Tweet February 29, 2012 — Members of Communities United for Police Reform, a new grassroots campaign of community members and advocacy organizations formed to end discriminatory stop-and-frisk and related practices,…
Month: February 2012
Movilización nacional por la defensa del río Magdalena.
Tweet MOVILIZACIÓN NACIONAL DEL 28 DE FEBRERO A 7 DE MARZO POR LA DEFENSA DEL RIO MAGDALENA Y LAS COMUNIDADES AFECTADAS POR LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL PROYECTO HIDROELÉCTRICO EL QUIMBO. Más…
Maryland House and Senate passed marriage equality bill.
Tweet On Friday, February 17th, 2012, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a marriage equality bill 71 votes to 67 and on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012, Maryland senators met in…
No kisses for Hershey until it ends HIV discrimination.
Tweet Protest to end HIV stigma. Hershey retail store in Times Square March 7th, 2012. 48th and Broadway New York, NY School Rejects HIV-Positive Student According to the Associated Press…
Communities United for Police Reform
Tweet Communities United for Police Reform are launching a campaign with events around New York City, taking our message to City Hall, and to the communities most intensely targeted by…
El Sheriff de chocolate y su novio Mexicano.
Tweet Esta es la historia de un Sheriff (que no es precisamente de chocolate) en Arizona y su novio Mexicano. El Sheriff se llama Paul Raymond Babeu y su ahora…
Bloomberg & the NYPD are violating the constitutional rights of New Yorkers.
Tweet February 14, 2012 — The NYPD stopped and interrogated people 684,330 times in 2011, by far the highest total since the Police Department began collecting data on its troubling…
HIV Is Not a Crime. End HIV criminalization NOW!
Tweet HIV Is Not a Crime but in 34 states and two U.S. territories currently have varying statutes that can penalize HIV+ people for potentially exposing others to the disease.…
HASA clients to Commissioner Robert Doar: Take a drug test (PHOTOS)!
Tweet 2/17/2012. Manhattan, NYC – Activists marched today to the office of New York City HRA Commissioner Robert Doar to ask him to take a drug test. They are upset…
Homophobia at a NYC train station (PHOTOS).
Tweet Friday, February 17th, 2012. New York City – Last week I saw these ads at a train station, I thought they were great. Today I went to cover a…
Lincoln Hospital allows artists to barter talent for health care.
Tweet LINCOLN HOSPITAL ALLOWS ARTISTS TO BARTER TALENT FOR HEALTH CARE Tony and Grammy Awards winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hip Hop Pioneer Roxanne Shante, The Actors’ Fund, The Bronx Council on…
The New Jersey Assembly passed the marriage equality bill.
Tweet Thursday, February 16th, 2012 – The New Jersey Assembly passed the Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act on Thursday afternoon in a 42-33 vote. The historic passage, following Senate…