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Just Click Here for a twelve month flashback of shameful shocking civic death by a few dozen cuts against Liberty and Citizenship.
Chris Lehmann Has something to say as an Educator, a Leader, and a Citizen - so please follow the link below and read.
Click Here If I need Seth Rogan to protect my 1st Amendment rights I'm in trouble. Hell, he is Canadian! And Sony? Don't get me started.
polarizing power-tripping Police attitude is a contagious invasive species in our civic ecosystem.12/11/2014 It seems that across the ranks of USA law enforcement officers the "Us versus Them" attitude prevails and the uniform reaction from police to any citizen expression of displeasure about abuse and homicide under the auspices of police perogative is that a protesting public does not respect the authority or legitimacy of The Badge. That this combative and arrogant mindset has even taken root among college police forces shows the corrupting influence of unchecked police power. See article linked below please and post your comments here.
Click Here for link So police assault, whether it leads to choking and death or not, is really not a justified or necessary response to the high crime of selling Loosies. There is such a thing as a written citation followed up with a warrant if there really is need to press charges for the selling of single cigarettes. (Hell cops can just as well confiscate the cigs, issue a verbal warning, and leave it at that.) Enforcing against broken windows is not the same thing as policing the failure of free people to weatherstrip their communities and their lives. Where are the "Libertarians" on this obscene and lethal abuse of power and invasion of personal liberty - let alone "right to life"?
Science Leadership Academy segment starts at minute 24. Link below:
Click Here to view Also, as a bonus, a link to my friend Len Davis's award wining short guerilla video. Please watch and comment. Click Here to view For an example of cutting-edge Progressive equity and inquiry based democratically collaborative teaching and learning, watch the News Hour tonight which will include a feature segment on Philadelphia's Science Leadership Academy. SLA is a public high school which I had the privilege to help launch and administer for five years. It rocks. Please spread the word to those you know care about real public education reform. SLA stands as an example of what leadership and best-practices can do to provide high level learning to diverse students, regardless of family income or zip code.
Please read through link below as we enter the last month of 2014. Words of wisdom and outrage.
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AuthorJon Amsterdam is a Lawyer, Educator, Community Organizer and National Service Innovator who directs Communities Without Borders, a non profit organization he founded in 1996. Archives
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