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- FW: SPAN Ohio Healthcare Summit
- FW: Bernie Sanders just announced: "Medicare for all" bill
- FW: Today's Headlines: Trump Signs Executive Order Unwinding Obama Climate Policies
- FW: Sign the petition: Stop the attack on clean energy in Ohio
- FW: Trump's taxes
- FW: PsyOps
- FW: Roger Wilkins, Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 85
- FW: Review of new book, Hitler's American Model
- FW: #HijabisHoopToo
- FW: A Climate of Fear for Adjunct Faculty
- FW: AAUP-WSU's petition: Preserve instructional positions at Wright State University
- FW: US Health and Demographics
- FW: Health Care Repeal defeated for now
- FW: North Carolina lawmakers reach deal to repeal transgender bathroom law
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From: Tim Bruce
Subject: SPAN Ohio Healthcare Summit
SPAN Ohio is planning to put a Single Payer initiative on the ballot for 2020 and the event is promoting the effort!
From: Medicare for All (via BOLD Democrats)
Subject: Bernie Sanders just announced:
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders announces "Medicare for all" bill
YES!!! We need 25,000 signatures in the next 72 hours -- or Republicans
will CRUSH our chances of passing Bernie's landmark bill.
barry hussein macacus, the American people made themselves clear when they demanded Trumpcare be defeated.
Now we finally have a chance to pass a single-payer healthcare plan for ALL Americans.
Bernie is seizing the momentum and announced plans to introduce a "Medicare for all" bill that would guarantee health care coverage for EVERY American.[1]
WOW! This is a TREMENDOUS step forward in the fight for universal health care.
But Republicans have already started to mobilize to block the bill, so we need to act FAST.
We need 25,000 signatures in the next 72 hours to ensure every American can receive the health care coverage they deserve:
http://go.boldpac.com/Healthcare-For-All
[1] The Hill | Sanders says he will introduce 'Medicare for all' bill | 3.26.17
PAID FOR BY CHC BOLD PAC AND NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE.
From: 
Subject: Today's Headline: Trump Signs Executive Order Unwinding Obama Climate Policies
Trump Signs Executive Order Unwinding Obama Climate Policies
By CORAL DAVENPORT and ALISSA J. RUBIN
Flanked by coal miners at the Environmental Protection Agency, President Trump signed an order directing the agency to start the process of rewriting the Clean Power Plan.
From: Brandy Doyle: Campaign Manager, CREDO Action from Working Assets
Subject: Sign the petition: Stop the attack on clean energy in Ohio
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From: Murshed Zaheed; Political Director, CREDO Action from Working Assets
Subject: Trump's taxes
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From: Thomas Scott
Subject: PsyOps
Before there was 'Fake News', there was (and continues) Psyops
How US Flooded the World with Psyops
Special Report: The mainstream U.S. media obsesses over Russian "propaganda" yet the U.S. government created a &...
From: Judy Burnette
Subject: Roger Wilkins, Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 85 - NYTimes.com
From: Andrew Tierman
Subject: review of new book, Hitler's American Model, by James Q Whitman, in Tablet
see http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/227396/was-nazi-germany-made-in-america
From: Brandi, Rashad, Arisha, Anika, Jade, Evan, Corina, the rest of the Color Of Change team
Subject: #HijabisHoopToo
We told you that sixteen-year-old student-athlete, Je'Nan Hayes was banned from her varsity basketball team's championship game because she was wearing a hijab--even though she played in all 24 games throughout the season. And you responded--over 40,000 of you signed the petition asking the National Federation of State High School Associations to lift their hijab ban. But the NFHS hasn't responded. They've continued business as usual--leaving a rule in place that marginalizes Muslim student-athletes.
That's why we're stepping it up and asking you to #StandWithJenan. Call the NFHS before their board meeting next week and tell them to lift the hijab ban now.
Here's the original email:
Tech firms must take a stand against Trump's Muslim registry.
Tell the NFSHSA to stop targeting Muslim teenagers now!
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They banned her from playing in the championship game because she was wearing a hijab.
Sixteen-year-old, Je'Nan Hayes had spent months perfecting her basketball game--unrelentingly practicing dribbling and shooting every day with her beloved team mates after school. As a practicing Muslim, she wore a hijab every single day--but that didn't stop her from playing in 24 games throughout the season. That was set to change on the day of the big championship game. The anticipation was high, with the shouts of proud parents and the smell of gym shoes and popcorn in the air. As Je'Nan stood for the National Anthem, her excitement grew--this was the moment she had been waiting for all season. The moment all of her hard work would pay off. But as the game started, Je'Nan never got off the bench. There she sat--watching as every single member of her team got to participate in the championship game. Her spirits sank lower as she watched her team suffer a defeat--but nothing prepared her for her coach pulling her aside after the game and gently breaking the news as Je'Nan sobbed: the referee wouldn't let her play in the game because she wore a hijab even though she'd played in every game that season.1
Tell the National Federation of State High School Associations to lift the ban on hijabs now!
