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Guyana Ex-Soldiers Asso. (Canada) – Oldies Dance – Toronto- May 23, 2015
Download flyer: GESAC 2015 Oldies Flyer
by Pete Souza, Chief Official White House Photographer
Selma – March 7, 1965
March 7, 1965. It became known as “Bloody Sunday.” Six hundred people defied the warnings of authorities and attempted to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma, Alabama, to show the desire of black American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote.
I was a young boy growing up in Massachusetts at the time, and I can’t say that I was aware of what was happening in Selma. I didn’t know the marchers were attacked at the bridge with billy clubs and tear gas. I didn’t know that there was this much hatred in the South between blacks and whites. Continue reading
Climate Disruption: Thought of the Week – By Rosaliene Bacchus
Dutch government sued for climate action failure
Photo Credit: Urgenda, Netherlands
Landmark Dutch Lawsuit: The Urgenda Climate Case
The Urgenda Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the Dutch Government for not taking sufficient measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause dangerous climate change. The Urgenda Climate Case is the first case in Europe in which citizens attempt to hold a state responsible for its potentially devastating inaction.
~ The Urgenda Foundation, Netherlands
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