From cws at igc.org Tue Nov 10 12:38:19 2009 From: cws at igc.org (Sharon Martinas) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:38:19 -0800 Subject: [WAsummit] Fwd: New Website Launched for Black Youth References: Message-ID: <16103B9A-0ECE-4BFC-8A20-34865F930456@igc.org> sounds interesting -- check it out - sharon Begin forwarded message: > From: "Black Youth Project" > Date: November 10, 2009 6:21:50 AM PST > To: "cws" > Subject: New Website Launched for Black Youth > > > > Dear Friend, > > All of us here at the Black Youth Project (BYP) are excited to > announce the launch of our new website - blackyouthproject.com ? to > provide a place on the web where young black people can speak for > themselves. > > You can view a short video describing the site and featuring a > number of the team working on the site here. You will also find a > longer press release on the home page of the site. > > > Black Youth Project Website: > > Our goal for the site is to generate new media information, blogs, > art, conversations, webinars, data, research, policies and movements > that will expand the human and social capital of young black youth, > facilitating their empowerment through highlighting their voices and > experiences. > > We hope you?ll visit and use the site today and frequently in the > future. And please let others know the BYP site by forwarding this > email. It?s truly a first-of-its kind online resource that explores > the attitudes, actions and decision making of black youth by > including their lives, ideas and voices. > > There are a number of features on the site that we invite you to > explore: > > ? Black Youth Blogging ? daily blogs by black youth on important and > controversial topics and links to black youth bloggers > ? Rap Lyrics Database ? the first public searchable database of rap > music lyrics based on Billboard charts > ? Curriculum Workshop ? teachers, social workers, community > activists, and artists can download and add to curriculum centered > on the experiences of black youth and use data from the Black Youth > Survey. > ? Black Youth Create! ? uploaded videos, spoken word, webisodes and > other offerings made by black youth > ? Research and Resources ? listings/links to latest reports, > research, books, films, documentaries, organizations and websites > focused on black youth > ? Survey Data & Findings ? the Black Youth Project Survey includes > the most extensive dataset on black youth > ? Black Youth in the News ? articles on black youth from newspapers > across the country > > If you have a relevant site that could link to us, let us know. We?d > be happy to include links to relevant sites > > So please use the BYP site frequently for research, information, > dialogue and just keeping yourself up-to-date on the issues of > concern to young Black Americans. We want you to be part of the > conversation at blackyouthproject.com! > > Thanks, > > The Black Youth Project Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screen shot 2009-11-09 at 5.11.57 PM.png Type: image/png Size: 30338 bytes Desc: not available URL: From cws at igc.org Wed Nov 11 13:49:21 2009 From: cws at igc.org (Sharon Martinas) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:49:21 -0800 Subject: [WAsummit] Fwd: Fox's Murdoch: Glenn Beck "was right" -- Help us go after Fox References: <1257936455.35096.58@colorofchange.org> Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: > From: "James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org" > Date: November 11, 2009 2:47:35 AM PST > To: "Sharon Martinas" > Subject: Fox's Murdoch: Glenn Beck "was right" -- Help us go after Fox > > Rupert Murdoch -- head of Fox's parent company -- said Glenn Beck > was right when he called President Obama a "racist." > > > > Now he's trying to backpedal, without disowning Beck. > > It's time to publicly hold Murdoch accountable. > > Demand he put an end to Fox's race-baiting, or admit he agrees with > it: > > > Dear Sharon, > > Last week, when asked about Glenn Beck calling President Obama > "racist," Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News Channel's parent > company (News Corp) said "if you actually assess what he was talking > about, [Beck] was right."1 > > On Tuesday, after his endorsement of Beck's race-baiting started to > draw attention, Murdoch claimed, through a spokesperson, that he > didn't mean he agrees with Beck.2 It's ridiculous -- what else could > he have possibly meant? > > Murdoch calls the shots at Fox News, and he's just made it clear > that Fox's problem with race starts in his office.Now that he's been > caught, he's trying to play dumb -- he doesn't want to be held > accountable for Beck's rhetoric, but he won't denounce or stop it > either. > > It won't work, if we stand up. Tell Murdoch he has a choice -- he > can stand by the fact that he agrees with Glenn Beck; or he can tell > us why he doesn't and what he's going to do about it. If enough of > us call him out, we can create a powerful conversation about Fox's > race-baiting that will help us hold them accountable at the highest > level. > > Please sign the petition to Murdoch, and ask your friends and family > to do the same: > > http://www.colorofchange.org/murdoch/?id=1969-46679 > > While Beck is the worst offender on the Fox News Channel, the > network has a long, deep history of engaging in inflammatory racial > rhetoric: attacking Black leaders, Black culture, and Black > institutions.3,4,5 And a number of Murdoch's recent business > decisions suggest that he is consciously building a media empire -- > at Fox News and elsewhere -- that attracts viewers by appealing to > racial fear and paranoia. > > Last month, Murdoch put Don Imus (fired from MSNBC for his infamous > "nappy headed hos" comment) back on television on the Fox Business > Network.6 And a few weeks ago, Murdoch personally fired Marc Lamont > Hill -- one of Fox News' few black commentators -- in response to a > racially charged smear campaign led by a News Corp shareholder, who > said Hill has "reputation of defending cop killers and racists."7 > > Murdoch's right-hand men > > Murdoch chooses his employees carefully, and his agenda is obvious > when you look at the people he's chosen to run his media > organizations. > > Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, made his name by using > racial paranoia to propel Republican politicians to victory, > starting in the 60s. He engineered key elements of Richard Nixon's > Southern Strategy, and a notorious race-baiting ad campaign that > helped the first President Bush defeat Michael Dukakis. Ailes was > also the executive producer of Rush Limbaugh's failed television > show.8 > > Another News Corp property, the New York Post, led by Col Allan, > also has a troubling record on race. Earlier this year, the Post > caused an uproar after printing a cartoon that appeared to depict > President Obama as a dead monkey, covered in blood after being shot > by police. Instead of taking the widespread critical response to the > cartoon seriously, Allan issued a short, insensitive statement that > took no responsibility, and attacked critics of the cartoon.9 > > Last month, the Post fired a Latina editor, Sandra Guzman, > apparently as retaliation for having spoken out against the cartoon > when it was published. Guzman is now suing News Corp, the newspaper, > and Allan. She says that the Post is a "hostile work environment > where female employees and employees of color have been subjected to > pervasive and systemic discrimination and/or unlawful harassment > based on their gender, race, color and/or national origin." Guzman > says that Col Allan and others at the paper routinely made > inappropriate sexual and racial comments. She also says that the > paper's D.C. bureau chief told her that the Post's goal was to > "destroy Barack Obama."10 > > Holding Murdoch, Beck and Fox News accountable > > When Murdoch publicly endorsed some of Beck's most inflammatory > comments, it seemed he was making it very clear that he approves of > Fox's race-baiting. Now, apparently after realizing how damaging it > would be for him to publicly support the rhetoric that cost Glenn > Beck 80 advertisers, he's trying to backpedal. But Murdoch is not > willing to distance himself from Beck either. He knows that he could > face a backlash from Fox's viewers if he appears critical of the > racially charged programming that attracts many of them to the > network in the first place. > > So Murdoch wants to have it both ways -- he wants to build a network > that makes money by pandering to racial fear and paranoia, but he > doesn't want Fox to be seen as cable's home for race-baiting. > > We can't let him get away with it. Murdoch made a mistake by > speaking too openly about what he and his media organizations stand > for. He rarely makes mistakes like this, and we need to seize the > opportunity to expose Fox's problem with race. > > It starts by demanding that Murdoch explain what he meant, and be > clear about whether or not race-baiting is part of the program at > Fox. He may or may not respond, but if enough of us speak out, we > can create a conversation that makes it clear who is ultimately > responsible for Fox's race-baiting. It's just one step in starting > to bring some accountability to the leadership of Fox News and News > Corp -- but it's an important one. > > Join us in calling out Rupert Murdoch, and ask your friends and > family to do the same. It only takes a minute: > > http://www.colorofchange.org/murdoch/?id=1969-46679 > > Thanks and Peace, > > -- James, Gabriel, William, Dani