Jordy Silverstein is a historian based in Melbourne, Australia, and is a member of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), an organisation which was created in 1984 and has the tagline "A Jewish voice amongst progressives, and a progressive voice amongst Jews". Recent campaigns run by the AJDS have included ‘Don’t Buy Settlement Products’ and ‘What’s Behind the JNF’.
All are welcome to join us for the “People’s Convention” in Cleveland.
There’s been a lot of attention on what may happen at the Republican National Convention (RNC), which takes place in Cleveland in July.
Greg Coleridge is director of AFSC Northeast Ohio and has worked with AFSC since 1983.
Why #PeaceCon2016 of course! Join us this week on Twitter at #PeaceCon2016 to learn about what we can all do to build a more peaceful world!
A few picks from AFSC staff this week:
Loretta Lynch and the criminalization of trans people, by H Kapp-Klote and Angela Peoples, Truthout
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Jamie Bisonnette Lewey reflects on a recent exhibit at the Portlant Museum of Art of Native American photographers shown with Edward Curtis photographs as a way to demonstrate the erasure of his images, how his images played a role in perpetuating the genocide of Native Americans.
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