activism
Grassroots campaigns have proven instrumental in bringing about political, social or environmental change; you've got to start somewhere-might as well start here.
Fresh Produce to LA’s Stores Won’t Solve Food Inequality.
Only a couple of miles from Downtown Los Angeles opened Lupita's Corner Market in the city's Westlake neighborhood. Almost thirty years after the fact, the store exists, standing apart as one of not many in a region with a deficiency of markets. For quite a long time, it has sold the run of the mill corner store admission—pop, chips, and candy. Yet, well that is changing because of Lupita's association in the Healthy Neighborhood Market Network. An undertaking of the LA Food Policy Council (LAFPC), the Network prepares entrepreneurs in financially burdened networks with the help they have to sell the sorts of food that are rare in numerous areas.
Muhammad AhmedPublished 3 years ago in The SwampTime for Change -2
Half of the global population already lives in cities – by 2050 two thirds of the world's people are expected to live in urban areas. The global population is at 7.2 billion, it is growing by 1billion every 12 years. By 2050 there should be 10 billion souls on this planet and the equivalent of nearly the current world population will be in urban areas with a need to be housed, nourished and have transport.
What White People Don’t Understand
Here’s what White people don’t understand. The oppression of Black people in the United States is accumulative, stacked one on top of another.
Glenda DavisPublished 4 years ago in The SwampTime For Change -1
This series coalesces around a theme of the need for us to change and alerting the reader as to not just what needs to change, but how we have to change. You've noticed the title is -1?
How activism is shaping the Post-Soviet sphere
It was December 25th of 1991 when the USSR collapsed. Just before that day, the soviet red hammer and sickle banner was pulled down from the Kremlin for the last time. It was the rebirth for Russia and the other 14 countries. A soviet union, the communist behemoth was simply destroyed.
Giorgi MikhelidzePublished 4 years ago in The SwampJ Edgar Hoover spread lies about The Black Panther Party
Black Lives Matters began as a way to bring to the attention of US citizens that African American males were being murdered by the police at alarming rates. President Donald Trump has branded the group as thugs and instilled fear in the hearts and minds of many Caucasians that BLM is on the attack. This is not the first time the efforts and reputation of a black group has been destroyed by propaganda that was not accurate. According to The History Channel, The Black Panther Party initially began as an organization that fed hungry school children a morning meal. Many of them had never had breakfast before. J Edgar Hoover, then director of the FBI is said to have become angry and paranoid and began spreading lies about the organization.
Cheryl E PrestonPublished 4 years ago in The SwampAdvocates.
I’ve struggled a lot lately with this weird middle ground of wanting to do nothing, but write and having a hard time knowing what to write about, or better yet, how to write it. With everything going on in the world – Coronavirus, Black Lives Matter, an upcoming election, murder hornets, Kanye West putting his name on election ballet… you get the idea. 2020 is a total shit show, however, I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I think what so many people are afraid of right now is saying the wrong thing or being on the wrong side of an argument. I’m not usually one to be afraid to speak my opinion, but not only do I want to not say the wrong thing, but I’m at an honest to god loss for words these days. As a white woman, who am I to say anything? As enlightened as I can become on the subject of BLM, Coronavirus, and the year of 2020 in general – I still don’t have a clue.
Global Warming
What is Global Warming? Global warming is the unusual heating up of earth because of human activities. The ozone layer is depleting and the harmful rays of the sun are entering the earth. Since record-keeping of temperature started it has been noticed that the temperature is rising every year. The extremity of the weather conditions can be felt.
- Top Story - August 2020
The Running Faucet vs. The Leaky Faucet (The Slow Drip)
Being Black, at any given time, in any given country, on any given day, is usually in and of itself a trying experience for most (but not all) Black people. Whether it’s the constant microaggressions we face on a daily and continuous basis, the sometimes blatant racist attacks and remarks that are levied at us with complete disregard for our humanity or feelings, or the total lack of regard for our lives when encountering law enforcement and medical professionals, we live our lives knowing that in most cases we will be treated differently. We see it in the ways we are treated in other non-black POC’s grocery stores, taxi cabs and restaurants. We see it in our education systems and the ways Black children and communities in particular are not or poorly invested in. These disparities are not new or unique to the Black experience, no matter what country you live in. But there IS a difference in how they are displayed and the corresponding effects they have on our community as a whole.
Whitney SmartPublished 4 years ago in The Swamp You Can't Stop the Beat
PICTURE IT… THANKSGIVING 2015… My then-boyfriend and I were celebrating with my family at my mother’s new home. My two brothers and their respective spouses/families joined us, as well as my baby brother’s in-laws. We ate, we laughed, we watched television, we ate some more, and of course, with any family gathering, we had conversation. Being that it was Thanksgiving, we played that classic game of saying what we were thankful for (I know, being thankful on Thanksgiving… GROUNDBREAKING).
Sebastian KernPublished 4 years ago in The SwampHow One Movement Created Another
I was never a history buff; however, my mother is. Growing up, she would tell me all about the rich history of human culture and events. She would describe events in history with such great detail that I could visualize it.
Danielle YoungPublished 4 years ago in The SwampGive the People What they Want
As the history of the performing arts marched forward into the modern era, the atmospheres of 20th Century drama shifted from melodramatic “bombasticism” of Aphra Behn and John Augustus Stone, to social realism and to the “epicness” and simplicity of political playwrights such as Bertolt Brecht and Luis Valdez. Instead of having audiences sit back and relax, the encouragement was to sit up, take notice, and act upon the values and messages for which the play brought forward to it’s audience; to walk into the show with one mindset and walk away from the show as a changed person, with an alternate social or political position. What is to be analyzed here is how Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Luis Valdez’s Quinta Temporada illustrate how the theatre can interact with the programs of social power, in order to provoke the message of how it is the will of the people which ought to stand as most powerful of all other entities (politicians, bureaucrats, etc.).
Jacob HerrPublished 4 years ago in The Swamp