Hey, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth is awesome. They have a Facebook group now (they have for a while – I’m just now saying anything about it). I’ve mentioned them many other times before on the BSB Blog for good reason. They do great work. Whether or not you’re from Kentucky, theirs is a worthy group to join if you use Facebook. If you want to know more about what they do, follow the link above, search this blog, or go to their website. (But be sure to join their Facebook group, ...
The Garden, a documentary made about the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, is available at Netflix to save. Show your support by adding it to your queue.
I encourage you all to join the Southern Poverty Law Center cause on Facebook! The SPLC does so much good work for justice in the south.
Causes on Facebook | Southern Poverty Law Center
If you are unfamiliar with the SPLC, take a look at their Facebook page and their position, which reads,
“Hate, bigotry and discrimination are threats to our democratic ideals of equality and justice.”
Mary Frances Berry is a new name to me, but is very familiar to many who have worked in civil rights in the US for many years. Learn more about her now.
This year's "Unity Through Diversity" essay contest put forward to students at St. Pius X High School in Kansas City has the theme of Environmental Racism!
The Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility invites you to join a discussion on ways of achieving social change for the common good. The ICSR wants to establish a culture where the University and its surrounding communities work collaboratively to foster civic and political engagement.
Today I came across an organization called The Rural Assembly and I am so excited about their work and I think you will be too. The Rural Assembly is a part of the Center for Rural Strategies, an amazing organization whose fingers are all over most of the rural sustainable movements going on these days.