The My Language My Choice Campaign

This Poster Campaign is a beautiful campaign from Pacific Lutheran University.

The My Language My Choice Campaign is a campaign to address the use of hurtful and harmful language.  Student leaders from various areas on campus have been photographed tearing up a word. Students provided two to three sentences on why they choose not to use the particular word.  The campaign is about why an individual chooses not to use a word, so the campaign is about personal responsibility and choice.

The campaign first aimed to focus on phrases That’s So Gay and No Homo.  But because The Diversity Center and Women’s Center appreciate that students have multiple identities and those identities often intersect, new words and phrases were introduced.  The following words and phrases are a part of the campaign:  That’s so Gay, No Homo, Lame, Retarded, Ghetto, Fat, Nigga, Bitch, and Illegal. 

Swing State Papers Flock to Obama, Deem Romney Unworthy of Presidency

By: Sara Jones (from politicususa.com)

The swing state Colorado Durango Herald endorsed Obama for a second term, writing that Romney is not even a viable alternative and his mysterious platform consists of nothing more than nostalgia for the 1950s. Most damaging, and a sentiment shared by many editorials endorsing Obama, they write that Romney has no core conviction other than that he should be president:

Unfortunately, the Republican Party has offered no credible alternative. Its platform consists of little more than nostalgia for the 1950s, and its presidential candidate largely remains a mystery. Romney has publicly demonstrated no core convictions beyond his obvious belief that he should be president. He apparently thinks that simply not being Obama is qualification enough. It is not."

They also point out what few have mentioned about the Obama Stimulus, “It looked forward via the first substantial commitment to research and development of green technology…” They praise Obama for elevating our image overseas by working with other nations, and cite his sanctions on Iran as an effective example of Obama working with other nations.

Of all of the thoughtful editorials out there, this one got to something too often ignored — how we use government, what its purpose is. They write that Obama has used government to bolster the economy, invest in education, innovation and more.

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The Importance of Strong Families

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community that exists within the intersections of multiple identities I am often taken aback by inherent discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community against many of the identities I prescribe to. One is latino/hispanic which describes mostly the culture and home life I grew up in. The same home life (and community) that is currently fostering and supporting me as an out Queer Cis-male. I am saddened by seeing Gay and Lesbians discriminate and attack people of Latina descent or people who speak spanish - telling them to get out of "'Mericah"! Well I'm happy to inform you that you weren't here first. In fact the spanish had colonized much of the new world before you british bums got across the waters. But that is also no reason for conflict because neither belongs here because the first human inhabitants were the first nation people whose culture is not a fashion trend to make Gays and Lesbians "hip" or "cool".

Stop discriminating and start learning and supporting other marginalized groups. The more allies we create; the stronger we stand together the more change we can enact.

It's so easy being a Latino.

Because there is no such thing as a structure of power and privilege, and Rosie Pérez is here to enlighten us.

Maricopa County Elections Department admits error on date of general election on voter ID cards

VOTER ALERT! If you live in AZ you need to check your forms - In the corner of the document, it says November 6th in English but in Spanish it reads 8 de Noviembre, the 8th of November.
Election day is November 6th, not November 8th. Please make sure to share this with everyone you know.

Because THIS is what voter suppression looks like.