Showing posts with label Idealist.CLOH.Org. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Idealist.CLOH.Org. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Graduation speech for the kids from Glenbrook Evening High School
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight
you, then you win."
Last night I was invited to deliver the Commencement Address to
the Graduating class of 2012 at my high school.
Consider this a great milestone for our efforts to restore America.
Why?
For years we have fought to make our message part of the American
Dialog using every format we can think of... Websites, films,
news shows, flyers, street actions, elections and more...
Despite the attacks from the establishment against our message the
fact that I was given the podium and able to address the young
graduates is a major victory.
We recorded it for you to see and share. I hope it inspires.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W8Zg_-oDbI
Forever Vigilant for Liberty,
Gary Franchi
RTR National Director
Saturday, May 26, 2012
John Carlos in the UK, before the London Olympics
My life is not about winning medals. My life is about being a freedom fighter.
It is not about "black vs. white." That is what they want us to believe. It is about "right vs. wrong."
Olympic Project for Human Rights.
I am not afraid to offend my oppressor.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Students step out in a political way.
Posted: 21 Mar 2012 06:47 PM PDT
Mr. Reid’s ninth grade class has met with Ms. Har from YMPA (Youth Media Advocacy Project) every Thursday since the beginning of the year. Every Thursday, we discussed specific topics that we were passionate about changing (school lunches, need of upgraded technology, ect.).
Each period has changed in their topic. Period six is starting a food council so that our school’s lunches can improve their quality. First period made two billboards (one in Harrisburg and one in Oakland) that say, “Cutting our budget is cutting our future”.
On March 19, 2012, Mr. Reid gave his students the opportunity to speak at the Board of Education’s public speaking. There, we had a chance to speak for exactly three minutes about a topic that we feel passionate about. About twenty of his students went and all of them who spoke, talked about budget cuts. Our message was: DON’T LIMIT OUR EDUCATION WITH BUDGET CUTS!
I personally was one of the speakers. I was number thirty-three. I remember being so nervous my hands and legs were shaking. A lot of people showed up that evening, and I was supposed to voice my opinion to them all. That’s every teenagers dream, but in reality it turned into a kind of scary one. Once they called my name, I went up and smiled at the important people sitting at their big table, and sat in the chair. Then I turned on the microphone and started talking. I let the words come out, and took a dramatic pause to look at my audience in their eyes and I said, “This will destroy the future of our state”. I think they really felt the emotion in my speech.
Molly Newell spoke about budget cuts as well and she even commented on the poor technology that we are given. She said that we need new computers and software. Molly said, “The Pittsburgh Public School’s motto is ‘Excellence for all’, yet how can we excel with inferior technology?”
Joel Akrie, who went to speak on behalf of Sabria Mitchell, said “It was actually calmer and cooler than I thought it would be”.
Each period has changed in their topic. Period six is starting a food council so that our school’s lunches can improve their quality. First period made two billboards (one in Harrisburg and one in Oakland) that say, “Cutting our budget is cutting our future”.
On March 19, 2012, Mr. Reid gave his students the opportunity to speak at the Board of Education’s public speaking. There, we had a chance to speak for exactly three minutes about a topic that we feel passionate about. About twenty of his students went and all of them who spoke, talked about budget cuts. Our message was: DON’T LIMIT OUR EDUCATION WITH BUDGET CUTS!
I personally was one of the speakers. I was number thirty-three. I remember being so nervous my hands and legs were shaking. A lot of people showed up that evening, and I was supposed to voice my opinion to them all. That’s every teenagers dream, but in reality it turned into a kind of scary one. Once they called my name, I went up and smiled at the important people sitting at their big table, and sat in the chair. Then I turned on the microphone and started talking. I let the words come out, and took a dramatic pause to look at my audience in their eyes and I said, “This will destroy the future of our state”. I think they really felt the emotion in my speech.
Molly Newell spoke about budget cuts as well and she even commented on the poor technology that we are given. She said that we need new computers and software. Molly said, “The Pittsburgh Public School’s motto is ‘Excellence for all’, yet how can we excel with inferior technology?”
Joel Akrie, who went to speak on behalf of Sabria Mitchell, said “It was actually calmer and cooler than I thought it would be”.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Pittsburgh's own world changer, Jessica Flannery, gives address at CMU this week.
Jessica Flannery co-founded Kiva.org. Grew up in Penn Hills. Went to Beulah Church as a child and came to have a first view of poor people there. Her high school days were at North Allegheny. Undergrad as a Bison at Bucknell. Recently, hangs with Bill Clinton, basket-makers, Oprah and other idealists using small investments to create entrepreneurs the world over.
No, that's not basketball! But she is a yoga instructor and surfer too!
Next, I gotta dig for that link to Kiva TV and the poll with Time Magazine for clicks to her as she is ranked as one of the top 100 women of influence this year. Plus, there were some nice interactions from the audience.
Feel free to embed the video into your own blogs and elsewhere. It is in the public domain. Ask if you want the large media files. This segment is 45-minutes.
Jessica and her parents:
Jessica with Erik Rauterkus, 14, 8th grader at Pittsburgh Frick. Erik cut some school and road his bike to hear the guest speaker. Erik has worked to raise money locally for Kiva.org efforts in a few different ways. As a student council member, the profits from a school dance are being put into a Kiva.org loans.
As a mmember of this year's Coming of Age Class at Sunnyhill.org, a service project with a designated offering raised more than $1,000 for Kiva.org too.
No, that's not basketball! But she is a yoga instructor and surfer too!
Next, I gotta dig for that link to Kiva TV and the poll with Time Magazine for clicks to her as she is ranked as one of the top 100 women of influence this year. Plus, there were some nice interactions from the audience.
Feel free to embed the video into your own blogs and elsewhere. It is in the public domain. Ask if you want the large media files. This segment is 45-minutes.
Jessica and her parents:
Jessica with Erik Rauterkus, 14, 8th grader at Pittsburgh Frick. Erik cut some school and road his bike to hear the guest speaker. Erik has worked to raise money locally for Kiva.org efforts in a few different ways. As a student council member, the profits from a school dance are being put into a Kiva.org loans.
As a mmember of this year's Coming of Age Class at Sunnyhill.org, a service project with a designated offering raised more than $1,000 for Kiva.org too.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Guide to setting up a public issues forum released from New Zealand leader
After setting up the Canterbury Online Public Issues Forum,
I wrote a guide to starting a local online public issues forum in Aotearoa New Zealand. It documents some of what I learned in the process, and includes various resources that we created along the way. It's available from this post on our blog.
Please use, circulate and comment.
best to all,
Dan
Monday, February 04, 2008
Then you win. Sorry, this isn't a post about the Super Bowl and the MVP brothers
A group of people are working on a new title called with the working title of, "Then You Win." It is a documentary film project about non-violence movements in India. The aim is a release with the rights to copy, modify and distribute under Creative Commons license. To get them over the goal line -- now is the time for everybody’s help.
http://thenyouwin.yooook.orgFirst they ignore you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then they fight you.
Then you win.
Mahatma Gandhi.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Free Curricula Center
Free Curricula Center The Free Curricula Center (FCC) helps students worldwide reach their educational potential by producing and distributing university-level curricula that can be copied freely and modified cooperatively.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Front page Pitt News Coverage: Advocate for inclusion of college students in city elections
We won! Election date was changed away from spring break.
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
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