August 28, 2014
After years of pressure on policymakers to fix the broken immigration system, families and communities finally have hope for some needed relief. President Obama has promised to use his executive authority to grant immigrants relief and to reform harmful enforcement procedures. However, the question remains whether it will go far… Read More»
Tags: all 11 million, arrest, Barack Obama, civil disobedience, ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, nonviolence, nonviolent, obama, President Obama, Scarlet Jimenez, White House
April 7, 2014
Fifty-four years after the historic lunch counter sit-ins launched the civil rights era, in which four black students sat down at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter and demanded to be served, North Carolina once again captured the nation’s attention with the launch of the Moral Monday movement last year. The… Read More»
Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta Jobs With Justice, civil disobedience, Georgia, Historic Thousands on Jones Street, Medicaid, Moral Monday, Moral Mondays, North Carolina, Raleigh, Shaw University, south, Stand Your Ground
November 8, 2013
Yesterday, more than 50 Walmart associates and supporters were arrested in downtown Los Angeles in the largest civil disobedience in the company’s history. The protesters called on the company to end retaliation against workers that have spoken out for respect on the job, many of whom have been fired after… Read More»
Tags: civil disobedience, OUR Walmart