GLOG 2: MARTIN LUTHER KING

MARTIN LUTHER KING

On January 15, American people celebrate Martin Luther King´s birthday. Martin Luther King fought for racial equality between black and white people. He was an important leader in the African-American civil rights movement in the US and he was an icon of this movement around the world too, because he used nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.

We are going to learn about him in our glog:
http://dinamica.edu.glogster.com/mlk4-beginners/

Martin Luther King had a dream: Same rights for black and white people and the end of discrimination.

What´s your dream? Write it and share it with the class.

ROSA PARKS: A WOMAN WHO MADE HISTORY

VIDEO LISTENING. MARTIN LUTHER KING

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SEGREGATION IN THE USA

Segregation in the usa from pritrazo

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education".
Malala Yousafzai, now 17, was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago in Pakistan for campaigning for girls’ education. She now lives in Birminghan in the UK.
She won for what the Nobel committee called her “heroic struggle” for girls’ right to an education. She is the youngest ever winner of the prize.
Malala said she was "honoured" to receive the award, saying it made her feel "more powerful and courageous".
She revealed she found out the news after being called out of her chemistry class at her school in Birmingham.
Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist, has maintained the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi. He has headed various forms of peaceful protests, "focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain," the committee said at the Nobel Institute in Oslo.
The 60-year-old founded the organization Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or the Save the Childhood Movement, which campaigns for child rights and an end to human trafficking. So far his organization has freed over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude and helped in successful re-integration, rehabilitation and education.
Reacting to the news, Mr Satyarthi told the BBC: "It's a great honour for all the Indians, it's an honour for all those children who have been still living in slavery despite of all the advancement in technology, market and economy. "And I dedicate this award to all those children in the world."

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THE PINK BRIGADE

How should poor women in rural India assert their rights? The Daily Beast's Pracheta Sharma documents how one group has a new take on political resistance.
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NON-SEXIST LANGUAGE

Sexism is discrimination on the basis of gender.

The language we use reflects and reinforces the values of the society in which we live. The English language has developed in a male-dominated, male-centred society. If you examine carefully how we usually express ourselves you will see how male-centred our language is.

Here you´ll find a guide to use English language in a non-sexist, gender neutral way. There is also a quiz to find out how inclusive your language is.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Put an end to violence against women. Say NO.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

WOMEN´S RIGHTS

CELEBRATING DIVERSITY: FOR THE BIRDS

Opresion, racism and discrimination have a negative impact in our society.



International Day for Tolerance is on November 16th.

WE ARE THE 99 PERCENT. OCCUPPY TOGETHER.

This  is the voice of the global movement : Occupy Together. Let´s read some of their reflections (that we make ours too).
We are the 99 percent. We are kicked out of our homes.We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care.We are suffering from environmental pollution. We are working long hours for little pay and no rights,if we are working at all. We are getting nothing while the other 1per cent is getting everything.We are the 99 percent.
It is a "branch" of the global movement, spread throughout the world.
Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless resistance movement with people of many colours, genders and political persuations. The one thing they all have in common is that they are the 99 percent that we no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1 percent. They are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve their ends and the safety of the participants.
Read some of their letters posted on their blog.

OCCUPY WALL STREET. OCCUPY TOGETHER

Police arrest more than 700 hundred from the Occupy Wall Street protest who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon. The police said it was "the marchers´choice" that led to the enforcement action. Protesters banged drums and chanted "The whole world is watching" as the police moved in. Read more here.
A video on the You Tube page of a group called We are Change shows some of the arrests.


The protest campaign (It uses the hashtag #occupywallstreet on the microblogging site Twitter) began in July with the launch of a simple campaign website calling for a march and a sit-in at the New York Stock Exchange. Over the past two weeks, demonstrations have addressed various issues, including police brutality, union busting and the economy, the group said.
Some photos and more info here.

THE RAINBOW FLAG AND OTHER SYMBOLS OF THE GLBT PRIDE

Why the rainbow flag?

Use of the rainbow flag by the gay community began in 1978 when it first appeared in the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade.

The flags had eight stripes, each color representing a component of the community: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit.

The next year pink and turquoise were removed from the design, and royal blue replaced indigo. This six-color version spread from San Francisco to other cities, and soon became the widely-known symbol of gay pride and diversity it is today. 

 Symbols of LGBT pride:

The  LGBT rainbow flag.

Butterfly

The pink  as well as black triangles.

The Greek lambda symbol ( a letter of the Greek alphabet:   Λ )

GAY PRIDE

 "Over the Rainbow"


LGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

 The movement has three main premises:

a)      People should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

b)      Diversity is a gift.

c)      Sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered.

Why the word Pride?

      The word pride is used an antonym for shame, which has been used to control and oppress LGBT persons throughout history. Pride in this sense is an affirmation of one's self and the community as a whole.

       Pride has come to symbolize several things:

    a)        The long history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer dignity

    b)      The freedom of all people to meaningfully and proudly express their sexual and gender identities,

    c)      The commitment of LGBT people to combating oppression. 

   Why is the Pride Parade celebrated on June 28th?

                   When did the “Pride Movement” begin?

    The Pride movement began in San Francisco (California) in 1969. The mission of San Francisco LGBT Pride is: to educate the World, celebrate our culture, commemorate our heritage, and liberate our people.

   It  began after the "Stonewall riots" on the weekend of June 28 1969. They were the first instance in American history when people in the homosexual community fought back against a government-sponsored system that persecuted  sexual minorities, and they have become the defining event that marked the start of the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.

 This violent situation also gave the underground community the first sense of communal pride in a very well publicized incident. From the yearly parade that commemorated the anniversary of the Stonewall riots began a national grassroots movement. Today many countries around the world celebrate LGBT pride. 

8 MARCH: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

A hundred years of women's struggle for equality, peace and development.

Why dedicate a day exclusively to the celebration of the world's women?

What is the theme for this year 2011?

How did it happen?

When did women get the right to vote?

Let´s learn about it.

International women's day

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This is a short film made to celebrate 30 years of the Commission for Racial Equality. It helps to understand the meaning of the multiculturalism.




After watching the video, describe the scene and explain the richness of multicultural exchange and the joy of sharing one´s identity and xperience with others.