May 31, 2016 Wendy Harris ACTION
[Wendy originally made this post on Whatcom Hawk, but added the following additional text when she reposted it in the Bellingham Racial Justice Coalition Facebook group: Continue reading
Tag Archives: Social justice
Joe Rogoff sounds off: Whole Foods talks, but will they listen? / Noisy Waters Northwest, Sandy Robson
Familias Unidas por la Justicia President Ramon Torres, shown on left, Whole Foods Market Pacific Northwest Regional President Joe Rogoff, center, and Andrew Eckels, boycott organizer, right, at the May 11, 2016 Whole Foods Market store opening ceremony in Bellingham, WA. Photo credit James Leder
May 30, 2016 Sandy Robson
On May 19, 2016, I called Whole Foods Pacific Northwest Regional office and asked to speak to Joe Rogoff, President of the Pacific Northwest Region. I wanted to speak to him about the new Whole Foods Market store that opened in Bellingham, Washington, on May 11, 2016, and the protest by a delegation of farm workers and their supporters from the local community, that occurred during the store’s grand opening ceremony. Continue reading
Options High – what is going on? / NorthwestCitizen, Editor’s Blog, John Servais
Tue, May 17, 2016, 8:32 pm John Servais
Just posted [on NorthwestCitizen] is an article by Pat McKee on the need for a traffic study before building the new Options High. The Bellingham School District basically cheated on filling out their non dertermination form for city planning. Continue reading
A few years down the pike, people will exclaim, “How did this happen?” / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Dick Conoboy
May 18, 2016 Dick Conoboy
At the city council meeting on Monday evening several residents spoke to a number of issues that have arisen as the result of the Comprehensive Plan draft that was briefed earlier in the day to the Committee of the Whole. Continue reading
‘We Draw The Line’ / Cascadia Weekly, The Gristle, Tim Johnson
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Tim Johnson
‘WE DRAW THE LINE’: In a perfect storm of colliding media fronts, the story of the year was eclipsed by the story of the decade in a way that can perhaps only be understood as it unfolds in the story of the (new) century. Continue reading
Netwar at Cherry Point, White Power on the Salish Sea / The Wrong Kind of Green, Jay Taber
April 5, 2016 Dena Jensen
In his report, “Netwar at Cherry Point, White Power on the Salish Sea,” Jay Taber, associate scholar of the Center for World Indigenous Studies and administrative director of the Public Good Project, presents a detailed and important accounting of three years of research on matters related to the Anti-Indian movement in Whatcom County, Washington. Continue reading
Dr. David Stovall: “Justice Does Not Happen In A Vacuum: Race, Rights & the Possibility of Now” / WWU Diversity Teach-In
Mar 30, 2016 WWU Diversity Teach-In
March 8, 2016
WWU Diversity Teach-In presents:
Dr. David Stovall: “Justice Does Not Happen In A Vacuum: Race, Rights & the Possibility of Now”
The WWU Diversity Teach-In event series presents educational scholar and speaker Dr. David Stovall on March 8, 2016 at Western Washington University.
Compare Jail Resolutions Side by Side before County Council Tonight, March 8 / Noisy Waters Northwest
If you click the graphic link above you can page back and forth between the three proposed Whatcom County Jail planning resolutions up for review by the county council tonight.
March 8, 2016 Dena Jensen
Former candidate for Whatcom County Executive in the November 2016 election, and human rights activist, Joy Gilfilen alerted people on Facebook today about resolutions regarding jail planning that are up for review by the Whatcom County Council tonight, March 8, 2016. Continue reading
Social Justice and Air Quality: add them to the Comp Plan / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris
1 hr I can think of two important goals that I would like to see added to the Comp. Plan: Social Justice and Air Quality. Continue reading
Huxley students create environmental justice minor / The Western Front, Nick Belcaster
JUNE 29, 2015 Nick Belcaster
Western students will be able to explore the idea of social justice in environmental issues next year with a new minor program created by Huxley College of the Environment.
The new environmental justice minor is slated to be offered starting winter quarter 2016, and will attempt to enlighten students as to how different social groups are affected by any environmental problem, said Tim O’Melia, a junior at Western. Continue reading
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