This campaign is extremely important in representing full equality for Muslim students and faculty throughout fisd. They are currently treated with injustice though being denied a day off from school on this major Islamic holiday in order to uphold justice toward these students and faculty. This goal is realistic and achievable considering it has been effective and successful in the Houston isd and the entire New York State.

Every student at PMTSD has worked very long and hard to receive their license. By taking away their graduation you are not giving them a chance to be recognized for all their hard work, time, and professionalism that they have given to the school, staff, and guests! Each student has performed numerous hours to prepare for their career. This is a huge life accomplishment and should be celebrated as such! By waiting until the following year, with zero notice to the student body is disappointing and unsatisfactory by the Paul Mitchell standards we have upheld. There are other alternatives to hosting a graduation such as using a smaller location or hosting graduation at the school that could have been much more productive than stopping the process all together. Not many students will be able to return a year after finishing school, let’s make sure the 2024 graduates have a chance to celebrate their accomplishment as they move into the next phase of life!

Rocky Hanna lacks the mindset to know what's right for children .

As much as we love the new park. A lot of us don’t love that it is not fenced in. It only takes a blink of an eye for the kid to run into the street, especially with it being so close. It would be safer and easier for us parents if there was one entrance/exit.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor for Americans who have made exemplary contributions to the United States. Ruby Bridges has been fighting her entire life to fight back against racism, especially for children. She's an inspiration and role model to children and adults across the country, and she deserves to be honored as such. Books telling Ruby's story of racially integrating public schools in the south—including a book she wrote about her experiences—have been disputed or banned in schools across the country. It's the duty of our education system to teach kids the truth about our world while inspiring them to change it for the better. That mission is what Ruby Bridges embodied when at just 6 years old, escorted by U.S. Marshals through a crowd of violent protesters, she integrated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1960. When Ruby took her first step into her new school she helped to usher in a new era of progress for America—one that Republicans are now trying to reverse. Republicans have launched an all-out assault on the free expression of minority voices and integral parts of American history. In a disturbing display of censorship, 2023 saw an unprecedented purge of nearly 2,000 books from school libraries across the country. These books primarily represented characters who are people of color or LGBTQ+, or tackled significant themes such as racism. These book bans are a blatant attempt to distort historical truths and silence the diverse narratives that are critical to understanding the full American experience. Tell President Biden: Ensure Ruby's story of bravery and triumph over racism is never forgotten. Sign the petition to award Ruby Bridges with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In January 2023, Jaahnavi Kandula was killed by Seattle Police Department officer Kevin Dave who was speeding through a pedestrian crosswalk. Following her death, it was revealed that SPD Detective Daniel Auderer made disparaging remarks about Jaahnavi. In the horrifying recording, Detective Auderer can be heard on the phone with another officer laughing and joking about Jaahnavi, cruelly describing her as just "a regular person" and dismissively stating that the city should simply "write a check" for her death. "She was 26, anyway. She had limited value," he is heard saying. We are still waiting for Officer Dave and Detective Auderer to be held accountable for Jaahnavi’s killing and the cruel, dehumanizing remarks made thereafter. But instead of facing consequences for his inhumane and unprofessional comments, the International Association of Chiefs of Police selected Auderer as a presenter for the International Impaired Driving and Traffic Safety Conference (IDTS), only quietly pulling his session after media outlets reported on it. The IDTS call for proposals says its goal is to “offer relevant, timely education and training to help attendees to do their jobs more effectively and make their agencies more successful.” Auderer’s disgusting remarks have eroded trust between the SPD and the Seattle community, and sparked righteous outrage from South Asian and allied communities across the country. IACP must do more than just pull Auderer from the program—they must explicitly denounce his behavior and commit to not amplifying him as a leader and educator in future IACP panels, workshops, and speaking engagements.

