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A bit over a week ago we brought you news of a sit-in at the London School of Economics protesting the Israeli military offensive in Gaza.
Since then, the LSE sit-in has ended in a qualified victory for the student protesters, and more than a dozen other sit-ins have begun in Britain around the Gaza issue.
The LSE protesters have set up a blog that they’re using to get out word about the other student protests going on, and it’s being updated several times a day.
A sit-in protesting the current Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip is underway at the prestigious London School of Economics.
About forty students have been occupying the LSE’s Old Theatre since last night. They are demanding that the LSE…
- condemn the Israeli attack on Gaza and demand a ceasefire,
- divest from BAE Systems, a company that provides weapons to the Israeli military,
- provide five new scholarships to Palestinian students at LSE,
- conduct a fundraising campaign for the Medical Aid for Palestinians charity,
- donate surplus books and computers to Gaza educational institutions, and
- conduct no repraisals against protesting students.
The university released a formal response to the demands expressing concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza while declaring that it “will not take a position” on the Israeli military action itself.
Passage of the DREAM Act has been voted one of the top ten agenda items for the Obama administration by members of change.org. The DREAM Act proposal is the only higher education campaign to make the cut.
According to its change.org sponsors, the DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act would open a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants under the age of 30 who…
- were brought to the United States before they turned 16,
- have lived here continuously for five years,
- graduated from a US high school or obtained a GED
- have good moral character with no criminal record, and
- attend college or enlist in the military.
Here’s an article on the campaign to get the DREAM Act into the top ten and a link to DreamActivist, a site that supports passage of the bill.
President-elect Obama is on record in support of the DREAM Act. A statement of support he provided to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities last year follows the jump…
The change.org website is running a poll on its readers’ top ten “ideas for change in America.”
They say that “the top 10 rated ideas from the final round will be presented to the Obama administration on January 16th at an event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC,” and that at the NPC they will “announce the launch of a national advocacy campaign behind each idea in collaboration with our nonprofit partners to turn each idea into actual policy.”
Anyone can vote, and the polls close at 5pm Eastern time this afternoon. There are several education-oriented ideas among the leading proposals, and the United States Student Association is urging its members and allies to vote for two in particular — passage of the DREAM Act and student loan forgiveness.
Go check it out.
Columbia Law School is hosting an Alliance of Youth Movements Summit right now, with all sessions being broadcast live on the net. As the summit website puts it:
Panels will discuss a variety of practical topics, including How To Build Transnational Social Movements Using New Technology, How To Use New Mobile Technologies and How To Preserve Group Safety And Security.
Summit participants will also be honored at a red-carpet event with entertainment celebrities, business leaders, and civil society figures at the former home of MTV’s Total Request Live (“TRL”) overlooking Times Square.
Howcast will use the field manual for youth empowerment developed at the Summit as the cornerstone of a much larger online “hub,” where emerging youth organizations can access and share “how-to” guides and tips on how to use social-networking and other technologies to promote freedom and justice and counter violence, extremism and oppression. The hub will include instructional videos and text guides, links to related online resources and discussion forums for sharing experiences, ideas and advice.
The schedule for the summit is available here, with links to streaming video from every session.
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