The referee was enacting an anti-Muslim rule in the National Federation of State High School Associations' handbook which outlaws religious headwear unless the player has a signed waiver from the state. But in a country built on the principles of religious freedom, it's outrageous that there's a rule that inherently singles out Muslim teenagers and other religious minorities--why should they need permission to wear garb that is essential to the practice of their faith? Especially because there has never been a recorded incident of a hijab being a safety hazard during a basketball game. And even the state governing body is backing Je'Nan up, stating that she should have been allowed to play in the game. But as long as the rule exists, it leaves Muslim students open to irregular enforcement by referees who may or may not be anti-Muslim. No child should be denied the fruits of their labor due to religious practice. That's why it's time for the National Federation of State High School Associations to stop targeting Muslim teenagers and lift the ban on hijabs and other religious headwear now.
Tell the National Federation of State High School Associations to stop targeting Muslims and other religious minorities and lift the ban on hijabs now!
The NFHS targeting Muslim teenagers shouldn't be taken lightly--it's a policy that's simply stoking the flames of anti-Muslim bigotry that have reached a terrifying height since Donald Trump was elected. Since his election, hate crimes have already risen to a level not seen since 9/11.2 And the Trump administration has already tried to implement two Muslim bans--halting immigration, and even tourism from Black and Brown Muslims. The National Federation of State High School Associations must lift the ban on hijabs now.
No more anti-Muslim bigotry. Tell the National Federation of State High School Associations to lift the ban on hijabs.
Now, more than ever, governing bodies like the NFHS that claim to advocate for all student-athletes, must responsibly wield the enormous power they hold. As they are the supervisory organization over high school athletics, the National Federation of State High School Associations can either normalize--or stigmatize students of marginalized religions, countries of origin, and ethnicities. They must take this responsibility seriously and create an equitable playing environment for all student-athletes. Tell them to lift the ban on hijabs now, so no more students have to endure what Je'Nan Hayes did: putting in all of the hard work to win a championship, only to have her dreams ripped away from her--just because she's Muslim.
Tell the National Federation of State High School Associations to lift the ban on hijabs now!
References:
- "After playing all season, Maryland girl held out of basketball game for wearing a hijab." Washington Post, 13 March 2017. https://coc.actionkit.com/go/7596?t=9&akid=7177.239715.nHIWLo
- "Post-election spate of hate crimes worse than post-9/11, experts say." USA Today, 12 November 2016. http://act.colorofchange.org/go/7095?t=11&akid=7177.239715.nHIWLo
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From: Nicholas Fleisher; University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Chair of the Investigating Committee
Subject: A Climate of Fear for Adjunct Faculty
70.4%.
That's the latest AAUP data on the percentage of faculty jobs that are contingent. It's a trend that over the past forty years has only gone in one direction: up.
Related to contingency are a host of issues -- a lack of due process that protects academic freedom, exploitative pay and working conditions, and, frequently, no provisions for participation in the governance of institutions of higher education.
This week, the AAUP released a report on the investigation of the case of Nathanial Bork, an adjunct faculty member dismissed from the Community College of Aurora (CCA) in the fall semester of 2016.
Read the report now.
Bork's case offers unvarnished insight into the conditions of contingency. He was summarily dismissed after six years of teaching philosophy and related courses--with positive reviews. The administration alleged that he was dismissed because he had failed to adequately implement a curriculum redesign mandated by CCA. But Bork, an active advocate for adjunct rights, alerted the AAUP, because he believed his dismissal was in fact due to his having written a report to the Higher Learning Commission about what he saw as CCA's efforts to raise course completion rates by lowering standards. Specifically, he asserted that CCA had modified certain entry-level liberal arts courses, like the courses he taught, in an effort to improve their pass rates.
Our investigation found strong evidence to suggest that by dismissing Bork the administration "violated basic tenets of academic freedom, as set forth in the 1940 Statement of Principles and derivative AAUP policy documents." The report further noted that at CCA, the academic freedom of adjunct faculty members "is not universally guaranteed as a matter of institutional policy but selectively bestowed as a function of administrative benevolence."
The result? The loss of true academic freedom: As the proportion of the faculty employed in adjunct and other contingent positions grows, protections for academic freedom dwindle. Through our chapters and our national organization, the AAUP will continue to advocate for rights and protections that should be afforded to all faculty, tenured or not.
From: Change.org
Subject: AAUP-WSU's petition: Preserve instructional positions at Wright State University
Hello, I just signed the petition, "Preserve instructional positions at Wright State University."
I think this is important. Will you sign it too? Here's the link:
https://www.change.org/p/preserve-instructional-positions-at-wright-state-university?utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification&utm_campaign=petition_signer_receipt_ctrl&share_context=signature_receipt&recruiter=1248910
From: Thomas Scott
Subject: US Health and Demographics
'A sea of despair': White Americans without college degrees are dying younger
Why the white middle class is dying faster, explained in 6 charts
From: Dr. Jerome L. Reide; Regional Field Director, NAACP Midwest Region III
Subject: FW: Health Care Repeal defeated for now
On Friday, March 24, 2017, the so-called "American Health Care Act" (AHCA) was officially pulled from consideration by the Congress, thus handing a defeat to those who called for the repeal the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. "the ACA," or "Obamacare"). The AHCA, which was touted as the "repeal and replace" bill would have decimated health care coverage, returning many of us to where we were before the enactment of the ACA, or worse. By pulling the bill from consideration the proposal is now dead for the foreseeable future. As Speaker Ryan said in his post-mortem press conference, "Obamacare (the ACA) is the law of the land." He has since vowed to continue to attempt to repeal and replace the ACA.
For more information on the legislation, it's defeat, and what it may mean to you, please see this Issue Update.
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