and the rest of the > ColorOfChange.org team > November 11th, 2009 > > Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU -- your > energy and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large > corporations that don't share our values, and our tiny staff ensures > your contributions go a long way. You can contribute here: > > https://secure.colorofchange.org/contribute/ > > References > > 1. "An Open Letter to Rupert Murdoch: What exactly do you mean?" > Huffington Post, 11-10-09 > http://tinyurl.com/yg2yj58 > > 2. "Murdoch doesn't consider Obama racist: Spox," Politico, 11-10-09 > http://tinyurl.com/y8fhg4n > > 3. "On FOX, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson and Mike Gallagher attacked > Kwanzaa," Media Matters, 12-23-04 > http://mediamatters.org/items/200412230012 > > 4. "Matalin: 'I think these civil rights leaders are nothing more > than racists. And they're keeping ... their African-American > brothers enslaved,'" Media Matters, 2-09-06 > http://mediamatters.org/items/200602090003 > > 5. "Defending Bennett's comments, Rev. Peterson cited alleged > violence at Superdome to claim that most blacks 'lack moral > character,'" Media Matters, 10-03-05 > http://mediamatters.org/items/200510030005 > > 6. "Breaking: Don Imus Joins Fox Biz," TV Newser, 09-03-09 > http://tinyurl.com/mdtn4x > > 7. "FNC Liberal Pundit Marc Lamont Hill Fired," TV Newser, 10-16-09 > http://tinyurl.com/yzx7xyd > > 8. "Fox President Roger Ailes' History Of Race-Baiting," Media > Matters, 10-30-09 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnNyEKAZIO4 > > 9. "NY Post Defends Cartoon, Slams Al Sharpton" Huffington Post, > 02-18-09 > http://tinyurl.com/cdmhmm > > 10. "New York Post Lawsuit: Shocking Allegations Made By Fired > Employee Sandra Guzman," Huffington Post, 11-10-09 > http://tinyurl.com/y964vmb > ` > > > > Subscription Management: > This is a message from ColorOfChange.org. To remove yourself from > our list, click here: http://colorofchange.org/subscription/?id=1969-46679 > . To change your email address or update your contact info, send an > email tosubscriptions at colorofchange.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From narvold at sfo.com Wed Nov 11 20:59:30 2009 From: narvold at sfo.com (Nancy) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:59:30 -0800 Subject: [WAsummit] Fwd: Fox's Murdoch: Glenn Beck "was right" -- Help us goafter Fox In-Reply-To: References: <1257936455.35096.58@colorofchange.org> Message-ID: yep - I signed the petition. thanks.what a royal jerk - and dangerous. and powerful and rich. grrr ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Martinas To: White Anti-racist Summit Cc: Europeandissent at lists.riseup.net Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:49 AM Subject: [WAsummit] Fwd: Fox's Murdoch: Glenn Beck "was right" -- Help us goafter Fox Begin forwarded message: From: "James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org" Date: November 11, 2009 2:47:35 AM PST To: "Sharon Martinas" Subject: Fox's Murdoch: Glenn Beck "was right" -- Help us go after Fox Rupert Murdoch -- head of Fox's parent company -- said Glenn Beck was right when he called President Obama a "racist." Now he's trying to backpedal, without disowning Beck. It's time to publicly hold Murdoch accountable. Demand he put an end to Fox's race-baiting, or admit he agrees with it: Dear Sharon, Last week, when asked about Glenn Beck calling President Obama "racist," Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News Channel's parent company (News Corp) said "if you actually assess what he was talking about, [Beck] was right."1 On Tuesday, after his endorsement of Beck's race-baiting started to draw attention, Murdoch claimed, through a spokesperson, that he didn't mean he agrees with Beck.2 It's ridiculous -- what else could he have possibly meant? Murdoch calls the shots at Fox News, and he's just made it clear that Fox's problem with race starts in his office.Now that he's been caught, he's trying to play dumb -- he doesn't want to be held accountable for Beck's rhetoric, but he won't denounce or stop it either. It won't work, if we stand up. Tell Murdoch he has a choice -- he can stand by the fact that he agrees with Glenn Beck; or he can tell us why he doesn't and what he's going to do about it. If enough of us call him out, we can create a powerful conversation about Fox's race-baiting that will help us hold them accountable at the highest level. Please sign the petition to Murdoch, and ask your friends and family to do the same: http://www.colorofchange.org/murdoch/?id=1969-46679 While Beck is the worst offender on the Fox News Channel, the network has a long, deep history of engaging in inflammatory racial rhetoric: attacking Black leaders, Black culture, and Black institutions.3,4,5 