social justice News

Popular Romantic Suspense Author Brings Signature “Leave Your Mark” graffiti parties to Atlanta during Human Trafficking Awareness Month to engage readers in cause

LOHAS Asia, an organisation dedicated to lifestyles of health and sustainability, will host an exciting networking and marketing forum in Singapore from 28 February to 1 March 2012. More than 400 LOHAS businesses are expected to participate.

Brian Pautz, a local Christian leader, is selected as executive director of local affiliate of Love INC

Also on hand: New Jersey's Rev. Reginald T. Jackson, pioneer in fight to end racial profiling by police, Rev. Dr. Obery Hendricks scholar and past president of Payne Seminary, and musical selections by the Cheyney University Concert Choir

Exploring roles of science in addressing critical urban problems of sustainability, preservation, health, social justice and security

I didn’t see it coming, but Oregon Sen. Mark Hatfield changed my life. His death Sunday took me back to those days and made me long for the return of statesmen — of those rare politicians who act on principles, not political gamesmanship.

Fashion Designer and Dancer Tamika Haywood to Unleash her Musical Talents

Via conservation photography, Faces of Chelonia (FOC) educates the public about the plight of sea turtles while advocating for initiatives to safeguard them.

"FLESH" the movie announces its acceptance into the Awareness Festival 2011.

Little Town of Bethlehem from EthnoGraphic Media (EGM), recent winner of the Reel Rose Award for Best Documentary at the John Paul II Film Festival, continues to be a valuable tool in the discussion for peace.

World Trust of Oakland, CA is developing a racial equity film/dialogue project, Cracking the Codes: Race & Relationships in the 21st Century. It will receive major funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

The nation’s largest green consumer living event returns to the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center April 9 – 10, 2011.

Without Social justice which is the underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations, the dream of Fair Globalization cannot be achieved.

Delaware Minister Urges President Obama to Lay Out Plan for Jobs, Housing and Urban Violence

NBLSA provides annual scholarships and awards to deserving students who have demonstrated a strong desire and ability to succeed.

The Third International Conference on Early Intervention in Mental Retardation discusses new strategies to help an estimated 2% of children affected by various mental disabilities through early detection and intervention for a more confident life.

VON ANNUAL CULTURAL AND FUNDRAISING EVENT 2010. To promote Awareness, Integration and Excellence of females from the Black and Ethnic Minority Community of Liverpool. Come experience an exotic & colorful feel of Liverpool’s Africa- 18 December 2010

NBLSA is committed to empowering its communities and this significant duty is commemorated every year with the organization's Week of Service and Founder's Day of Service initiatives.

The National Black Law Students Association will host its 43rd Annual Convention from March 9-13, 2011 in Houston, Texas.

This event brings together professionals and experts from different backgrounds to discover & discuss how to improve the legal system and legal service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to ensure fair and just representation

The nation’s largest green consumer living event returns to San Francisco November 6-7

Uptown Body & Fender in Oakland Hosts "A 21st Century Conversation about Race" with Dr. Shakti Butler on July 23rd

Candidate Carole Kaye invites all registered voters in Florida House District 86 to vote in the August 24th primary which will serve as the general election due to candidates of other party affiliations not qualifying for the race.

New children's book with funny, young heroine who believes her dad was Abraham Lincoln, and she must protect him from assassination. When they join Martin Luther King Jr freedom movement (1966) in Chicago, everything changes.

Stop the Funeral Initiative hosts the 2010 Unity Revival on May 7th and 8th at St. James AME Zion Church, 206 S. George St., Goldsboro. The theme for this year’s revival is “The Church Changing the Community Corner by Corner: A Call to Action.”

Ten Thousand Villages of Austin, organizers of the Austin Fair Trade Film Festival have received documents that insinuate legal action if the film The Price of Sugar is shown. The board now has to decide whether to show the film or replace it.

Adelphi University’s Center for Social Innovation and Levermore Global Scholars Program are co-sponsoring the interactive theater piece, “What Killed Marcelo Lucero?,” by the Brentwood-based theater group Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja

Three-time GRAMMY® award-winning recording artist Jars of Clay and Christianity Today's 2009 Album of the Year Winner Sara Groves will headline the Art Music Justice conference April 16th-18th at The Falls Church in Falls Church, Virginia.

Pune-based activist Vilas Kane has been documenting road kills of animals in Maharashtra. In the hill station of Mahabaleshwar alone he reports 600,000 snakes crushed by vehicles in a single year. So many kills can disturb the ecosystem

Faces of Hunger Film Competition hosts its premier effort to raise awareness of hunger in the US. Fourteen submitted films by filmmakers 25 and under across America can be voted on by the public. The winning three films will receive cash prizes.

Recently released 2007 Agricultural data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for Native American Reservations reveal that non-native agricultural producers dominate on most Native American Reservations in the United States.

PLACE, a nonprofit developer that works with cities to build green and affordable housing, has selected Newport Beach-based Kovach Marketing to develop and launch a marketing campaign to raise awareness for their cause.

Amazing documentary currently being shot in Oakland that once complete will become the biggest film to focus on youth coming out of the Bay Area in a decade. We currently have over 150 hours of footage, but the project is still heavily under-funded.

Dedicated Reporter Makes It Easy For Families To Understand How To Invest In A Better Financial Future

Community Shares of Minnesota announced today that Matt Hunter has been hired as its new Executive Director, starting October 1, 2009.

The Reverend Dena McPhetres becomes the first associate minister in the Milwaukee church’s 167-year history, joining Senior Minister the Reverend Andrew Kennedy in the spiritual leadership of this Unitarian Universalist congregation.

New M.Ed. program furthers UI&U’s mission to create positive change in communities through emphasis on social justice

Personal Advisory is urban apparel meets underground advocacy agency. At the present moment t-shirts is the medium of choice for advocacy and preservation of music, revolution, love, heroes, hypocrisy spirituality, the forgotten and unknown.

An urban sleep-away camp, where the counselors are the city’s best designers and nobody has to bathe in a lake, Camp Firebelly provides amazing opportunities for students to grow their portfolios and learn what professional design life is like.

3 young ambassadors from Fitzroy, Melbourne will join nearly 250 others from 19 countries in Boston, USA, for the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network’s 2008 Teen Summit.

Coordinated the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King’s Historic March on Washington, Will Help Launch UI&U’s Specialization in MLK Studies

Deaf Youth USA is committed to social justice through media and activism. We envision in giving deaf youth in America the best opportunities BY creating opportunities.

Corbis (www.corbis.com), a leading visual media provider for the creative community, and the Art Directors Club (ADC), today announced the professional and student winners of the 2nd annual Corbis Creativity for Social Justice Award & Scholarship.

St. Bede’s pastoral centre york will be hosting a “retreat on the streets” in leeds.

Can Black and Minority Ethnic people in North Edinburgh and Leith ‘get their voices heard’ in the planning process? A new report outlines how they can, to the benefit of the whole community.