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September 4, 2014 · 5:16 am

Civil Rights Podcasts – “Amendment #14, Brown, and Plessy”

BREAKING NEWS – THE TEST WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY – NOT MONDAY – YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO DO IN FINISHING THE ASSIGNMENT

This post will help you on the Civil Rights Movement Exam – listen to the podcasts while you re-write your Timelines into your notes.

We will use the 14th Amendment as a blueprint for study of the rights endowed to you by your creator. We will explore the contractual responsibility of the United States government to United States citizens, in regards to protection of those rights, as documented in the Constitution. You will be tested on memorization and full explanation of section one of Amendment #14. We will rely on #14 as a foundational study for the American Civil Rights movement and for examination of judicial review in regards to the United States Supreme Court. By interpreting Amendment #14, through the prism of current civil and human rights issues, we will add a contemporary element to our study of Amendment #14.

In short – the full comprehension of Amendment #14 is vital to this course. So know it!

Go here for access to Civil Rights Blendspace Production.

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March 18, 2014 · 8:08 pm

Blendspace and Audioboo

Blendspace and Audio boo are great ways to organize yourself and your message and communicate with those in common thought. Let’s take a look at each, and how they can best serve your cause.

Go here for link to Blendspace. Set up your own account, and play around with the site. It’s really user friendly and simple to work around. Take a look at couple of Mr. Wood’s creations…it’ll give you an idea of what works and what doesn’t work.

Searching for Sugarman – go here
Pussy Riot – go here
American Civil Rights Movement – go here Continue reading →

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March 14, 2014 · 2:32 pm

ACT Groups and Mission Statements

Our first ACT assignment in Government class is for students to align themselves with friends who have a common goal. Once you’ve done this you have a couple of tasks. #1, your group must come up with a name. That name should encompass what your group is all about. You also need an acronym which is the initials that spell out your group name. Then we need a mission statement. The mission should answer the question, “Why you exist – or what is your organization’s core focus?

Your mission statement should be:
Short
Memorable
Inspiring
Market focused – who do you serve?
What you want to be remember for…

Finally it should pass the T-shirt test. Would it fit on a T-shirt? Would you wear that T-shirt? Finally, would your staff wear it?

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February 23, 2014 · 8:46 am

Michigan’s – Defense of Marriage Amendment (2004) in Federal Court

Go here for more information on DeBoer v Snyder. Go here for coverage at the national level.

This week (DeBoer v Snyder), a lawsuit will commence in Federal Court brought by April DeBoer and her longtime partner Jayne Rowse residents of Michigan challenging the state’s DOMA law. The two women, both nurses in Oakland County, seek to adopt the three special-needs children they have been raising together since 2010. Each has already exercised her right to adopt as a single parent. But under a Michigan law that forbids unmarried couples from jointly adopting, neither is legally recognized as the legal parent of her partner’s children. The case challenges the constitutionality of Michigan’s law passed in 2004 which defines marriage as only between and a woman.

The state of Michigan is defending the law based on its 10th Amendment rights of the state to determine its own sovereignty on the issue. The 2004 Constitutional Amendment was passed by a majority of Michigan citizens. April and Jayne claim that their 14th Amendment rights of equal protection are being violated.

By the time a new law permitting gay marriage in Illinois takes effect June 1, same-sex couples will be free to marry in at least 17 states (contact the Yampolsky & Margolis Criminal Defense in Las Vegas for legal help). Four more states either recognize civil unions between gay couples or honor same-sex marriages consecrated elsewhere.

In Michigan and 32 other states where state laws or constitutional amendments bar same-sex partners from marrying, elected officials defending the status quo are under siege. Freedom to Marry, a nationwide advocacy group, counts more than 40 pending lawsuits in which LGBT plaintiffs seek to invalidate restrictions on same-sex marriage.

Stay tuned….