And a number of Murdoch's recent business decisions suggest that he is consciously building a media empire -- at Fox News and elsewhere -- that attracts viewers by appealing to racial fear and paranoia. Last month, Murdoch put Don Imus (fired from MSNBC for his infamous "nappy headed hos" comment) back on television on the Fox Business Network.6 And a few weeks ago, Murdoch personally fired Marc Lamont Hill -- one of Fox News' few black commentators -- in response to a racially charged smear campaign led by a News Corp shareholder, who said Hill has "reputation of defending cop killers and racists."7 Murdoch's right-hand men Murdoch chooses his employees carefully, and his agenda is obvious when you look at the people he's chosen to run his media organizations. Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, made his name by using racial paranoia to propel Republican politicians to victory, starting in the 60s. He engineered key elements of Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy, and a notorious race-baiting ad campaign that helped the first President Bush defeat Michael Dukakis. Ailes was also the executive producer of Rush Limbaugh's failed television show.8 Another News Corp property, the New York Post, led by Col Allan, also has a troubling record on race. Earlier this year, the Post caused an uproar after printing a cartoon that appeared to depict President Obama as a dead monkey, covered in blood after being shot by police. Instead of taking the widespread critical response to the cartoon seriously, Allan issued a short, insensitive statement that took no responsibility, and attacked critics of the cartoon.9 Last month, the Post fired a Latina editor, Sandra Guzman, apparently as retaliation for having spoken out against the cartoon when it was published. Guzman is now suing News Corp, the newspaper, and Allan. She says that the Post is a "hostile work environment where female employees and employees of color have been subjected to pervasive and systemic discrimination and/or unlawful harassment based on their gender, race, color and/or national origin." Guzman says that Col Allan and others at the paper routinely made inappropriate sexual and racial comments. She also says that the paper's D.C. bureau chief told her that the Post's goal was to "destroy Barack Obama."10 Holding Murdoch, Beck and Fox News accountable When Murdoch publicly endorsed some of Beck's most inflammatory comments, it seemed he was making it very clear that he approves of Fox's race-baiting. Now, apparently after realizing how damaging it would be for him to publicly support the rhetoric that cost Glenn Beck 80 advertisers, he's trying to backpedal. But Murdoch is not willing to distance himself from Beck either. He knows that he could face a backlash from Fox's viewers if he appears critical of the racially charged programming that attracts many of them to the network in the first place. So Murdoch wants to have it both ways -- he wants to build a network that makes money by pandering to racial fear and paranoia, but he doesn't want Fox to be seen as cable's home for race-baiting. We can't let him get away with it. Murdoch made a mistake by speaking too openly about what he and his media organizations stand for. He rarely makes mistakes like this, and we need to seize the opportunity to expose Fox's problem with race. It starts by demanding that Murdoch explain what he meant, and be clear about whether or not race-baiting is part of the program at Fox. He may or may not respond, but if enough of us speak out, we can create a conversation that makes it clear who is ultimately responsible for Fox's race-baiting. It's just one step in starting to bring some accountability to the leadership of Fox News and News Corp -- but it's an important one. Join us in calling out Rupert Murdoch, and ask your friends and family to do the same. It only takes a minute: http://www.colorofchange.org/murdoch/?id=1969-46679 Thanks and Peace, -- James, Gabriel, William, Dani and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team November 11th, 2009 Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU -- your energy and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large corporations that don't share our values, and our tiny staff ensures your contributions go a long way. You can contribute here: https://secure.colorofchange.org/contribute/ References 1. "An Open Letter to Rupert Murdoch: What exactly do you mean?" Huffington Post, 11-10-09 http://tinyurl.com/yg2yj58 2. "Murdoch doesn't consider Obama racist: Spox," Politico, 11-10-09 http://tinyurl.com/y8fhg4n 3. "On FOX, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson and Mike Gallagher attacked Kwanzaa," Media Matters, 12-23-04 http://mediamatters.org/items/200412230012 4. "Matalin: 'I