[Collective Bargaining\ AFT\Randi Weingarten]
AFT’S Weingarten: “Today is historic. Public employees across the commonwealth will finally have a voice at work, and the ability to come together and bargain collectively for the things that actually make a difference in their lives and the lives of the people they serve.”
Photo: AFT
Black History Month
AFT CALLS VIRGINIA HOUSE PASSAGE OF PUBLIC SERVANTS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BILL“HISTORIC”
FANNIE LOU HAMER: “IS THIS AMERICA, THE LAND OF THE FREE?”
[Celebrating Black History Month\Fannie Lou Hamer]
Fannie Lou Hamer: “I question America. Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we have to sleep with our telephones off of the hooks because our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings, in America?
Photo: YouTube
ACTORCOMEDIAN DOUG E. DOUG RELEASES HIP-HOP INSPIRED NOVEL “THE FALL OF 1987”
[Actor Doug E. Doug’s Book “The Fall of 1987”]
Doug E. Doug: “This book is a step toward dealing with the complexity of life in the Post-Civil Rights era amidst the highly destructive crack epidemic and the dawn of mass incarceration. Our voices are desperately needed right now during this highly charged political climate.
Photo: CJones PR
NELSON MANDELA: WE CANNOT REST WHILE THERE IS POVERY AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
[Black History Month\Nelson Mandela]
Mandela: “Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice…While poverty persists, there is no true freedom. The steps that are needed from the developed nations are clear.”
Photo: Facebook\Ahmed Kathrada
BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ HOSTS ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
[Black History Month\Bronx Borough President Diaz]
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will host his annual Black History Month event, at the Veterans’ Memorial Hall in The Bronx County Building at 851 Grand Concourse.
Photo: Facebook
FORMER MAYOR BLOOMBERG: “BLACK AMERICANS WERE SYSTEMATICALLY ROBBED, EXPLOITED AND EXCLUDED”
[Black History\2020 Elections]
“Black history is American history, and we have much to celebrate this month, but we also have many wrongs to right.”
Photo: Facebook
MARCUS GARVEY: BE BLACK, BUY BLACK, THINK BLACK
[Black History Month\Hon. Marcus Garvey]
Marcus Garvey: “Let no voice but your own speak to you from the depths. Let no influence but your own rouse you in time of peace and time of war. Hear all, but attend only to that which concerns you.”
Photo: Facebook
