(October 23, 2020) Like an arsonist who arrives with a bucket of water to help put out the fire he started, Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that he and his wife Priscilla Chan were donating $100 million “ to local governments to pay for polling place rentals, poll workers, personal protective equipment and other election administration costs over the … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg gives an additional $100 million to help counter the voter suppression his company helped create
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Hate speech aimed at public figures: Who’s targeted?
(October 23, 2020) While public figures have always been game for rebuke and revile, the hate speech directed towards them has grown exponentially over the past five years. And not all of the invective is online or in words only. Thirteen members of so-called militias with a white-nationalist bent were arrested in a planned kidnap and possible assassination attempt on Michigan … [Read more...] about Hate speech aimed at public figures: Who’s targeted?
LEAF, DAWN, and ARCH intervene in Supreme Court Case on behalf of women labelled with intellectual disabilities
(September 11, 2020) When a woman labelled with an intellectual disabilities disclosed sexual assault and the case went to trial, the defence counsel argued the complainant’s evidence was unreliable, because her disability made her answers were easily influenced by others. The trial judge did not accept these the defence argument and convicted the accused of sexually assaulting … [Read more...] about LEAF, DAWN, and ARCH intervene in Supreme Court Case on behalf of women labelled with intellectual disabilities
Working from home while Black
(September 11, 2020) Working from home has thrown a wrench into the code-switching so many Black people have to engage in to manage even the most supportive work environments. Laura Morgan Roberts is global scholar. Having written widely on strength-based professional development, and workplace equity and inclusion, she knows workplace culture and specific words for it. … [Read more...] about Working from home while Black
Reform the charitable sector senator urges government
(September 9, 2020) With the installation of new finance minister Chrystia Freeland, Senator Ratna Omidvar is renewing her call to reform the charitable sector. Senator Omidvar was the deputy chair of the Special Senate Committee on the Charity Sector, which ran from January 2018 until it issued a report in June 2019. The role of the committee … [Read more...] about Reform the charitable sector senator urges government