An Amnesty International campaign against the death penalty. Simple but effective and a great talking point for the classroom.
(Source: tj-arch)
So sad.gjmueller:
Schools Are More Segregated Today Than During the Late 1960s
Researchers like Orfield note that the nation’s public schools are more segregated today than they were in the late 1960s. According to Orfield, part of that backslide is due to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court over the past two decades. That includes a landmark 2007 decision invalidating Seattle Public Schools’ voluntary desegregation plan which used race as a factor in school zoning decisions.
Many of the nation’s schools are segregated by ethnicity and poverty, and for some minority students — particularly the soaring Latino population — the segregation is also by language, Orfield said.
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Destroy racism.
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: A woman in Afghanistan who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crime of being raped by a relative has been pardoned by Afghan President Hamid Karzai after she agreed to marry her rapist.
The woman, identified only as “Gulnaz,” was convicted of adultery after reporting that she had been raped by her cousin’s husband. According to Gulnaz’s lawyer, marrying her rapist was not a condition for release, but she has agreed to do so in order to “legitimize her daughter.”
“In my conversations with Gulnaz she told me that if she had the free choice she would not marry the man who raped her,” attorney Kimberley Motley said.
Gulnaz had been raising her daughter, who was conceived as a result of the rape, in jail.
Her rapist was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but later had his jail time reduced to 7 years. Gulnaz also had her 12-year sentence reduced to 3 years. Authorities said she would not serve all 12 years, but would still have to spend time in jail for not reporting the rape soon enough.
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: A woman in Afghanistan who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crime of being raped by a relative has been pardoned by Afghan President Hamid Karzai after she agreed to marry her rapist.
The woman, identified only as “Gulnaz,” was convicted of adultery after reporting that she had been raped by her cousin’s husband. According to Gulnaz’s lawyer, marrying her rapist was not a condition for release, but she has agreed to do so in order to “legitimize her daughter.”
“In my conversations with Gulnaz she told me that if she had the free choice she would not marry the man who raped her,” attorney Kimberley Motley said.
Gulnaz had been raising her daughter, who was conceived as a result of the rape, in jail.
Her rapist was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but later had his jail time reduced to 7 years. Gulnaz also had her 12-year sentence reduced to 3 years. Authorities said she would not serve all 12 years, but would still have to spend time in jail for not reporting the rape soon enough.
(Source: thedailywhat)
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Some of the most compelling — and frequently heartbreaking — pictures made between 1861 and 1865, while battles raged between the North and the South.
Pictured: A former slave reveals the scars on his back from whippings before he escaped to become a Union soldier.
(see more — The Best Civil War Photos)
I’m glad everyone likes our poster campaign :)
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Students Teaching About Racism in Society is a Student Org at Ohio University. I’m the President, any questions… MESSAGE ME! :)
(Source: movingupward)
Everyone has heard of carbon footprints, a way of measuring how your lifestyle affects the environment, well this website/app measures how your lifestyle affects people. Created by the U.S. State Department and a watchdog group, the survey asks 11 questions about your lifestyle in a visually appealling manner making it interesting for all ages. It is a great resource to discover the impact of YOUR lifestyle and also for teaching about human rights and global citizenship.
Try it out!
New project at good.is started: Design a Poster Marking Progress in the Millennium Development Goals!
