of marching outside on the streets. What a lot of people may or may or not know is that according to Illinois State Law, teachers can only strike over pay. So, our new Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot offered a 4% raise per year (16% over 4 years) in hopes that this would be enough.
But, this is not enough. Why? Because us teachers and clinicians are rebels. We don't do this for the money. We do this for the kids. We dare to dream of a world where we don't have to ask for a nurse, a library, and a social worker for all of our schools because in the suburbs, these are all given and more. Why should Chicago students have less? Why should Chicago students suffer with dirty classrooms? Are these good learning conditions? A few years back they tested the water fountains at school for lead and found at least 30% of those tested had lead and so they just stopped testing. And nothing was done about it. Are these good learning conditions? Chicago is plagued by classism and racism that forces many children into unsafe living environments but Lori Lightfoot would rather open up police stations than provide money for schools. Are these good learning conditions when our students come to school with toxic stress syndrome and no social worker is present to help them?
The answer in our hearts is no. And there isn't a law in existence that is going to keep Chicago teachers from fighting. I will fight. I will lose my pay. I will march in the cold. But, I will stand up for these children and it is an honor. They need to see this. They need to see their teachers love them and will fight for them to exist in a better world. To breathe. To be loved. To have a high quality of life. That is what the Chicago Teacher's Union Strike is really all about.
***All photos are copyrighted. But please, if you or a loved one are in this photo, write to me at kirstiecat@gmail.com with a link to the photo in question and I will send you the high res version for free.**
Chicago Teachers are on Strike, which is what 94% of the teachers and support staff voted for district wide. I happen to be lucky enough to have worked in this Chicago Public Schools District since 2001 when I became an Occupational Therapist for children with different ability levels. I love my students and I would rather be in school instead of marching outside on the streets. What a lot of people may or may or not know is that according to Illinois State Law, teachers can only strike over pay. So, our new Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot offered a 4% raise per year (16% over 4 years) in hopes that this would be enough.
But, this is not enough. Why? Because us teachers and clinicians are rebels. We don't do this for the money. We do this for the kids. We dare to dream of a world where we don't have to ask for a nurse, a library, and a social worker for all of our schools because in the suburbs, these are all given and more. Why should Chicago students have less? Why should Chicago students suffer with dirty classrooms? Are these good learning conditions? A few years back they tested the water fountains at school for lead and found at least 30% of those tested had lead and so they just stopped testing. And nothing was done about it. Are these good learning conditions? Chicago is plagued by classism and racism that forces many children into unsafe living environments but Lori Lightfoot would rather open up police stations than provide money for schools. Are these good learning conditions when our students come to school with toxic stress syndrome and no social worker is present to help them?
The answer in our hearts is no. And there isn't a law in existence that is going to keep Chicago teachers from fighting. I will fight. I will lose my pay. I will march in the cold. But, I will stand up for these children and it is an honor. They need to see this. They need to see their teachers love them and will fight for them to exist in a better world. To breathe. To be loved. To have a high quality of life. That is what the Chicago Teacher's Union Strike is really all about.
***All photos are copyrighted. But please, if you or a loved one are in this photo, write to me at kirstiecat@gmail.com with a link to the photo in question and I will send you the high res version for free.**
Standing firm for equality and against all forms of hatred and discrimination
Picture taken with the model's permission, after spotting him in a contemporary art gallery. More of the story here on the Pro account picture:
flic.kr/p/2rM9Dwa — with a colour version which includes the full sculpture and shadow art.
AI Prompt Sharing group Challenge: Expressions of Empathy.
Prompt: Create a thought-provoking and emotionally charged image that conveys expressions of empathy towards humanitarian crises and highlights the importance of social justice ; Film photography; National Geographic Style; 8K UHD
Today it feels so simple
We are here to take care of each other.
How could we ever forget?
As if soil could forget it is here to feed the trees.
As if trees could forget they are here to feed the soil.
How could anything ever get in the way of generosity?
How could we ever greet each other with any words besides, How can I help you?
As if light could forget it is here to help illuminate.
As if dark could forget it is here to help us heal.
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Silver Spring, Maryland, January 24, 2014. The Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition hosted an hour long rally and brief march in downtown Silver Spring to protest ongoing police violence without accountability, most egregiously against people of color. This action was in solidarity with hundreds of similar events nationwide celebrating the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. I counted around fifty participants during the hour I was on the street. Interactions between the heavily armed, bullet-proof vested Montgomery County Police and the demonstrators were generally respectful and peaceful.
Movements throughout the US are facilitating People's Movement Assemblies (PMA) to mobilize and build solidarity among communities, regions, and movement sectors coming to the US Social Forum. Individuals and organizations will use these assemblies to share our common dreams and collaborate on our plans for action
Millions March NYC - blog post with more photos
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