Toward a World that Works for Everyone
How this Queens community built $1,000 college savings accounts for all its kids Kristin Toussaint, Fast Company, Feb. 25, 2021 (https://www.fastcompany.com/90606164/how-this-queens-community-built-1000-college-savings-accounts-for-all-its-kids) It’s part of a new program to build wealth for low-income kids across New York City—with a little help from their communities. In 1949, when she was 14 years old, Claudia Coger dropped out […]
City of Vancouver website: https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/rezoning-for-new-indigenous-led-housing-project-approved-by-council.aspx Proposal addresses urgent need for urban Indigenous-led and managed new permanent social and supportive housing, and shelter beds in the Downtown Eastside. We are pleased to be working alongside the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society and BC Housing to put reconciliation into action. ~ Mayor Kennedy Stewart, February 17 2021 […]
Stig Pryds is a Danish record holding freediver. He was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in 2008, which disabled him so much that he lost his business. After 5 years of intense pain and increasing dependency on drugs, he decided to quit all drugs cold turkey, and find alternative ways to deal with his disease. He […]
‘Motherhood is a job’—and these 50 leaders say you should get paid Jamie Orsini, Motherly, January 26, 2021 (https://www.mother.ly/news/heres-the-plan-for-getting-moms-paid) Being a mom is a full-time job. Now there’s a plan to help us get paid for all the work we do. It’s called the Marshall Plan for Moms. Spearheaded by Girls Who Code founder Reshma […]
By Brakkton Booker, NPR, October 13th, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923233877/princeton-university-agrees-to-nearly-1-million-in-back-pay-to-female-professors One of the nation’s most prestigious universities has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back pay to female professors following allegations of pay discrimination. The Ivy League university will pay $925,000 in back pay and at least $250,000 in future wages, as part of an agreement […]
A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were ‘beautifully surprising’ Participants found housing faster, boosted food security and reduced spending on substances, study found Bridgette Watson · CBC News · Oct 07, 2020 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714) The results of a B.C. research project that gave thousands of dollars to homeless people are in and, […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Since 1970, there have been many murders and disappearances on the “Highway of Tears” in British Columbia, Canada, a 725 kilometre (450 mi) corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert. According to Wikipedia: “The phrase, ‘Highway of Tears’ was coined in 1998, by Florence Naziel, during a vigil held in Terrace, […]
10-Day Collective Trauma Summit Starts September 22 Registration is now open for the second annual Collective Trauma Summit, organized by Thomas Hübl. Last year this summit attracted over 50,000 participants and featured more than 30 talks with trauma experts, activists, and cultural visionaries. This year’s Summit is a 10-day event (September 22 – October 1) […]
What Women’s Suffrage Owes to Indigenous Culture Bridget Quinn, Yes! Magazine, Aug 19, 2020 (https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2020/08/19/womens-suffrage-indigenous-culture/) The example of gender equality in Haudenosaunee society gave 19th-century White women some big ideas. It’s been 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment secured voting rights for women—sort of. In She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, […]
What do we want the legal system to look like in Nova Earth? Do we want legislative bills with loads of self-serving, pork-barrel amendments? Do we want judges elected or appointed politically – Democrat and Republican judges? Do we want prisons to be for profit? Incarceration has been shown to have become an industry in […]
By Bill Chappell and Ruth Sherlock, NPR, August 5th, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/08/05/899282146/no-words-after-enormous-explosion-rips-beirut-a-search-for-answers Updated at 4:51 a.m. ET Thursday, August 6th, 2020 Beirut is reeling and Lebanon is in grief after a powerful explosion tore through the capital’s port area on Tuesday. The enormous blast, which officials said was driven by thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, […]
Temporary Basic Income to protect the world’s poorest people could slow the surge in COVID-19 cases, says UNDP United Nations Development Programme, July 23, 2020 https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020 New York – The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 cases by enabling nearly three billion […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca From Sally in Illinois: I wanted to share a video link with you. Please share it if you feel guided to do so. It has had a profound impact on me and I’m thinking others may benefit as well…. I’ve always been interested in healing and using sound as a tool for healing. In […]
By Stephanie O’Neill, NPR, July 30, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/896245305/why-forgiving-someone-else-is-really-about-you Forgiveness has a P.R. problem. Think about all those useless idioms used to describe it. Stuff like: ‘forgive and forget,’ ‘turn a blind eye,’ ‘let bygones be bygones.’ With that kind of cheesy advice, no wonder so many people travel through life dragging a steamer trunk full […]
Vancouver City Council just voted unanimously in favour of Decriminalizing Poverty and Supporting Community-led Safety Initiatives, led by COPE’S [The Coalition of Progressive Electors] motion! This means it’s the City’s position that police shouldn’t be used for matters of mental health, substance use, sex work, homelessness, and poverty, and that instead funds should be used […]
