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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Job (Cincinnati): Part-time Educator – idealist.org

Women Helping Women is seeking a part-time (20 hours per week) School and Community Educator to join our Education and Prevention team. The School and Community Educator is responsible for providing prevention programming in middle and high schools, assisting with maintaining the Education and Prevention team social media sites, and providing community awareness presentations. Successful candidates will have strong public speaking skills, experience in curriculum development, and an understanding of violence prevention. Expertise in sexual assault and teen dating violence are required. This position is primarily weekdays with occasional weekend and evening hours. Flexible schedule, team approach, and access to reliable transportation are necessary.

Bachelor\’s degree in Human Service or Education related field or equivalent education and/or experience plus 1-2 years experience in the field of sexual assault/domestic violence is required.

via Job (Cincinnati): Part-time Educator – idealist.org.

Australian Shark Cull: Politicians Pledge to Round Up Usual Suspects

<We live on this planet together each with specific and generalized purposes. Killing sharks indiscriminately, is not what humans purpose is. That said, it may be accurate to say that the purpose of many politicians is to say and do anything to gain and hold on to support, no matter how dumb and shortsighted the speech or actions. If there is to be a cull – it should be of politicians of his ilk!>

Guilford concludes that “giant, terrifying sharks are clearly swimming past all of these traps set for them and cruising beneath humans all the time, with the shark control programs none the wiser.” The swimmers are unaware too, she suggests, perhaps “because sharks simply don’t attack people very often.”

So far, Barnett remains publicly committed to his plan. In a 2012 radio interview that angered critics, he declared, \”We will always put the lives and safety of beachgoers ahead of the shark. This is, after all, a fish—let\’s keep it in perspective.\” More recently, he posed for the cameras with a big hook in hand. It made him look a bit like a button-down wannabe Captain Quint, the shark-obsessed charter skipper in Jaws.

Somebody may need to remind him: That film’s vendetta against sharks also played to the emotions but did not end well for anyone—including Quint.

via Australian Shark Cull: Politicians Pledge to Round Up Usual Suspects.

Afghan Women’s Writing Project | Bird

Unfold your wings.

Break the chains

Make fast your steps,

and be firm

in your will.

Know your value.

Believe

in your abilities. Respect

your ideas.

Break the barriers.

Do what your heart says—

not what others tell you.

You and I, we deserve

to receive love,

not to have our lips sliced—

the lips we tenderly place

on a baby’s cheek.

We deserve not to have our noses cut —

the nose we use to inhale our baby’s scent.

You deserve kisses of admiration.

Open your wings.

Fly higher up and up

Higher than any mountain, faster

than any bird.

By Sitara B.

via Afghan Women’s Writing Project | Bird.

6 Palestinian villagers injured as armed settlers attack Beit Ummar | Maan News Agency

Six Palestinians, including a child, were injured in clashes that broke out after a group of Israeli settlers tried to raid Beit Ummar village near Hebron on Friday afternoon.

Spokesman for the local popular resistance committee Mohammad Awad Ayyad said that Israeli forces attacked a funeral procession in the village as dozens of settlers, some armed, gathered near the graveyard.

Settlers also attacked a restaurant in the area, smashed its windows and forced workers to close it down at gun point, Ayyad said.

He added that villagers arrived at the scene and scuffled with settlers, before Israeli forces intervened and fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at the Palestinian villagers.

Five people were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by the Israeli forces, and a child was injured after the rear windshield of his mother\’s car was shattered by a stun grenade.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said that around \”200 Israeli civilians\” had gathered in Beit Ummar but that \”nothing out of the ordinary was happening,\” at that time, adding that later some Palestinians \”hurled rocks.\”

via 6 Palestinian villagers injured as armed settlers attack Beit Ummar | Maan News Agency.

VDU’s blog: H7N9 hasn’t left, it’s just been building capacity… [UPDATED WITH NEW WHO DON]

The H7N9 cycle wasn\’t broken when the markets were shut in 2013; it was just temporarily halted.

We know that these birds have multiple influenza viruses in them including H9N2, H5N1 and H7N9.

The conditions for the emergence of viruses we already know, and those we have yet to meet, continue to be created and maintained.

The spectre of \”the next pandemic\” will not get the banishment it deserves while the live bird market system continues as it has. It\’s just our luck that may run out as it did for those infected by H7N9.

via VDU’s blog: H7N9 hasn’t left, it’s just been building capacity… [UPDATED WITH NEW WHO DON].

Running out of ideas, Congressman suggests abortion restrictions as job creation

Let’s go through this here elected official’s path of reasoning, so we are all clear:

Restrict low-income folks’ access to abortion -> Those already struggling to make ends meet forced to have children they did not want (rich continue getting safe abortions tho FYI) -> JOBS!

Yup. It’s very very true!

 

Verónica sometimes can’t believe that this is real life.

via Running out of ideas, Congressman suggests abortion restrictions as job creation.

Hey Yo! A Somewhat Silly Dance-Meets-Rap Protest Song by Univer Soul. {Video} | myEARTH360 (the blog)

We Are Glued, The Earth Is a Temple

Don’t You Detect, They Don’t Care ‘Bout You

They Just Want The Job, They’re Useless

What To Do, What To Do, What To Do?

Try The Greens, Try The Greens

Don’t Screw It Up

Give It a Shit

We Are The Leader

Must Find a Way Out

What To Do, What To Do, What To Do?

Try The Greens, Try The Greens

No Nobel, No Way, Where’s The Peace?

Mister One Billion Campaign

Blah Blah Blah And All That Shit

S.P.A. Dog, The Oil Spill, Say It All

Expect The Worst With The Same Liars

What To Do, What To Do, What To Do?

Try The Greens, Try The Greens, For Your Kids, For Your Castle

Home At Bay, Just a Blah Blah Blah, Blah

Home At Bay, Just a Blah Blah Blah, Blah

Home At Bay, Just a Blah Blah Blah, Blah

Home At Bay, Just a Blah Blah Blah, Blah

Home At Bay, Just a Blah Blah Blah, Blah

via Hey Yo! A Somewhat Silly Dance-Meets-Rap Protest Song by Univer Soul. {Video} | myEARTH360 (the blog).

New Dream Community Action Kit

It\’s one of the first things we learn as kids: How to share.

But this practice usually fades as we become adults. Our houses become filled with our own “stuff.” Garages, attics, basements, and closets transform into cluttered warehouses. When we need something, whether it’s a chainsaw or a roasting rack, our first thought is to go out and buy it. But why get it new when our neighbor down the street has one we can borrow?

Guide to Sharing

The first guide in the New Dream Community Action Kit is all about sharing: everything from starting a tool library to organizing a solar cooperative, from holding a clothing swap to launching a time bank.

via New Dream Community Action Kit.