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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 04: Actress Alyson Hannigan introduces Joss Whedon during Equality Now presents Make Equality Reality at Montage Hotel on November 4, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Equality Now)
Democratic education is an educational ideal in which #democracy is both a goal and a method of instruction. It brings democratic values to #education and can include self-determination within a community of equals, as well as such values as #justice, #respect and #trust.
This ‘Equality’ themed CreativeMornings/SP event was generously hosted by NOVA 535 with special support from Roundhouse Creative.
Shannon Lipan poured her heart out as our speaker.
The event was fueled by NOVA 535 and Ray’s Vegan Soul.
Photo by Stephen Zane.
At the National Equality March Rally in Washington DC on October 11, 2009.
Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding equal protection for LGBT people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states.
Learn more at equalityacrossamerica.org
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Mayor Bill de Blasio hosts a marriage equality pop-up party and celebration on the steps of City Hall and officiates two weddings. Friday, June 26, 2015. Credit: Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography Office.
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This is my entry in Fujimugs' Symmetry challenge.
www.fujimugs.com/challenge/entry.php?entry=122365
I love the way there is contrast and equality in the shot with the white beams being equal on both sides because of the reflection while contrasting as well as the spaces of the white beams are filled by the building glass on the left side while on the right side it is empty with only the sky filling the gap. This building is the Flower Dome in Gardens by the Bay.
Also seen at www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/chestercastillo
Created by Banner Creek Science Center Summer Workshop, Holton, KS
Participants: Cooper (age 9 1/2)
Leaders: Katie Morris (art) and Cari Andrews (science)
Title: Olympus Mons
Theme: Space
Materials and techniques: Acrylic paint
About: This is a painting of Olympus Mons on Mars. The earth is telling Mars that it’s sending in more astronauts and Mars is saying ok.
Learn more about the Dream Rocket Project and how to participate at www.thedreamrocket.com
At the National Equality March Rally in Washington DC on October 11, 2009.
Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding equal protection for LGBT people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states.
Learn more at equalityacrossamerica.org
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At the National Equality March Rally in Washington DC on October 11, 2009.
Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding equal protection for LGBT people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states.
Learn more at equalityacrossamerica.org
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James Leonard Farmer, Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was a civil rights activist and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which eventually led to the desegregation of inter-state transportation in the United States.
In 1942, Farmer co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality, which later became the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), an organization that sought to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolence. Farmer was the organization's first leader, serving as the national chairman from 1942 to 1944.
Farmer was born in Marshall, Texas, to James L. Farmer, Sr. and Pearl Houston. His father was a professor at Wiley College, a historically black college, and a Methodist minister with a Ph.D. in theology at Boston University. His mother, a homemaker, was a graduate of Florida's Bethune Cookman Institute and a former teacher.
At 10, Farmer's Uncle Fred, Aunt Helen, and cousin Muriel had come down to visit from New York. They had no trouble getting a bedroom on the train down, but were worried about getting one on the way back. Farmer went to the train station with his dad. While convincing the manager to give his uncle a bedroom on the train, Farmer witnessed his dad lie to get what he wanted. His father being a minister, Farmer was shocked to hear the lies. On the way back, his father told him, "I had to tell that lie about your Uncle Fred. That was the only way we could get the reservation. The Lord will forgive me" Still, Farmer was very upset that his father had to lie to get the bedroom on the train. This event was when Farmer began to dedicate his life to the end of segregation.
Farmer was a child prodigy; at the age of 14, he enrolled at Wiley College, where he was the captain of the debate team. While there, a professor of English, Melvin Tolson, became his mentor. His part in its winning performance was portrayed by Denzel Whitaker in the 2007 film The Great Debaters, directed by and starring Denzel Washington.
Farmer was invited to the White House to talk with president Roosevelt when he was 21. Eleanor Roosevelt had signed the invitation. Before the talk with the president, Mrs. Roosevelt talked to the group. Farmer found a liking to her immediately, and the two of them monopolized the conversation. When the group went in to talk to President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt followed and sat in the back. After the formalities were done, the young people were allowed to ask questions. Farmer asked, "On your opening remarks you described Britain and France as champions of freedom. In light of their colonial policies in Africa, which give the lie to the principle, how can they be considered defenders?" . The president tactfully avoided the question. Mrs. Roosevelt then exclaimed, "Just a minute, you did not answer the question!" . Although Roosevelt still did not answer the question as Farmer phrased it, Farmer was placated knowing that he had got the question out there.
Farmer talked to A. J. Muste, the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), about an idea to combat racial inequality. Muste found the idea promising but wanted to see it in writing. Farmer spent months writing the memorandum making sure it was perfect. A. J. Muste wrote him back asking him about money to fund it and how they would get members. Finally, Farmer was asked to propose his idea in front of the FOR National Council. In the end, FOR chose not to sponsor the group, but gave Farmer permission to start the group in Chicago. When Farmer got back to Chicago, the group began setting up the organization. The name decided upon was CORE, the Committee of Racial Equality. The name was changed about a year later to the Congress of Racial Equality.
In 1961 Farmer, who was working for the NAACP, was reelected as the national director of CORE, at a time when the civil rights movement was gaining power. Despite the Irene Morgan Supreme Court decision and the Boynton decision, interstate buses were still segregated. Gordon Carey proposed the idea of a second Journey of Reconciliation. Farmer jumped at the idea. This time, however, the group planned to journey through the Deep South. Farmer coined a new name for the trip: the Freedom Ride.
