We Did It!!!!!!!

BREAKING: College Suspends Negotiations with Sodexo, Will Form Advisory Panel

I'm so far beyond ecstatic I don't even know what to say, except:

Thank You!
Everyone who lent support, private or public, everyone who helped brainstorm ideas, everyone who helped spread the word, you rock my world!If you contacted the college, ( Read more... )

First of all, the new online presence for the workers at Kenyon who are protesting:

http://www.facebook.com/PreserveOurKenyonCommunityRead more... )

I am horrified and heart-broken. I hope I will still be able to communicate as eloquently as my Kenyon education taught me ( Read more... )

Planning on making a picket sign for Wednesday. A quick run through the current Kenyon course catalog gives me these courses that all seem to directly apply to "Do as we say not as we do? Shame on Kenyon!", which I'm going to follow with the course listings ( Read more... )

Good grief, it's been a chaotic few days. Yesterday was full of psych weirdness, and today has been absolutely lovely, but I'll catch up on that in a bit. Kenyon stuff is more pressing.

First of all, quick administrative note: I've now switched moominrecs to crosspost to its own Twitter (moominrecs) instead of mine (moominmuppet), but have also actually ( Read more... )

I was trying to remember "One Tin Soldier" to sing to Kidlet last night, and that got me thinking of other peace and protest songs from that general era. This is me playing around with which of those I think are most likely to connect with kids (while also not getting them singing lyrics about sodomy and weed in school). In those cases where it's ( Read more... )

Three cheers for my Dad! When I talked to my folks by phone today the first thing he asked me was whether I'd talked to the Komen folks yet. They've apparently already received a note from him that he'll be ceasing all support for them until their policy changes. I love my family.

( lots of Komen/PP links back here )

Help buy Body Positive billboards!
More: We are standing up for kids and saying enough is enough! By now you’ve heard of Strong4Life, a campaign by the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta that shames and humiliates fat kids under the guise of promoting health. They have billboards up all over Atlanta, reinforcing a message of shame and stigma every ( Read more... )

I just heard back from World Book Night! Hopefully I'll be giving out my first choice book; The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It's right at the intersection of science geekery and social justice, so it feels like the perfect choice for me ( Read more... )

Dammit, forgot that the pics from Thursday were on the old phone, and are now only on my laptop at home. Those'll have to wait. It was a gorgeous day for a bit of protesting action, and a pretty good turn-out for Cleveland (I'd guess about 150-200 people or so). We cheered, we chanted, there was hippy protest music, it was good. I met every dog ( Read more... )