📖 Blog Post by Dr. Sumit Sonkar, Assistant Professor, School of Law

In his latest article, "The End of Exclusion in HEIs in India: Decoding Equity Regulations of the University Grants Commission," Dr. Sumit Sonkar analyses the UGC Promotion of Equity Regulations, 2026, and their role in advancing equity and inclusion in higher education.

Read the full article here:

https://tinyurl.com/3usn7vcy

#HigherEducation #UGC #Equity #Inclusion #SocialJustice #LegalScholarship #SOL #IndianEducation

In Venezuela, silence has become a rescue tool

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/28/nx-s1-5874042/in-venezuela-silence-has-become-a-rescue-tool

#WorldNews #HumanRights #SocialJustice

L.G.B.T.Q. Figures Who Shaped History From the Margins

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/us/lgbtq-pride-history-trailblazers.html

#LGBTQ #History #SocialJustice

CW: Occasional Foul Language. Always Political.

All of U.S. 250 Demonstrations are kicking off nationwide, as @lsarsour.bsky.social speaks in Washington, D.C.

Find a protest near you at AllofUs250.org!

Link: https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social/post/3mpbyxt5dfc26

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#Coup #Activism #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump #NoKings #elections #50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #FDT #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #protest #organize

#AllOfUs250 #Demonstrations #ProtestWashingtonDC #LSarsour #Sarsour #SpeakOut #ProtestNearMe #CivilRights #SocialJustice #MeetThePeople

#NewZealand / #Aotearoa #CommunityGardens - #NUWAO

"NUWAO aims to develop #NatureBased #UrbanDesign solutions, rooted in #Indigenousknowledges that support #ClimateChange adaptation and individual and community wellbeing in different contexts across Aotearoa and #Oceania.

Relationship to #IndigenousKnowledge

Indigenous communities worldwide have cultivated land for generations, crafting sustainable agricultural techniques in harmony with nature and rooted in local ecosystems. Throughout #TeMoananui Oceania, a rich diversity of TraditionalAgriculture and #agroforestry practices exists (Thaman, 1994, Thaman et al., 2006), and can be the basis of, or integrate into community gardens.

Community gardens can blend traditional methods, Indigenous #EcologicalKnowledge, and cultural values into their design, plant selection, and upkeep. Community gardens serve as vital spaces for honouring and preserving indigenous knowledge. They embrace traditional plant varieties, cultivation methods, and seasonal cycles passed down through generations.

Moreover, these gardens act as hubs for intergenerational knowledge exchange, with elders imparting wisdom to younger members, ensuring the continuity of traditional practices. These gardens can also foster #CulturalExchange and understanding, offering platforms for Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals to come together, learn from one another, and foster mutual respect. By embracing Indigenous knowledge, community gardens can not only bolster environmental #sustainability and food security but also fortify #CulturalResilience and advocate for #SocialJustice."

Learn more:
https://nuwao.org.nz/community-gardens/

#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardens #BuildingCommunity #FoodSecurity

NOW PLAYING == Making Contact 6/23/26 – The Fight for Safe Water Continues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iyDcyHhCgE

#news #documentary #journalism #socialjustice #history #humanrights #activism #activist #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #LearnSomething #vsn #education #resist #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

Grassroots #openweb activism has a history of rising, falling and adapting. The UK has seen waves of independent media, digital organising and networked activism - each learning from what came before.

The challenge is #rebooting an #openweb that stays native, open, decentralised, creative without becoming locked into the control systems it is trying to escape. We need pragmatic approaches that protect people while keeping spaces open for collective action.

Activism has challenges, groups can lose their original purpose when funding, institutions and professionalisation reshape their culture. Staying independent and connected to the communities that created the movement is hard - but necessary.

The last 40 years of political drift, from #neoliberalism to today’s hard rightward shift, shows the cost of failing to build strong alternatives.

The #OMN is part of this ongoing work of open media, decentralised networks and the connection between technology and social justice.

The future needs both the technical and the social - tools, culture, memory and movements.

#KISS build the commons. Keep the networks open.

#OMN #indymediaback #4opens #openweb #fediverse #commons #activism #opensource #socialjustice

Social justice movements don’t start from the top. They grow from the ground, from people and communities affected by injustice who organise, experiment and build change.

To grow these movements wider, we need spaces that allow open and unexpected connections. The #openweb and #fediverse matter because they create room for communication, outside corporate and state control.

Projects like #OMN and #indymediaback are about rebuilding these grassroots networks as commons.

History matters too. Movements need memory. If we forget past struggles, working practices and victories, every generation has to start again. Projects like #makinghistory preserve the knowledge that lets future movements learn and grow.

There is also the constant challenge of co-option. Funding and institutions slowly reshape movements, changing their culture and priorities. Staying independent is difficult - but history shows it is possible.

We need both the spiky and the fluffy paths, change comes from growing alternatives while pushing back against the systems that create the problems.

#OMN #indymediaback #4opens #openweb #fediverse #commons #activism #socialjustice

Storm Surge

In the end,
will you be faithful?
That is question.

When the storm has come and gone,
when what you thought was precious has been stripped away,
when you sleep in darkness wondering if the lights will ever come back on,
when your life in the flash of lightning reverts back to the everyday of your sisters and brothers in the warzone,
when your plane to those destinations is grounded by the thunder’s roar?

Will you awake to new resolve for justice?
Will you spend less time before the screen and more time present to loved ones and those in need of it?
Will you leave the ground to alight among the troubled?
Will you listen to them?

Will the power that comes on be in you,
through you,
glowing out through your eyes,
electrifying,
filling you with a compassion so compelling
you become a wire
among many
channeling
love and peace
to the world?

June 2, 2015