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Vanessa Edwards-Foster (part 3) "Speaking Out"
The conclusion of Vanessa's keynote address to the faithful, gathered together at the 2009 Illinois Transgender Day of Remembrance candlelight vigil, deals with an essential task that is incumbent to ALL who assume the role trans-activist, to one degree or another. For some (like Vanessa), it is a lifelong and very public commitment, attempting to enlighten members of mainstream society to the often harsh reality of day-to-day life as a trans-person, and doing outreach with other gay ...
Author: krnicole1; Tags: Vanessa Edwards Foster speaking out
Activist background helped me bring down pendency: Shailesh Gandhi
Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi told Rainmaker that the pain he felt as an activist helped him bring down the pendency of cases before him to ninety days. "As an activist, one can point out flaws and faults in the functioning of the RTI and as a commissioner, you have a chance to make much more radical change", he said. He also said that even as an activist, he had reasonable clarity of what he thought the role of the Information Commission should be, and I have been critical of the ...
Author: RainmakerIndia; Tags: Shailesh Gandhi RTI right to information
A Message to the Environmental Movement
You the environmentalists, you the activists, you the campaigners. You who have watched with growing concern the ways in which the world around us has been ravaged in the pursuit of the almighty dollar. You who are concerned with the state of the planet that we are leaving for our children and our grandchildren and those generations yet unborn. This is not a message of divisiveness, but cooperation. This is a message of hope and empowerment, but it requires us to look at a hard and ...
Author: HolzapfelNelson; Tags: james corbett environment IPPC CO2 climate climategate greenpeace wwf Bilderberger Illuminati taxes green
Liberals Vow To Go After Obama - Afghanistan!
thousands of more troops to the eight-year conflict. He sending up to 35000 additional troops to Afghanistan beginning 2010. Paul Kawika Martin, political director for Peace Action, a grassroots organization, who added that thousands of activists are planning to protest following the president's announcement. He is going to lose a lot of public support who may not be there for him in 2012. "The president does face a serious battle inside his own caucus, his own party, particularly in the ...
Author: ObamaSteinNo2012; Tags: liberal protest dislike hate arrested arrest president obama increase troop troops combat america american democrat republican Afghanistan afghan war tax Taliban 11 terrorist arab jew israel jewish israeli muslim pakistan pakistani terrorism heroin funding US targets poppy seed fields zone soldiers killed roadside bomb defense IED Marines USMC army navy air force kill dead fight battle death attack osama bin ladin Mohammed allah god al qaeda
Vanessa Edwards-Foster silence.mp4
The amazing Ms. Vanessa Edwards-Foster, long-time trans-activist and co-founder of National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), offers her experience-based wisdom as the keynote speaker at the official Illinois 2009 Transgender Day of Remembrance, which was observed at the New Spirit Community Church (in Oak park IL) this year. This secular but highly spiritual annual event was co-sponsored by Illinois Gender Advocates and Equality Illinois. This series of videos were produced, directed ...
Author: krnicole1; Tags: Illinois Gender Advocates Equality Illinois Chicago Vanessa Edwards-Foster
History in the Making, or the Secret Diaries of Linda Schult
Israeli visual artist Cytter’s first evening-length theatrical production combines dance, video, and music to tell the story of liberal activist John Webber and graphic designer Linda Schultz, who are each unexpectedly transformed into the opposite sex in a performance that uses the artist’s trademark “kitchen-sink existentialism” to wittily address the frustrations and confines of social roles.
Author: performatv; Tags: history in the making
2MinuteActivist-Gratitude
The point of the 2 minute activist is to present short video clips, with suggestions of ways you can spend just a few minutes everyday, helping to generate the change needed around us. Just a few minutes a day! Today's activity is to make a list of things that make you happy, so that when you are really frustrated, you have this list to use as a way to get through the rough times. ... minute activist activism LGBT
Author: tcwaters835; Tags: minute activist activism LGBT
Living Luminaries: Marc Emery - Part 2/2
Extended interview from the movie Living Luminaries featuring marijuana activist Marc Emery.
Author: PotTVNetwork; Tags: marijuana cannabis pot Marc Emery Jodie Emery news politics
