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NYC GOV: Final Updated Hurricane Evacuation Zones Announced
Today the final updates to the City’s Hurricane evacuation zones were announced. The new Zones, 1 through 6, will replace Zones A,B and C, now include an additional 600,000 New Yorkers not included within the boundaries of the former zones. The new zone system was developed using the latest…
Posted on June 18, 2013 via NYC GOV with 13 notes
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I was googling the original name of the African continent #1984 #assatashakur
Guys, the NYC Department of Education blocks students from learning about Assata Shakur.
It is an extremist move, to refuse to be crushed by State-sanctioned hate and violence. Young people must be educated to see how dangerous such actions are to our Liberty And Freedom For All.
OMG
WHAT
Posted on June 3, 2013 via An unhappy tropical elf with 1,701 notes
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YO THIS SHIT IS NOT OKAY.
signal boost to all my followers, PLEASE share this where you see fit.
you will most likely never hear this story on American news stations if you live here.
all i ask is that you help raise awareness on this topic.
Posted on June 2, 2013 via Fonbaligi with 167,453 notes
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16 mile pipeline of fracked, radon-heavy gas to be installed under Hudson River Park
Read: Literally right under my house
And by a company with a poor safety record, no less.
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On Recent Events At Simon’s Rock
Heya, everyone.
There have been recent actions that the administration have taken at the college I attend, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, that have marginalized students and turned a blind eye to their needs. Students here are told that they will be given a safe space to learn as independent college students, so when students’ mental health, emotional stability, and even potentially physical safety are blatantly disregarded, it of course deeply disturbs me. We were promised a college environment, not a glorified boarding school. I love Bard College at Simon’s Rock very much, and this year has been one of the best in my life, and I am indeed coming back next year, so I do not want to give the false impression that I have some sort of vendetta against this school. However, the way that the Administration has been dealing with students all year has been unacceptable.
This is the college I went to, and I went through pretty much the exact same situation as this person’s roommate my freshman year.
I had some close friends tell the administration that I was suicidal.
Administration contacted health services.
Health services told me that I could either voluntarily go to a psych ward at the local hospital, or I could be escorted there by the police.
After I got out of the hospital (which was a horrible place that still upsets me and to this day I every time I set foot in a hospital it’s extremely stressful and triggering), I was told that I was kicked out of Simon’s Rock.
I was allowed to go back to campus that afternoon, had to collect my things, and be out by 10pm.
I tried to go for a walk with my friends to say goodbye, and security stopped me, made me get into their car, and drove me back to my dorm.
The hospital stay is going to cost my parents a fortune, which they will spend years and years paying off. I did not want to go to the hospital, and was pretty much forced to go, even though the school said it was voluntary. They told me I would only be readmitted if I did 12 weeks of therapy, which again, cost a huge amount of money.
The fact that this is STILL HAPPENING, 2 years later, is inexcusable, especially for a school that claims “The college staff will first focus on the safety and well-being of the individuals involved”.
There are a lot of great things about Simon’s Rock, the education is fantastic and I’ve made some of the best friends of my life there, but the way that they students with mental illness is absolutely appalling and needs to change.boost boost boost
Posted on April 26, 2013 via Silverquille with 35 notes
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Please SIGN this petition to add two students to the SUNY New Paltz CAS Food Board
yo everyone please help us at my school by signing this petition!
the CAS Board at my school basically makes decisions about the food on campus. problem is there’s only 4 students out of 10 voting members.
how is it that students, the ppl who are forced to eat the food on campus, are outnumbered when it comes to voting about the food?
the state allows up to half of the board to be students, yet the CAS Board at my school voted that option down last semester. now we’re tryna get more support thru this petition to add 2 more students.
the deadline is May 8th, PLEASE SUPPORT AND SIGN!!! IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!
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Posted on April 22, 2013 via Kemetically Afro-Latino with 26 notes
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tumblr, stop tryna make me care about nasty murderous white ppl. i wish yall would focus on their brown victims more.
Posted on April 9, 2013 via with 1 note
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that time of night when
the only thing you needed was
your favorite internet poet to
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SUNY New Paltz Students are being forced by the University Police to leave the Campus Auxiliary Services Board meeting to decide the next food service provider.
Today, I realized how real the war over food is as well how the student voice is no longer a priority but a minority- being forcibly removed by the University Police Department for refusing to leave an open meeting that decides the next long term food provider which is coming out of the pockets of students and which directly affects them and the workers is unjust. Calling an executive session in the middle of one of the most important decisions after stating how they (CAS Board) have been “completely transparent” with us, has made me lose faith in this school’s administration even more. Shame on them for punishing us for speaking up and standing up for ourselves and taking away our rights. 6 TO 4 IS NOT AN EVEN SCORE!
Students tried to attend a meeting last month, the food service provider interviews but were not allowed. Not even allowed to listen. Then students decide to come to a CAS meeting and speak, and are kicked out even though the CAS Board says they are “transparent.” We want our voices heard. The students on CAS HEAR THEM. It’s the rest of them that don’t. I have full faith in my student CAS representatives, but unfortunately you need at least 2/3rd vote or majority vote to have any sway with voting on CAS and luckily the non student members of CAS have a 2/3rds presence on CAS, and lucky for them they all happen to be on the same page and often vote together. Today I saw two votes happen at the CAS meeting where the students voted to extend the public commentary so more kids could speak, but there was a 2/3rds objection. I saw a motion to go into executive order with a majority vote. Guess who objected? The four students. Tell me how it’s fair that our votes can be totally unaccounted for when it comes down to making decisions.
So after that vote…we stayed. They called the police to escort us out, but we stayed, because this is not okay. We’ve been continuously silenced, shut down, and ignored. It’s time to make our voices heard because this administration clearly does not want to listen.
6 to 4 is not an even score.Quotes and social media responses from student at SUNY New Paltz after the administration decided that the best way to deal with being called “non-transparent” is to make the public leave the current meeting. After deciding not to extend the public comments period (cutting off people who came to speak) students held up signs in response to the board and covered their mouths with duct tape, similar to the student reaction at Stony Brook recently. Students had not been allowed on the board in the past, now they are up to 4 seats on the CAS (Campus Auxiliary Services), and are pushing for 2 more seats, which would give a balance to the board and allow meaningful student decision making Pictures and video soon to come. (via nysrtour)(via thelavendarwards)
Posted on March 14, 2013 via Notes from the NYSR Tour with 32 notes
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