The plan was for a mixed race and gender group to test segregation on interstate buses. The group would spend time in Washington D.C. for intensive training. They would embark on May 4, 1961 half by Greyhound and half by Trailways. They would go through Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and finish in New Orleans on May 17. For overnight stops there were planned rallies and support from the black community. There were usually talks at local churches or colleges.
On May 4, the participants journeyed to the Deep South and challenged segregated bus terminals as well as seating on the vehicles. The trip down through Georgia went smoothly enough. The states knew about the trip and either took down the "Colored" and "White Only" signs, or didn't enforce the segregation laws. Before the group made it to Alabama, the most dangerous part of the Freedom Ride, Farmer had to return home after the death of his father. The other riders were severely beaten and abused in Alabama and were forced to fly to New Orleans instead of finishing the ride as planned. Diane Nash and members of the SNCC quickly sent in students to restart the Freedom Ride where the first had left off. Farmer later rejoined in Montgomery, Alabama, but only after Doris Castle persuaded him to get on the bus at the last minute. The Riders were met with severe violence and garnered national media attention. Their efforts sparked a summer of similar rides by other Civil Rights leaders and thousands of ordinary citizens. In Jackson, Farmer and the other riders were immediately jailed. There was no violence in Jackson. The riders followed the jail no bail philosophy and after being in county and town jails the riders were sent to Parchman State Penitentiary. Although the Freedom Rides were attacked by whites, they became recognized as an effective strategy, and the Congress of Racial Equality received nationwide attention. Farmer became a well-known civil rights leader. The Freedom Rides captured the imagination of the nation through photographs, newspaper accounts, and motion pictures.
In 1963, Louisiana state troopers hunted him door to door for trying to organize protests. A funeral home director had Farmer play dead in the back of a hearse that carried him along back roads and out of town. He was arrested in August 1963 for disturbing the peace.
Equality's 6th grade scholars are currently learning about Egypt in social studies class. They were thrilled to get the opportunity to interact with actual artifacts from Egypt brought in by Carolyn Rezckalla, the mother of 6th grade math teacher Victoria Rezckalla. By bringing the Egyptian way of living to life with these artifacts, our scholars are engaged in the learning process and more excited about learning. Great job to Ms. Bailey and Mr. Jay for integrating this in to their classroom instruction!
For more information on what is going on at Equality Charter School, go to:
After dinner, we happened to drive by the Wyoming State Capitol Building, and while I already have a shot of the Wyoming Capitol in my State Capitol album, I took that shot 15 years ago on a cold day with a bad camera, and I hadn't yet worked out the format of the posts so that I'd include any history. I thought I might get a good night shot to replace the old picture, so here it is.
Wyoming was a little slow getting to statehood -- they didn't make it official until 1890 -- but they didn't mess around when it came to building a capitol. All the state's earliest settlements were pop-up towns built along the path of the Union Pacific's transcontinental railroad, and Cheyenne was the first of these pop-up towns, so they claimed the title of territorial capital right off the mark before anybody had time to argue with them even though they were about as far from a centralized location as a capital could be in a rectangular state. They cemented the claim by having the territorial legislature authorize the construction of this building starting in 1886, and they finished it in 1890, just under the wire of statehood.
Editor's Note, about that "Equality Command" in the title: For those from foreign lands, all the US states have official nicknames related to some fact or feature about the state -- Kentucky is the "Bluegrass State"; Illinois is the "Prairie State"; Indiana is the "Hoosier State," even though nobody knows what a Hoosier is. Wyoming is -- surprisingly, to anyone who knows anything about the place -- the "Equality State." This owes to the act of the territorial governor and legislature that gave women the right to vote in 1869, the very first state or territory in these United States to do that. They allowed women to serve on juries starting in 1870, and women could own property and serve as peace officers here before they could anyplace else. In 1925, Wyoming became the first state to elect a woman governor, and she served in this very building.
Sometimes, you'll encounter an internet troll who will try to use these historical facts to invent some illusory point about Republican states being progressive or some similar imaginary dumb thing ... sort of like the whole "Democrats started the Ku Klux Klan" argument. Yes, Democrats started the Klan a hundred years ago, but that was back when all the Southern racists were Democrats. They're all Republicans now, and they've moved out of the South and taken over Wyoming. If it came up today, I'm sure Wyoming would be the first state to repeal the 19th Amendment and eliminate women's right to vote.
And that does it for Day 13 of our 15-day trip. After this, I've got six more sets from this trip to post.
At the National Equality March Rally in Washington DC on October 11, 2009.
Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding equal protection for LGBT people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states.
Learn more at equalityacrossamerica.org
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At the National Equality March Rally in Washington DC on October 11, 2009.
Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding equal protection for LGBT people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states.
Learn more at equalityacrossamerica.org
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At the National Equality March Rally in Washington DC on October 11, 2009.
People from all across America gathered in Washington DC to let the elected leaders know that now is the time for full equal rights for LGBT people.
There is one single demand: Equal protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states.
Learn more at equalityacrossamerica.org
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95th Women's Equality Day DC Rally for Gender Equality at US Capitol Upper Senate Park on Constitution at Delaware Avenue, NE, Washington DC on Wednesday morning, 26 August 2015 by Elvert Barnes Protest Photography
Follow Wednesday, 26 August 2015 DC Rally for Gender Equality event page at www.facebook.com/events/413898718810985/
More details of the march at while-you-were-sleeping.com/2015/08/25/womens-equality-da...
Elvert Barnes 95th WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY 2015 RATIFY THE ERA MARCH / DC docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/WED2015DC