think these civil rights leaders are nothing more than racists. And they're keeping ... their African-American brothers enslaved,'" Media Matters, 2-09-06 http://mediamatters.org/items/200602090003 5. "Defending Bennett's comments, Rev. Peterson cited alleged violence at Superdome to claim that most blacks 'lack moral character,'" Media Matters, 10-03-05 http://mediamatters.org/items/200510030005 6. "Breaking: Don Imus Joins Fox Biz," TV Newser, 09-03-09 http://tinyurl.com/mdtn4x 7. "FNC Liberal Pundit Marc Lamont Hill Fired," TV Newser, 10-16-09 http://tinyurl.com/yzx7xyd 8. "Fox President Roger Ailes' History Of Race-Baiting," Media Matters, 10-30-09 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnNyEKAZIO4 9. "NY Post Defends Cartoon, Slams Al Sharpton" Huffington Post, 02-18-09 http://tinyurl.com/cdmhmm 10. 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URL: From OppEd at toad.net Thu Nov 12 12:36:12 2009 From: OppEd at toad.net (Lucy Oppenheim) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:36:12 -0500 Subject: [WAsummit] =?windows-1252?q?Luntz_=96_The_Language_of_Healthcare_?= =?windows-1252?q?2009?= Message-ID: <4AFC559C.3020803@toad.net> A Republican strategy document for how to talk about health care is here: http://progressivepush.org/Page_2.html Dr. Frank I. Luntz ? The Language of Healthcare 2009 THE 10 RULES FOR STOPPING THE ?WASHINGTON TAKEOVER? OF HEALTHCARE Here it exhorts people to turn away from the structural and focus on the personal: "We need to stop looking at it from a global perspective and restore the humanity to healthcare. We need to focus more on people and less on the system. This is the single best approach to the crisis language because it individualizes and personalizes healthcare ? and shows empathy for anyone and everyone struggling right now. This plays into more favorable Republican territory by protecting individual care while downplays the need for a comprehensive national healthcare plan." There are, of course, no financial special interests: "Be sensitive to the anti-Washington bias ingrained in both parties. President Obama has already begun to employ an ?us vs. them? context to the debate ? hinting that those who oppose his reforms support the ?special interests.? You need to be very careful to be seen as challenging the ?Washington special interests? rather than defending them." Less central but more mockable is this earlier passage: "The best approach is to empathize with the fear, anxiety and financial pain people are clearly feeling right now. So instead of dismissing their concerns, acknowledge them ? up front ? and then pivot to your solution. Some conservatives will undoubtedly find this distasteful. But failure to connect on a personal level at the beginning will lead to communication failure at the end." There's more. I think knowing what Luntz is telling his side to do is very useful in countering the movement he consults for. (I couldn't read this in a single sitting and don't want to wait to pass it on until I get back to it.) Wishing you the best, Silver From narvold at sfo.com Sun Nov 22 15:30:50 2009 From: narvold at sfo.com (Nancy) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:30:50 -0800 Subject: [WAsummit] Fw: [psysr-announce] Two New Member Essays on the PsySR Blog Message-ID: These are good articles. ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Eidelson To: psysr-announce at yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 5:07 AM Subject: [psysr-announce] Two New Member Essays on the PsySR Blog Dear PsySR Friends and Colleagues, Two new member essays have been posted today on the PsySR Blog. I think they will be of interest to many of you: In "Fort Hood: A Harbinger of Things to Come?" Bryant Welch discusses the U.S. military's approach to the mental health needs of soldiers and veterans as illuminated by the recent Fort Hood shootings (http://psysr.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/fort-hood-a-harbinger-of-things-to-come/). In "Revisiting Afghanistan from a Different Perspective" Latika Mangrulkar shares the conclusions of her recent discussions with Bhabani Sen Gupta regarding U.S. involvement in Afghanistan (http://psysr.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/revisiting-afghanistan-from-a-different-perspective/). Your comments on these essays are welcome at the PsySR Blog--and please share these pieces with your friends and colleagues. Even more importantly, please remember that the PsySR Blog is interested in your own essays on timely issues (400-1200 words). Please send your submissions to blogs at psysr.org. The site will become an increasingly valuable forum for our members as we broaden the base of contributors. Thanks! Best Regards, Roy -- Roy J. 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