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🏳️🌈 Apply now to get $10,000 for your school! 🏳️⚧️
Over the past 2 years, we've granted over $1 million to students across the U.S. through our 50 States, 50 Grants, 5,000 voices initiative to help make their schools more welcoming for LGBTQ+ students.
And yup - we're doing it again.
Do you have an idea that would help make your school better for LGBTQ+ students? Maybe like building...
🟣 A gender-affirming closet
🟣 Your school's first Pride parade
🟣 An LGBTQ+ mural on campus
🟣 A safe space or community garden, or
🟣 Resources for your GSA club?
See some past projects from other students here for inspo.
We know that students know what they need most at their own schools - so middle and high school students across the U.S., DC, and territories can apply now through April 1 for one of our school grants to win up to $10,000 to actually make your project a reality!
The application, FAQs, and more are all available at 50states50grants.org.
Apply now through April 1 - can't wait to see what you all come up with.
#signal boost#itgetsbetter#50states50grants#lgbtqia+#queeryouth#studyblr#highschool#middleschool#teachers
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Winter is coming…and all the holiday to-do’s have entered the chat! ❄️🎁☕
Comment below how YOU plan to spread some holiday cheer this month (besides checking your voter registration at weall.vote/check of course 😉)
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Today is a great day for democracy in Michigan! 🎉 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a series of election bills into law expanding and protecting access to the ballot box.
These new laws:
🗳 Allow 16 year olds to pre-register to vote
🙌 Expand voter registration
❌ Criminalize poll worker intimidation
📅 Vote up to 9 days early
✅ Automatically register returning citizens (Making Michigan the first state to do so!)
#michigan#voting rights news#good news in voting rights#good news#signal boost#voter registration#politics#voting rights#take action#when we all vote
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Motivation for today and everyday.
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GOOD NEWS: Alabama’s new congressional map now includes two Black-opportunity districts.
Previously, Alabama’s congressional map was struck down for violating the Voting Rights Act diluting the voting power of Black Alabamians. Despite Black Alabamians making up 27% of the state’s population, only one of the state’s seven congressional seats regularly went to a candidate preferred by Black voters.
#alabama#voting rights#votingrightsnews#votingrights#good news#goodnews#signal boost#take action#voter registration#politics
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ATENTION EVERYONE IN THE US
Tomorrow October 4th 2023, a nationwide alert will go off on EVERY PHONE! If you have a hidden phone you need to SHUT IT OFF COMPLETELY!
The FEMA alert will go off at approximately 1:20pm CST, and will both buzz and have sound.
If you are unaware, many people in abusive households have hidden phones they use to help them get out. If their phone is discovered they may be beaten, starved, etc. It is VERY important that everyone who needs a hidden phone can turn it off in time.
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FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) tomorrow, Oct. 4.
The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4.
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September 30th is the end of the fiscal year and the last day for Congress to fund the federal government. If funding isn’t passed, the government shuts down.
To date, the federal government has shut down 21 times, four times in the past 10 years. What does a government shutdown mean? Who’s impacted? What’s currently happening in Congress? Swipe through and remember, government shutdowns are impacted by your vote.
Check your voter registration at weall.vote/check and remind a friend to do the same.
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“Image Credit: Carol Rossetti
When Brazilian graphic designer Carol Rossetti began posting colorful illustrations of women and their stories to Facebook, she had no idea how popular they would become.
Thousands of shares throughout the world later, the appeal of Rosetti’s work is clear. Much like the street art phenomenon Stop Telling Women To Smile, Rossetti’s empowering images are the kind you want to post on every street corner, as both a reminder and affirmation of women’s bodily autonomy.
“It has always bothered me, the world’s attempts to control women’s bodies, behavior and identities,” Rossetti told Mic via email. “It’s a kind of oppression so deeply entangled in our culture that most people don’t even see it’s there, and how cruel it can be.”
Rossetti’s illustrations touch upon an impressive range of intersectional topics, including LGBTQ identity, body image, ageism, racism, sexism and ableism. Some characters are based on the experiences of friends or her own life, while others draw inspiration from the stories many women have shared across the Internet.
“I see those situations I portray every day,” she wrote. “I lived some of them myself.”
