April 26
1937
Nazis Test Luftwaffe on Basque Town of Guernica
1961
Actress Vanessa Redgrave is among 826 British anti-nuclear protesters arrested during a London sit-down.
1966
Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales founded the Crusade for Justice, a Chicano activist group, in Denver, Colorado and marked his departure from the Democratic party and the beginning of a Nationalist strategy for the attainment of Chicano civil rights.
Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales
So now that it looks like I’m going to become a member of the grandparents club, I’ve been, naturally, doing some searching around on grandparent-type topics. I’m even considering starting a LJ community or two for grandparents.
Anyway, I found this today in my surfing:
Grandmothers for Peace International – a comprehensive list of peace and justice sites, articles, and resources
In the list of state chapters there is none for Utah listed. Hmmmm…..
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50 religious officials from around the country, including the LDS church, have signed onto a letter advocating support for the “Federal Marriage Amendment” to the U.S. Consitution, which would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
The really sad part about this is the overall picture: Individuals and entities attempting to get the government to add an amendment to the consitution that defines what people do in their private lives. Marriage is private and between two people. Period.
April 25
1969
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy and 100 others were arrested while picketing a Charleston, South Carolina hospital to support unionization.
Wear Red on Tuesday, April 25, For Equal Pay Day
Activists will be wearing red on Equal Pay Day,Tuesday, April 25, to protest the fact that women remain “in the red” when it comes to their pay. On average, women working full-time, year-round, earn only about $.76 on the dollar compared to what men earn. For women of color, the gap is even greater. In spite of the passage of the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the pay gap remains, having closed by an average of less than half a penny per year since the Act was passed.
Please join the NOW‘s effort to draw attention to this continuing wage inequity by wearing red on Equal Pay Day, April 25. Equal Pay Day takes place in April, marking how far into the next year a woman would have to work to equal a man’s earnings as of December 31st, and on a Tuesday, symbolizing the point in the next week to which a woman must work in order to receive the same pay that a man received in the previous week.
Pay Equity Resources:
NOW’s Pay Equity Fact Sheet
National Committee on Pay Equity
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O.k., so it looks like “so far so good” with the pregnancy. I’m trying to get used to this idea!
Thankfully I have a good relationship with my future grandchild’s mother. We touch base with each other about every other day and she called me today to tell me that the most recent bloodwork came back looking really good. So she is on prenatal’s and has another dr. visit in about 3 weeks. I asked if I could come with her and she excitedly said yes!
I’m thinking of starting a LiveJournal community for grandparenting. I couldn’t find one that suited the needs to being a support group – if anyone knows of one I’m not finding, please let me know! Otherwise I’m going to start one!
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Step right up to this week’s Carnival of the Green, hosted by The Evangelical Ecologist, now in its 24th week!
A variety of topics are featured this week from raising livestock to nuclear and being green to feeding your pets organic food to immigration and to yoga.
Happy carnival-going!
Worldwatch Institute has published a list of 10 things people can do to promote a more “green” lifestyle at work and at home. I’ve listed those things here, but visit the website to see more information and tips on each green step you can take:
1. Re-route your commute.
2. Buy used.
3. Buy local.
4. Compost your food scraps.
5. Change the thermostat setting and install energy saving devices.
6. Skip the bottled water at the grocery or convenience store.
7. Make your own cleaning supplies.
8. Think twice about new electronics.
9. Add one meatless meal per week.
10. Use your local library and other public amenities.
Larry Miller, the entrepeneur who pulled the film Brokeback Mountain from his megaplex movie theater, met civil protest at an event at the University of Utah at which Miller was a speaker.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune article, about 75% of the attendees wore cowboy hats as they sat in silence during Miller’s speech.
“We’re wearing the hats to show how individuals were hurt when he didn’t show ‘Brokeback Mountain,'” said Charles Milne, coordinator for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center at the U. But “we’re going to be here listening to his speech in celebration of his right to speak.”
A smaller group of the protesting students, participants of the LGBT Center at the U, met with Miller before the speech in an attempt to promote some common dialogue and to educate Miller on issues associated with the GLBT community. Miller’s reaction:
Before moving into his planned speech, Miller took a few minutes to describe that meeting. “Something remarkable happened in this building the other day,” he said, tears welling in his eyes. “For two hours, we had a remarkably open dialogue, and I learned a lot.’
Miller said people on all sides of the issue went into the meeting “with one thing in common: fear and trepidation,” but the group quickly established a feeling of respect, if not agreement. Miller said people in the meeting told him stories of being ostracized by family members and the community in general because of their sexual orientation.
“One of the great lessons learned by me, and maybe others in that room, is that we have a lot more in common than we previously thought.”
It appears that some ice may have been broken. Kudos to these students for addressing this issue in a civil, non-violent way.
Last Friday local Native Americans held a demonstration to protest the Bush Administration’s proposed $33 billion cuts to services that would adversely impact Native Americans. In Salt Lake the Indian Walk-in Center is at risk for losing its funding and could close down.
Coverage of the demonstration
KUTV Channel 2
ABC 4
Deseret News
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 