After the three most recent mass shootings by white male supremacist terrorists, we are all morally obligated to take action. If you don’t know what action to take … no problem! I’ll give you five assignments this week. Start by taking a few minutes tomorrow morning to call your senators. Why? Because the House has…
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Never Again Is Now: Text “NEVER” to 83224
For the second time in a week, a building in Washington, D.C., was shut down by people protesting inhumane conditions in immigrant detention camps. #CatholicsAgainstICE took over the Russell Senate Building today, carrying photos of migrant children who have died in U.S. custody. A group of activists formed a human cross with their bodies on…
Never Again Is Now: We Locked Down ICE!
Yesterday, I went to Washington, D.C., for the “Never Again Is Now” protest organized by #JewsAgainstIce and immigrant-rights organization Movimiento Cosecha. Hundreds of peaceful activists marched from the National Mall … View this post on Instagram Yesterday’s walk from the National Mall to the ICE building. #neveragainisnow #jewsagainstice #activate #protest #abolishice #closethecamps A post shared…
Never Again Is Now: Take Action on July 16
Next Tuesday, July 16, is another national day of action to send this message: Close the concentration camps*. There will be a march in D.C., as well as local events you can find through NeverAgainAction.com. If you can’t march, share the website via email and social media. You can call your senators and congressperson the…
Don’t Wait: Activate in Your State
If you’re upset by what’s happening this country and you’re not calling your two U.S. senators and your one congressperson EVERY DAY, you ain’t serious. Stop playing! Put those phone numbers in your contacts and spend five minutes (total) telling the officials who work for you what you expect to see out of them. Can’t…
#CloseTheCamps: Take to the Streets on July 2
Do you find yourself wondering when we’re going to take to the streets and protest human-rights abuses at our southern border? You have a chance to walk the walk on Tuesday, July 2, during MoveOn’s National Day of Action to #CloseTheCamps. Stop wondering and start doing. You ARE the hero you’ve been waiting for! CLICK…
#WCW: Tiffany Cabán, Megan Rapinoe, Alanis, and Warren
“Woman Crush Wednesday” — hashtagged as #WCW — is a Social Media Thing that gives peeps a good excuse to share lists of women they admire. Most of you probably know that, but it’s come to my attention that MrB, despite reading my blog since July 2007, still asks sincere questions my use of basic…
Don’t Wait: Activate! Also, Election Day Info for NYC
I spend a lot of time on Twitter — I’m a masochist, I guess — and I keep seeing people reacting to stories like this one about the warehousing of immigrant children in overcrowded and disease-ridden detention camps on our southern border. People tweet plaintively: Why aren’t we in the streets en masse? Why aren’t…
Jewels of the Month: Time to Give Women a Hand
I’ve got a limited number of my sterling-silver emoji earrings left. Ten of those depict hand gestures; they’re sold as single studs that you can mix and match. Through Sunday, June 16, at 11:59 p.m. ET, I will donate $10 from each $35 purchase of a single stud to your choice of She Should Run…
Treat Yo Self While Supporting Abortion Rights
Shout-out to gorgeous customer Ali, whose ring order enabled me to make a $25 donation to Access Reproductive Care – Southeast today! Like I said yesterday, all people deserve freedom, choice, and sovereignty over their own bodies, and that includes abortion on demand for anyone who has a uterus. Ali was the first to person…