ChangeBloggers
LiveBlog – Independent Sector, Leading Today's Social Movements – Monday, November 10, 2008
Panelist: Richard Burns, Executive Director, NYC GLBT Community Center – mental health and social services, cultural programs, public policy and social activities. Founder of NY State health and human servicesnetwork Alan Khazei, Founder and CEO, Be the Change, Inc. – dedicated to strengthening democracy. Driving force of Service Nation. CoFounder of CityYear. James Koshiba, Director, [...]
LiveBlog – Independent Sector, NonProfit Warrior Renewal – Monday, November 10, 2008
Speaker: Stewart D. Friedman, practice professor of management and director, Wharton Work/Life Integration Project, Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Panelists: Kathleen E. Christensen, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Karen K. Narasaki, president and executive director, Asian American Justice Center Rand Wentworth, president, Land Trust Alliance, LLC Moderator: John Gompert, [...]
Town Hall Meeting – The State of Black Gay Men's Sexual Health
COLOURS, the Black Gay Men’s Leadership Coalition and House of Blahnik Present: Philadelphia Community Town Hall Meeting: The State of Black Gay Men’s Sexual Health! Representatives from throughout Philadelphia’s LGBT community will be in attendance to discuss the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the LGBT community, particularly among LGBTs of Color. Friends and Allies are most welcome and [...]
Black German- Belonging and Who I Am
Out of the 95,000 US Occupation babies born in Germany in the 1950s-60s there were approximately 3000 of us, so-called Negro mulatto babies, better known as Germany’s ‘Brown Babies’. The SPD [Social Democratic Party of Germany] deemed that we formed a special group, presenting a human and racial problem of a special nature that gave [...]
CAIR Philly @ Villanova Don't 'Iraq' Iran
I am liveblogging the “Don’t ‘Iraq’ Iran: Finding a Peaceful Resolution to the Iran Crisis” seminar co-sponsored by the Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition and Villanova University. As the Bush Administration continually turns to military action as its fundamental tool of diplomacy, scores of Americans are coming together to discuss alternative means of cross-cultural dialogue in [...]
PBS "Germans in America" – The Desirable German Narrative
PBS aired a re-run of the entire Germans in America series the other night. I was able to see the entire series for the first time, instead of taking it in piecemeal. This four-part series examines German settlers who came to America in the early 18th Century, particularly how they adjusted to life in America, [...]
CAIR Philly Event @ Villanova – Don't 'Iraq' Iran: Finding a Peaceful Resolution to the Iran Crisis
If anyone in Philadelphia is interested in attending, but does not have transportation, please let me know. I am driving and can have room for three more people in my car. Thursday, October 23 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in Room 1011, Bartley Hall on the Villanova campus Crossposted from CAIR Email/Complete Event Listing on [...]
Update: New Miss Switzerland Gets Racist Attacks
As I previously reported, there was much controversy around Whitney Toyloy winning the Miss Switzerland pageant. Several critics questioned her preparedness for the role and responsibilities under the crown due to her age. Others questioned whether a bi-racial woman could actually represent Switzerland, that she did not reflect what it meant to be Swiss. Several [...]
Presidential Debate Philadelphia Watch Party
I received this information from the CAIR Philadelphia Chapter! I will be attending the Watch Party at Masjidullahah in Olney. I plan to liveblog and get feed back on the debate and the election in general from others in attendance! You are invited to a Presidential Debate Watch Party this Wednesday, October 15th at 8:30pm [...]
Literary Activism Reincarnate: ChangeMakers/ChangeBloggers Initiative – Coming to Your Town!
I was eight years old when Rushdie published The Satantic Verses and when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini unleashed his retaliatory fatwa firestorm throughout the Muslim world. I read The Satanic Verses when I was in high school, and have since re-read it at different points in my life. The themes he addresses in the novel – [...]
STAND UP – Day of Blogging for Community Organizing Justice
The Francis L. Holland Blog: Day of Blogging for Community Organizing Justice: “I Am a Community Organizer” I support the Day of Blogging for Community Organizing Justice: “I Am a Community Organizer”, and I support this initiative. I, along with hundreds of other Community Organizers will come together and blog on the topic on Monday, [...]