Since this conflict initiated, nearly 40,000 Palestinians (according to other sources, this number could reach close to 200,000, see information below) have been killed, over 90,000 wounded, and more than 1.7 million have been displaced from their homes, out of which numbers and for all categories above, nearly 50% are children including those under the rubble, and together 70% are women and children. The number of Palestinian children killed during this conflict since October 7th has been greater than the number of children killed in conflicts around the globe from 2019 to 2022 and it stands alongside the currently ongoing war in Sudan which began in April 2023, as it is also reminiscent of the killing rate since Rwanda in 1994 when comparing the total number of killed and injured civilians per day since the conflict began. The attack on children and women of this conflict is atrocious. It should not be allowed at this time of our human history and must be stopped immediately. On Wednesday 24th of July as Netanyahu prepared to address Congress, thousands of people gathered to protest his visit. Please read below: >"Over 130 Representatives and Senators decided not to attend Netanyahu’s address to Congress, including former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the likely Democratic nominee for President, Vice President Kamala Harris — far exceeding the 58 members of Congress who skipped his speech in 2015. As Netanyahu attempted to justify the slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, asking Congress for bipartisan support to “finish the job,” the lone Palestinian American representative in Congress, Rashida Tlaib, defiantly held up a sign that read “Guilty of genocide.” https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2024/07/25/thousands-shut-down-the-capitol-to-protest-israels-genocide/?sourceid=1001761&emci=500e7860-a04a-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=ea3eed58-a74a-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&ceid=905615  From PalestinianSolidarityCC: • Based on Ministry of Health data, 351 martyrs and 893 injured arrived at hospitals from July 18-24. The Lancet estimates that roughly 186,000 Gazans have died due to the ongoing genocide since Oct. 7. Resistance News Network The Lancet • The virus which causes polio has been detected in six wastewater samples collected in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah. (ScienceInsider) • Poliovirus is highly infectious and has a 15-30% fatality rate. Putting thousands of Gazans living in crowded displacement camps at-risk amidst an overwhelmed and destroyed health system. (Resistance News Network) • The Israeli military is building infrastructure along the “Philadelphi Corridor” which indicates plans for a long-term occupation of the Rafah crossing. (The Cradle) • Monday morning, Israel launched a new massacre in Khan Younis killing at least 70 and injuring more than 200. • The attack by tanks, aircraft and artillery came minutes after the IOF ordered an evacuation of the area.  Hundreds of thousands were forced to flee with nowhere to go. (Aljazeera), (The Cradle) https://www.instagram.com/palestinesolidarity.cc/?hl=en

Dear People and citizens of Long Island City: Please join together with us to help protect the life and home of the elderly. People who have no voice or ability to defend themselves in twilight of their life. Roswitha Kynast is such a person

“My friends who teach in the DC area are appalled that the teachers here give the kids candy. I mean why give them sugar??? One of (son)’s elementary school teachers gave them candy for handing in their purple folder EVERY morning. I had no clue until (daughter) started finding it in his backpack. He only eats a few candies, mostly chocolate so most would just go in his backpack but (daughter) is the exact opposite.” “I hope they stop giving out candy. I hate it so much.” “ First of all, I would LOVE non food rewards. I was shocked when we came here and both boys come home with pockets full of candy.” “I am so sick of the candy rewards and garbage food there! Even (daughter) was uncomfortable with the amount of candy given out during milestones last week.” “I wrote a note to the teacher the first week of school telling her that (son) wasn’t allowed to have candy in school. He came home telling me about all the sweet treats they had had in class (no special occasion). When I asked the teacher about it, she said, “oh yeah, I saw your note.” But she had just chosen to ignore my request.”

There's strength in numbers! Let's come together and urge our elected officials to do the right thing. Those of us who are fortunate enough to have a comfortable place to live owe it to those of us who are less fortunate. We can no longer turn a blind eye to the homeless situation in our beautiful county. If we allow their encampments to be torn down, where will they go? Please sign this petition so our county can give them a place to call home.

We’ve witnessed money from corporations with significant foreign ownership flowing into our elections, circumventing direct bans on foreign influence enshrined in federal law. Citizens United created a massive loophole for foreign interests to acquire stakes in U.S. corporations and then use that leverage to influence or control the corporation’s political activity, including campaign contributions, contributions to super PACs, and independent expenditures. Across the country, companies like Amazon and Airbnb, which have partial foreign ownership, have used their money to influence the outcome of elections and to advance political agendas in their favor. But we can stop it. Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin is preparing to re-introduce a bill that would bar corporations with significant foreign ownership from contributing to candidates, parties, or committees (including super PACs) or from engaging in their direct election spending. Free Speech For People was instrumental in drafting and helping to pass this model legislation in Minnesota, San Jose, California, and Seattle, Washington. Now more than ever, we must do all we can to restore faith and confidence in our democracy. By banning multinational corporations from pouring unlimited sums of money into our elections, we are upholding the letter of the law and getting us one step closer to a democracy that is truly by and for the people.

The University of Colorado system is actively funding the genocide of Palestinian children, women and men. CU receives funding from organizations like Lockheed Martin that that continue to supply Israel with weapons to commit genocide and violate many UN resolutions. We are demanding that the University of Colorado divests from any company that has ties to Israel.