Despite quickly garnering thousands of enthusiastic comments and shares on Facebook, the project started as something personal — so personal, in fact, that Rossetti is still figuring out what to call it. For now, the images reside in albums simply titled “WOMEN in english!“ or ”Mujeres en español!“ which is fitting: Rossetti’s illustrations encompass a vast set of experiences that together create a powerful picture of both women’s identity and oppression.
One of the most interesting aspects of the project is the way it has struck such a global chord. Rossetti originally wrote the text of the illustrations in Portuguese, and then worked with an Australian woman to translate them to English. A group of Israeli feminists also took it upon themselves to create versions of the illustrations in Hebrew. Now, more people have reached out to Rossetti through Facebook and offered to translate her work into even more languages. Next on the docket? Spanish, Russian, German and Lithuanian.
It’s an inspiring show of global solidarity, but the message of Rossetti’s art is clear in any language. Above all, her images celebrate being true to oneself, respecting others and questioning what society tells us is acceptable or beautiful.
“I can’t change the world by myself,” Rossetti said. “But I’d love to know that my work made people review their privileges and be more open to understanding and respecting one another.””
From the site: All images courtesy Carol Rossetti and used with permission. You can find more illustrations, as well as more languages, on her Facebook page.
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Automattic Presents: Under Pressure with Ana Teresa Fernández
For Climate Week NYC, we’re hosting a panel discussion on September 20 in our Noho Space. Artist and activist Ana Teresa Fernández will be joined by Cristina Gnecco (Co-Founder of HOPE Hydration) and Whitney McGuire, Esq. (Director of Sustainability at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum) in exploring how art and innovation can catalyze positive change, inspiring us to take newfound insights into the world and encourage collective action.
The panel will be held against the backdrop of Ana Teresa Fernández’s provocative series, Under Pressure—a multi-disciplinary work comprising video, photography, paintings, and sculpture that engages with questions of responsibility and response in relation to the climate emergency and rising sea levels.
Tune in to the livestream of the Under Pressure panel discussion on September 20 at 6:45 PM ET! Right here on Tumblr.com.
#under pressure#ana teresa fernández#cristina gnecco#whitney mcguire#climate week nyc#take action#signal boost#climate crisis
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When we all work together, we can make our voices heard — so let’s get out and make our voices heard. ✊🏾
Join us, BET, the National Urban League, and over 50 organizations nationwide in celebrating National Black Voter Day today! Here’s how YOU can celebrate #NationalBlackVoterDay in 5 minutes: Register to vote or check your registration status at https://weall.vote/bet.
Text 3 members of your #VotingSquad asking them to also check their voter registration status too! 📲
#national black voter day#nationalblackvoterday#voting squad#whenweallvote#when we all vote#BET#national urban league#nationalurbanleague#reclaimyourvote#reclaim your vote#signal boost
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Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions
The Biden administration has vowed to take "swift action" to support diversity in higher education in the face of the Supreme Court's ruling gutting affirmative action, laying out a series of steps it will take through the Department of Education and other relevant agencies.
Check out the article above to stay on top of updates
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DEMAND AN ARREST! Call Sheriff Billy Woods (352) 732-8181 @mcsoflorida #ajowens
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𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 🚨 Today the Supreme Court allowed the Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district.
This decision a win for our democracy and Black voters in Louisiana, who were facing a congressional map that diluted their power and forced them into one district.
Today’s ruling comes on the heels of Allen v. Milligan, in which SCOTUS upheld Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and ordered Alabama officials to redraw the state’s congressional map to allow an additional Black majority district.
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Can you imagine the U.S. without prisons? Without immigration detention? Or gun-toting cops? Well, it might not be too hard to imagine – because it actually existed not too long ago! Wait, really? #PushBlack #BlackHistory
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According to npr.org, U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D, Missouri) has introduced new legislation calling for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans, in an effort to see the federal government atone and attempt to compensate for the practice of chattel slavery for over 250 years and the generations of racist policies that have followed.
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A new report released by HRC today — LGBTQ+ Americans Under Attack — details more than 75 anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have been signed into law this year alone, more than doubling last year’s number, which was previously the worst year on record. Read more on the national warning here.
Get access HRC’s downloadable guidebook.
#take action#signal boost#lgbtqia+#human rights#state of emergency#lgbtqia+ rights#say gay#transgender#non bianry#gender nonconforming
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