Anti-racism / Racism

"Americans watched in horror as the World Trade Center collapsed. Yet it was a horror no different from what the U.S. government has done with it's bombing of civilian populations in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Korea. The U.S. bombings of just these countries, not to mention many other U.S. acts of war, murdered millions of civilians. Terror against civilians is never justified. Now the U.S. government is preparing to terror bomb Afghanistan…" -Liberation News, September 11, 2001

Judge Calls Off Controversial Eviction in Order to Reexamine Foreclosure

Catherine Lennon to Have Her Day in Court August 16, 2011

Rochester, NY - On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 11:00am at 9 Ravenwood Avenue, Rochester, NY Cathy
Lennon, Take Back the Land Rochester, and community members will come together for a press conference to announce new developments in the
case. On Tuesday evening NY State Supreme Court Judge Anne Marie Taddeo called off the controversial eviction of Catherine Lennon
which was scheduled for Wednesday, August 17.

On Friday, July 29, 2011 at 11 Appleton St. in Rochester the family of Virginia Henry, Take Back the Land Rochester, and community members will hold a press conference denouncing both the recent forceful eviction by Fannie Mae and the arrest, brutality, and excessive response by the Rochester Police.

On Thursday July 21, Virginia Henry, facing foreclosure and eviction, courageously took a stand for her family and her home on 11 Appleton St. in Rochester, NY. What followed was quite a disgusting site.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Corruption, Profiling and Abuse of Power

Read the text of the below breakfast meeting that appears to be a custom of Sheriff Arpaio. He uses these breakfasts to target his political enemies.

In an effort to boost participation in the flailing flotila, Arab contributors have bought a 560,000-euro ($805,000) boat in Greece that can take up to 200 passengers on their blockade busting Mediterranean cruise.

From the Egyptian gazette:

Wael Saqqa, former head of the Jordan engineers' union, told AFP, "The boat has been registered under the name of Nur company, established for the purpose of purchasing the boat," said Saqqa, adding 35 Jordanian activists would join the flotilla.

The vessel was expected to set sail for Gaza on Thursday, along with other ships."

Central issue that needs to be discussed long after the dust settles on Emily Good's case ends is where Emily and I began that night: confronting racial profiling. I hope the apparent racial profiling and mistreatment of a young black male that Emily, myself and other neighbors observed (and recorded) is an impetus for a wider community discussion on the issue.

with love

Community-Wide Education Summit In March

The Community Education Task Force (CETF), Coalition for Common Sense in Education (CCSE), Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), and Metro Justice (MJ) -- known collectively as Parent and Community Groups for Educational Change --- in conjunction with the Rochester Teachers Association, Rochester Association of Paraprofessionals, Board of Education Nonteaching Employees and the Association of Administrators of Rochester, have been working to bring together a broad-based group of community leaders.