Here’s a video to uplift you on your Friday. Let it also remind you that while politicians have there heads in the sand over climate change, the people have the power to create real change. We are the people who matter this year, but the truth is we are only starting to realize the power [...]
Posts Tagged ‘international issues’
Post Durbin: Let’s Remember our Occupy Spirit
Posted: December 16, 2011 in Activism, Climate JusticeTags: Activism, austerity, climate, human rights, international issues, OccupyTO
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Disability and Labour Movement Soliarity
Posted: December 9, 2011 in Activism, Disability MovementTags: ableism, Activism, disability, Disability Movement, international issues, labour movement
Note: This is from a talk I wrote for earlier this week. I do have references and they will be added at some point today. Also, the language of disabled persons and people with disabilities are both used because of different preferences between the UK and Canada We are seeing an increase in disability activism [...]
Reflections on International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2011
Posted: December 5, 2011 in Activism, Disability MovementTags: accessibility, Activism, disability, Disability Movement, discrimination, human rights, international issues
IDPD 2011 has come and gone, but our struggles and resolve remain as ever. Here in Toronto, the day was celebrated with a gathering at city hall. Where people with disabilities gathered despite the cold to share their stories. Though the day was not without it’s frustrations, like reporters who ask for my diagnosis [...]
International Day of People with Disabilities: a Call for a Better World
Posted: December 3, 2011 in Activism, Disability MovementTags: ableism, accessibility, Activism, austerity, Canada, disability, Disability Movement, human rights, international issues, OccupyTO, Toronto
The following is a speech I gave yesterday… Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for inviting me to speak here today. I think it’s impossible to have a discussion about activism without acknowledging that tomorrow is the International Day of People with Disability (IDPD). This is a day where people with disabilities across the [...]
Police Taken by Surprise as #Visually #Impaired Block Road
Posted: January 30, 2010 in Activism, Disability MovementTags: disability, Disability Movement, employment, international issues, visual imparment
By Geeta Desai Mumbai Mirror, January 26, 2010 at 11:03:45 AM Visually-challenged protestors blocked the road outside BMC headquarters, in front of Azad Maidan, for almost two hours on Monday, to press for their demands of jobs in government and semi-government organisations. The protestors, who were on a hunger strike for the past four days [...]
