NPR is covering an excellent series of articles being published in DiversityInc that offer tips on what you should never say (or ask) to coworkers about race, faith, sexual orientation or other elements of their identitie
I have been enjoying this series but found this particularly appropriate to Active Gray Matter.
The workplace, for many Americans, is [...]
First, I want to thank everyone who has called or emailed in response to our Words Hit Like Fists card giveaway. 189 individuals and organizations have requested cards from all over the world!
The response has far exceeded our expectations, and I can’t thank everyone enough for helping us spread the word about the giveaway!
As [...]
Hey! fabulous Look at this nifty PSA produced by ARC of Virginia, ARC of Northern Virginia and Blueberry Shoes Productions to accompany the boycott of Tropic Thunder.
WASHINGTON, Aug 15, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via MarketWatch/ — The head of The Arc of the United States (The Arc) called on Ben Stiller to meet with persons with intellectual disabilities and their families, and engage in an “honest and open dialogue about the offense this film perpetrates on them.”
Peter V. Berns, Executive Director of The [...]
You did it!
As of this morning, more than 150 individuals and organizations had requested the free Words Hit Like Fists cards to educate people on use of the R word. Over 2,000 people have visited our site and read about the card giveaway in the past 48 hours.
That is amazing. I have never seen such [...]
via BoingBoing & CBS Chicago
Evidently our illustrious Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has taken to not only insisting travellers remove their nipple rings right then and there but they have begun pantsing amputees. In our post 9-11 reality thousands of people complain of humiliating, abusive and x-rated security screenings.
In Chicago, people like Robert Perry are subjected [...]
I wanted to thank everyone for the tremendous response to the Words Hit Like a Fist card giveaway!
As of 8:45 pm tonight, we’ve had requests for 7,530 cards from 92 different individuals and organizations from as far away as London and as close as our hometown of Richmond, VA.
That means we still have 2,470 [...]
From The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
Laura at Yet Another Never Updated Blog turned the Words Hit graphics into web graphics for everyone to use!
I know a lot of folks would like to add these graphics to their MySpace or Facebook pages, so here is the code to do that:
To get this image onto your MySpace or Facebook page, copy all [...]
Tropic Thunder’ Director/Star Ben Stiller Says Disability Advocates’ Planned Boycott Is Unwarranted
“It’s sort of edgy territory, but we felt that as long as the focus was on the actors who were trying to do something to be taken seriously that’s going too far or wrong, that was where the humor would come from,” Stiller insisted. [...]
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