by Isaac Stanley-Becker, from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It's free. Come to Occupy DC – the leaderless, grassroots protest against economic inequality and the political power of global financial institutions that has spread like wildfire from Wall Street to the downtown of the nation's capital, and across the world to the streets of Rome and Tokyo.
The Middle East had its Arab spring; here's hoping Occupy is the American autumn.
The future of civil liberties is in good hands. It seems so when one reads a First Amendment Paper and views the accompanying video prepared by three 7th graders as part of a History and English project for National History Day. The students; Madeleine Nephew (daughter of Bill of Rights activist, Thomas nephew) and her friends Binta Coulibaly and Susana Perez arranged the video about student free speech. The video is based on a paper written by Ms. Nephew earlier in the year. In writing the paper, she interviewed both Mary Beth Tinker (a member of the ACLU-NCA Board) and Professor Jamin Raskin (who will receive the Edgerton Award at this year’s Bill of Rights Dinner in April), and the group went back for video interviews. Thomas Nephew, of course, is a proud father. We too are proud and encouraged that these young students care about the issues we care about. The future is indeed promising. The video can be viewed below.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE, JOIN THE ACLU FUTURE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL!
If you are interested in civil liberties for youth and young aduts, you are welcome to join our ACLU-NCA Future Leadership Council (an organization made up of committed youth and ACLU club representatives from various high schools, undergraduate college campuses and law schools) and help shape the future of civil liberties. The Council has a vote on the local ACLU board and meets about 4 times during the academic year. For more information, please contact Beverly@aclu-nca.org or by phone, (202) 457-0800.
The future of civil liberties is in good hands. It seems so when one reads a First Amendment Paper and views the accompanying video prepared by three 7th graders as part of a History and English project for National History Day. The students; Madeleine Nephew (daughter of Bill of Rights activist, Thomas nephew) and her friends Binta Coulibaly and Susana Perez arranged the video about student free speech. The video is based on
If you are interested in civil liberties for youth and young aduts, you are welcome to join our ACLU-NCA Future Leadership Council (an organization made up of committed youth and ACLU club representatives from various high schools, undergraduate college campuses and law schools) and help shape the future of civil liberties. The Council has a vote on the local ACLU board and meets about 4 times during the academic year. For more information, please contact Beverly@aclu-nca.org or by phone, (202) 457-0800.
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