A Plethora of New Opportunities

I got this e-mail a little while ago, but hopefully this isn't too late for us to take advantage of some of the activism within it!

March 8th, 2017: International Women's Day
1-day demonstration of economic solidarity for equity, justice and the human rights of women
The Women's March supports the feminists of color and grassroots groups organizing the International Women’s Strike in the same spirit of love and liberation that inspired the Women's March.
Recognizing the enormous value that women of all backgrounds add to our socio-economic system--while receiving lower wages and experiencing greater inequities, vulnerability to discrimination, sexual harassment, and job insecurity:
  1 Women take the day off from paid and unpaid labor
  2 Avoid shopping for one day (with exceptions for small, women- and minority-owned businesses).
  3 Wear RED in solidarity with A Day Without A Woman
We are also inspired by recent courageous actions like:
- the "Bodega strike" lead by Yemeni immigrant store owners in New York City …
- the Day Without Immigrants across the U.S.
and applaud the efforts of
- #GrabYourWallet and others to bring public accountability to unethical corporate practices.
- #DivestDAPL
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
 https://www.womenstrikeus.org/
 https://www.resistancerecess.com
and in NC:
 https://northcarolinanow.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/advocacy-101-event-full-of-people-and-ideas/

A Snapshot!

Hi everyone!

Just a view from inside the locker room at Greensboro's Interactive Resource Center! They're being installed!

I sat down with the wonderful volunteer organizer and discussed future projects that might need our help. More updates to come!

Moar Activism!

Activism

Kia and I will not be finishing up locker assembly this weekend, as we will be attending the Moral March. There are going to be marches and rallies aplenty for the foreseeable future. Greensboro is having a Science March to match the one in Washington, DC. Additionally, we can help support these marches financially if possible. The permits are not cheap, but if everyone pitches in a little, it can be help a lot.

On the 18th of February, we're going to be back at the IRC, putting together, maybe, the last two of the six sets of lockers. Awesome. This should open up our days for other kinds of volunteering. I'm planning on asking the IRC what else we might be able to do. But some of our members are affiliated with other philanthropic organizations like Second Harvest Food Bank, and Democracy Greensboro.

There are a couple of updates that I would like to remind people of, and, I feel, these transcend political alliances. If religious freedom is impinged upon, it can land atheists, agnostics, and secularists of every stripe squarely in the cross hairs of a government. See this, and maybe contact the White House to tell them what a terrible idea this is. Additionally, Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, Betsy Devos, has apparently been alright with religious indoctrination in schools. Here is his website, so that you can let him know how you feel about that.

Science for President!

Alright, it's not quite that great - not yet. However, my friend Travis brought this to my attention, and now, I am bringing it to yours:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1338614&page=1

Contribute to this if you can! I'd rather have a technocracy than a trumpidency!