Advocates give TTC station a makeover to spur city to fund new wayfinding system
Transit advocates gave a TTC subway station a makeover early Friday, posting their own signs and adding stickers to existing signs, in an effort to push the city into funding a new TTC wayfinding system.
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Transit advocates gave a TTC subway station a makeover early Friday, posting their own signs and adding stickers to existing signs, in an effort to push the city into funding a new TTC wayfinding system.

CBC
Chicago immigrant advocates plan ā€˜full week of civil disobediencesā€™ kicking off on May Day

The "week of action" will start with a mega march on May 1 from Union Park to Federal Plaza and end with a ā€œday without margaritas and guacamoleā€ on Cinco de Mayo, May 5. There will also be work stoppages on May 2 and 3.

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Nigerian President Tinubu Advocates For Youth Participation In Governance - Axadle | Stay Informed With Horn Of Africa Headlines

President Bola Tinubu has urged young Nigerians to actively engage with his administration, saying that he is open to feedback and constructive dialogue. Speaking at the inauguration of the National Youth Congress Planning Committee in Abuja, Tinubu said that he is committed to youth inclusion, aligning with his Independence Day pledge to hold a 30-day National Youth Confab addressing issues like unemployment, education, and political participation. Tinubu acknowledged the economic challenges that have plagued the country, but expressed optimism that ongoing reforms were yielding results. The committee members were tasked with ensuring that the recommendations from the youth conference were implemented effectively.

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The List of Trump's Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF

It's fascism, plain and simple.

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Every federal agency in the U.S. is currently trying to figure out how to purge forbidden words from documents posted online, in a desperate attempt to comply with President Donald Trumpā€™s executive order to purge ā€œDEIā€ from every facet of American life. And nowhere is that effort more bizarre than the National Science Foundation, which is currently combing through websites and research papers for a long list of words that include #female, #disability, and #LGBT, among a host of others.

The review comes in response to a memo sent out Jan. 29 from the Office of Personnel Management, written by acting director Charles Ezell. Every agency has interpreted the memo a little differently, but at NSF theyā€™ve compiled a list of words that need to be found, which will initiate a review to see if itā€™s allowed.

According to the Washington Post, a word like #women appearing will get the content flagged, but it will need to be manually reviewed to determine if the context of the word is related to a forbidden topic under the anti-DEI order. Trump and his fellow fascists use terms like DEI to describe anything they donā€™t like, which means that the word #women is on the forbidden list while #men doesnā€™t initiate a review.

Straight white men are seen through the #MAGA worldview as the default human and thus wouldnā€™t be suspicious and in need of a review. Any other type of identity is inherently suspect.

Some of the terms that are getting flagged are particularly eyebrow-raising in light of the Nazi salutes that Trump supporters have been giving since he took office. For example, the term #hateSpeech will get a paper at NSF flagged for further review. Redefining terms like #hateSpeech is obviously part of the fascist project.

Darby Saxbe, a professor at the University of Southern California, tweeted the list of banned words on Monday, including a decision tree she says had been sent to all program officers at NSF.


Forbidden keywords that initiate a review at NSF, according to Saxbe:

#activism
#activists
#advocacy
#advocate
#advocates
#barrier
#barriers
#biased
#biasedToward
#biases
#biasesTowards
#BIPOC
#BlackAndLatinx
#CommunityDiversity
#CommunityEquity
#CulturalDifferences
#CulturalHeritage
#CulturallyResponsive
#Disabilities
#Disability
#Discriminated
#Discrimination
#Discriminatory
#DiverseBackgrounds
#DiverseCommunities
#DiverseCommunity
#DiverseGroup
#DiverseGroups
#Diversified
#Diversify
#Diversifying
#DiversityAndInclusion
#DiversityEquity
#EnhanceTheDiversity
#EnhancingDiversity
#EqualOpportunity
#Equality
#Equitable
#Equity
#Ethnicity
#Excluded
#Female
#Females
#FosteringInclusivity
#Gender
#GenderDiversity
#Genders
#HateSpeech
#HispanicMinority
#Historically
#ImplicitBias
#ImplicitBiases
#Inclusion
#Inclusive
#Inclusiveness
#Inclusivity
#IncreaseDiversity
#IncreaseTheDiversity
#IndigenousCommunity
#Inequalities
#Inequality
#Inequitable
#Inequities
#Institutional
#LGBT
#Marginalize
#Marginalized
#Minorities
#Minority
#Multicultural
#Polarization
#Political
#Prejudice
#Privileges
#PromotingDiversity
#RaceAndEthnicity
#Racial
#RacialDiversity
#RacialInequality
#RacialJustice
#Racially
#Racism
#SenseOfBelonging
#SexualPreferences
#SocialJustice
#Sociocultural
#Socioeconomic
#Status
#Stereotypes
#Systemic
#Trauma
#UnderAppreciated
#UnderRepresented
#UnderServed
#Underrepresentation
#Underrepresented
#Underserved
#Undervalued
#Victim
#Women
#WomenAndUnderrepresented

#Trump #ForbiddenWords #DEI #ExecutiveOrder #NationalScienceFoundation #NSF #Women #LGBT #Disability #MAGA #HateSpeech #Fascism #Censorship #PoliticalAgenda #WokeCulture #SocialJustice #IdentityPolitics #USPolitics #GenderEquality #CivilRights #PoliticalControl

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The List of Trump's Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF

It's fascism, plain and simple.

Gizmodo
Trump's anti-transgender executive orders: Resources for those affected

Advocates are alarmed by the orders, but taking action. Here's what to know.

Mashable
Trumpā€™s Trans Ban Defines Everyone as Female ā€” But Thatā€™s Not the Problem

Donald Trump's executive order attempts to get rid of trans rights. LGBTQ+ advocates intend to fight back.

Rolling Stone
Province-wide homelessness report confirms concerns advocates have had for years
Advocates working to fight homelessness say a report released this week by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) confirms the reality they see on a daily basis, and highlights the challenges they've worked for years to make known to decision makers.
#homelessness #report #advocates #News #Canada #London
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