Today, the world listens to the unified messages of workers from around the world who are coming together for International Worker’s Day. In the wake of the horrifying Bangladesh mega-factory collapse on April 24th that drew global attention to unfair and unsafe labor practices, it seems the call for fair pay and safe employment [...]
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May 1st, 2013 | Tags: afl, cio, immigration, Immigration reform, labor, May Day, MayDay, unions | Category: Immigration Reform, Social Justice | Leave a comment
Image from Catapult.org 1. Rights – Affirm today and every day that girls’ and women’s rights are inalienable human rights.
2. Respect – Model respect for women, and yourself, by not dissing, degrading or using demeaning language. Is it really so cool to call everyone “bitch?”
3. Renew – Dust [...] March 8th, 2013 | Tags: female empowerment, human rights, international women's day, iwd, social justice, women's rights | Category: Advocacy, Human Rights, Social Justice, Women's Rights | Leave a comment
As the last of the 2013 Ted Talks wrap-up this week, we wanted to share the top 5 Ted Talks that will inspire nonprofit professionals, do-gooders and activists to think, communicate and live with purpose. At Douglas Gould and Company, we are always thinking of ways to best use communications strategies to [...] March 1st, 2013 | Tags: inspiration, nonprofit, nonprofit communications, ted, ted talk | Category: Advocacy, Nonprofit Communications, Social Justice, strategic communications, Women's Rights | Leave a comment
While working as a drug store cashier in college, I was held up at gunpoint. It felt surreal, like a dream sequence even at the time. When the police finally arrived, I told them I wasn’t sure the gun was real, they berated me. “What do you know about guns? Does your family own [...] A recent gathering of the Republican National Committee aimed at plotting their comeback after their stinging 2012 national election defeats actually reveals a consensus that should sweeten the chances for Democrats in future contests. According to reports on NPR and in he New York Times (G.O.P Mulls Strategy from Obama’s Playbook), Republican leaders are [...] When I was in high school, my gym teacher, Mrs. Maloney, instructed me to “referee” basketball during our class so that should give you a little insight into my athletic prowess…and my vertical reach. Just the same, I’ve always been a huge fan of Title IX, which turns 40 this year. Known primarily for [...] November 13th, 2012 | Tags: Discrimination, Gender Equity, Teaching Tolerance, Title IX | Category: Education, Human Rights, Social Justice, Women's Rights | Leave a comment
As we arrive at the day of reckoning for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the U.S. Supreme Court, this excellent media analysis from the Pew Center for People and the Press reveals how media coverage of the issue contributed to public confusion and increasing opposition. While many of us noted the failure of [...] June 25th, 2012 | Category: Advocacy, Media Outreach, Social Justice, strategic communications | Leave a comment
Wednesday, Malcolm Gladwell asked readers of The New Yorker “Does Egypt Need Twitter?” in light of the importance placed on the use of social media in organizing and documenting events as they’ve unfolded over the past week. Gladwell reasons the way we communicate between one another isn’t as important as why we do – [...] February 4th, 2011 | Tags: egypt, human rights, jan25, online engagement, social justice | Category: Advocacy, Human Rights, Online Engagement, Social Justice | Leave a comment
I admit it. There are times when I question my sanity – especially when I turn on the news and catch the latest “celebrity behaving badly” story getting the airtime when my clients – who work in the public interest and transform lives and who so deserve coverage are passed over for “sexier” stories. [...] December 20th, 2010 | Category: Social Justice | Leave a comment
I have a lot of issues with this provocative film, starting with the title. We clearly aren’t waiting – the film makes clear that we, in fact, do have a superman in the person of the estimable Geoffrey Canada, who is offered up as the answer man for all that is wrong with public [...] |
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