nitanahkohe:

Less than 2 weeks ago, we learned that our Early Head Start and Head Start early childhood education programs at the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation in Seattle will be defunded after June 30, 2013. The Head Start preschool at United Indians has been in existence for 27 years, and we have had hundreds of Native students as well as non native students of other backgrounds come through our doors.

We are heartbroken by the loss of this program. But this is a new day, and we are ready to make a new path forward. Early childhood education is one of the most critical investments we can make for our children’s future. Native kids in Seattle need a preschool program that nurtures their brains, bodies, and spirits, and that helps them know and love their community, their traditions, and themselves.

Please invest in our lil Native learners and families. Support the Native community organizing ourselves to build the education systems we need. Please help us start a new Native preschool in Seattle!

nitanahkohe:

Cherry Point in Washington State could end up as the site of the largest coal exporting facility in North America. But not if the Lummi Nation can help it.

The Lummi people have a history of opposing development of their cultural, historic and spiritual land. Known to them by its ancestral name, Xwe’chi’eXen was the first listing on the state’s Heritage Register and, for over 175 generations, an ancestral fishing village on the Salish Sea. It’s also associated with the creation story of the Lummi people. The Lummi believe the 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples allows them to maintain and protect their archaeological and historic sites.

Tell Whatcom County and US Army Corps of Engineers to protect Lummi Lands and the Salish Sea from dirty coal! The petition reads:

We, the undersigned, ask, in addition to preventing the environmental destruction posed by the proposed GTF Port at Cherry Point, the US Government honor the UN Declaration that allows the Lummi Nation to prevent development of their sacred land.

The Lummi Nation has compiled a report of “Key Facts”, which elaborates on a long list of environmental and cultural concerns surrounding this proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal, as well as the mining and transporting of coal from the midwest associated with the project.

These concerns are summed up on the Lummi Nation website as follows:

There is evidence to support that local jobs and businesses, property values, human health and quality of life would be adversely impacted by the coal trains. Increased marine traffic and the coal terminal would affect fisheries, marine ecosystems, and air quality. Further, substantial taxpayer investment may be required to support infrastructure required by the project and to mitigate some of the potential negative effects. There are questions as to whether damages to local businesses, regional identity, communities and fisheries could ever be adequately mitigated. The global impacts of coal export and coal combustion are significant, particularly when the future is considered.

We ask all those involved in deciding the fate of this sacred site to take all of these and other concerns that may come up in the future under serious consideration and protect this sacred land as well as humans, wildlife and the environment from the impact of coal transport and export.

Please do not allow the US Government to further infringe upon the rights of the Lummi People.

awastrelmescalined:

myjourneymythoughts:

actofrebellion82:

turningonthelatheofheaven:

We have until March 5 to get the required signatures to send this to the President for her pardon. The last petition came up short, but we can make it this time!

Please sign!

Onle 1,108 more signatures needed! Come on, people, sign this!

actually it needs THIS many more signatures

absentlyabbie:

messesbyyourstruly:

For some reason, lawmakers in Georgia are going to try and reward schools monetarily if they expel LGBTQ students.

Last time I checked, America was founded on the tenets of equality and tolerance. This doesn’t sound ANYTHING like that at all. Please, go to the link above and SIGN this petition to let Georgia lawmakers know that what they are doing is wrong, vile, and disgusting.

Okay, reblogging this a second time, actually, because this petition has under 3,000 signatures and NEEDS at least 10,000. They just need a valid email, a name, a country and a post code. You don’t even have to sign up for a newsletter or register for a site account or anything.

(Source: thestarkinmypants)

(Source: turningonthelatheofheaven)

zippyc:

ananonginger:

With this update, the Tumblr staff have succeeded in alienating their entire userbase. The Tumblr staff have added features that make it more like a fully-equipped Twitter ripoff than the actual Tumblr site now. People once used Tumblr to AVOID having to deal with the interface of Twitter or Facebook, but that is a thing of the past now, apparently.

This petition’s purpose is simply to roll back the update- give Tumblr users back the posting on seperate pages, and more importantly for many users, fix what damage this update did to RP or story blogs.

this post took me three minutes just to load so i could signal boost. tumblr yall need jesus.

jalwhite:

uvgotfemale:

Come ON people, I have seen posts about shopping get more attention than this petition. Please help get this message out there. Post on Facebook and other sites. This is a grave injustice.

A reminder of who Marissa Alexander is and why this is an urgent issue:

PARDON MARISSA ALEXANDER WHO WAS JAILED FOR 20 YEARS IN FLORIDA FOR TRYING TO PROTECT HERSELF AGAINST AN ABUSIVE EX-

Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Marissa is the victim here. Her husband beat her while she was pregnant. After yet another beating, Alexander fired a warning shot which traveled through a wall and into the ceiling. That shot saved her life. She didn’t kill anyone. Prosecutor Angela Corey did not take into account that Marissa Alexander had a court injunction against her crazed husband. She had given birth 9 Days earlier and was trained to use a weapon and earned a concealed weapons permit. Whilst the Stand Your Ground Law has been successfully used by other people in the State of Florida, that law didn’t apply to Marissa Alexander although she was a victim of Domestic Abuse.

This petition needs over 20,000 signatures before January 27th.  Please sign and signal boost!