Civil Rights
The Chevron Saga in Ecuador Halted for Now
by Tina Hsu
Chevron continues to get away with large-scale environmental pollution in Ecuador as a U.S. judge has just granted a halt in the enforcement of a $18 billion judgement with complete evidence to back-up. This has been an 18-year battle to receive justice for the environmental crimes of this oil corporation.
President Obama's National Youth Summit Opening
Summer Youth Organizing Academy (SYOA) graduate and Roosevelet Hight School Taking Action student leader, Cinthia Gonzalez, is featured in this short video highlighting the discussions of Los Angeles youth regarding the state of public education at President Obama's National Youth Summit Opening.
Cinthia calls for the protection of student services and resources and
the reduction of funds used for zero tolerance policies and policing of
Black and Latino youth.
Reports: LASPD Accused of Profiling, Sexual Harassment, Excessive Force
School Cops 'Out of Control'
NEW BRU Street Theater Piece to Stop The Bus Service Cuts
Today the BRU Street Theater presented a piece on the impacts of two sets of MTA Bus Service Cuts on bus riders. The piece 'Francisca y la muerte/Death
Searching Francisca' invites you, the spectator to become an actor and call
Sup. Mark-Ridley Thomas asking him to take a stand to stop the
cuts.
See video here and learn how to take action here
MTA - No Matter How You Spin it, You're Rolling Back Civil Rights
As MTA prepares to cut another set of over 300,000 hours of bus service, the Bus Riders Union has been on the offensive. Read on to see how despite how MTA slices it, their proposed service cuts and recent fare increases are rolling back Civil Rights!
MTA slashing bus service, attacking civil rights of bus riders
by April Wong
Current proposal would eliminate 11 bus lines, truncate or reduce 16 others, and wipe out 5% of total bus system
The MTA is currently proposing another round of steep cuts to bus serv
How 2 minutes can change your entire life | An Intimate Portrayal of a Black Mother's Fight to Save her Son
Let me share with you a story of a courageous and fierce Black mother. Her persistence to have her children do more than merely "survive" or "make it" and commitment to justice took her on a truly transformative journey that has inspired us all.
![](http://www.thestrategycenter.org/sites/www.thestrategycenter.org/files/imagecache/thumb/teaser_images/kat+immigrant+rights+human+rights+edited.jpg "Kat Rodriguez: Challenging the "Birth-Right Citizenship" bill and the latest attacks on immigrants in Arizona")
Kat Rodriguez: Challenging the "Birth-Right Citizenship" bill and the latest attacks on immigrants in Arizona
hosted by Eric Mann on 01/18/2011
An organizer with the Coalición de Derechos Humanos in Tucson discusses the latest round of attacks on immigrants in Arizona, including a proposal to deny birthright citizenship to US-born children from undocumented immigrant families and another proposal to exempt Arizona from compliance with any international laws.
John Malpede and Ronnie Walker: Los Angeles Poverty Department's new play exposes the costs of California's prisons
hosted by Eric Mann on 01/25/2011
The founding director and one of the leading players in a Skid Row-based group Los Angeles Poverty Department discuss their new play State of Incareration.
