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A courageous gay athlete – role model dies in a tragic car crashEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What a shock to learn last evening of the death in a snowy afternoon traffic accident in Indiana of 21-year old Brendan Burke and his 18-year old companion Mark Reedy. The son of Leafs GM Brian Burke was a hockey player and coach himself on his way to law school. As you’ll see in this interview with [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - February 6, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: YouTube activism coming out of the closet family grief homosexuality sexual orientation youth Toronto Maple Leafs Source Type: blogs

World Breastfeeding Week 2010 ThemeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) announced its theme for World Breastfeeding Week 2010, scheduled to take place August 1-7, 2010: “Just 10 Steps! Breastfeeding the Baby-Friendly Way.” By focusing on the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, this theme recognizes the vital role that health care facilities play in the establishment of breastfeeding. The joint WHO/UNICEF statement outlines the Ten Steps as follows: Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding Every facility providing maternity services and care for newborn infants should: 1. Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely commu...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - February 1, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism WABA WBW WBW 2010 WBW 2010 theme world breastfeeding week 2010 World-Breastfeeding-Week Source Type: blogs

Breast Milk Donation Backlash in HaitiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) reportedly has been asked to retract its urgent call for breast milk donations for premature infants in Haiti. The Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) says the donations contradict best practices for babies in emergencies and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) said the donations create an “unfeasible and unsafe intervention” due to problems of transportation, screening, supply and storage, according to the MSNBC article “Call for Donations of Breast Milk in Haiti Goes Bust.” Time also asks “Will Donating Breast Milk Help...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - January 29, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism donation of breast milk breast-milk-donation breastmilk donation Haiti Haiti disaster relief infant feeding in emergencies Source Type: blogs

Update re Breast Milk Donations for HaitiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The decision to make an urgent call for breast milk donations in the wake of the earthquake disaster in Haiti is controversial in the breastfeeding activist community. I think everyone can agree that donations of artificial baby milk are not helpful and that everything possible should be done to promote breastfeeding by mothers in Haiti. Breastfeeding is the long-term, life-saving method of infant feeding in a disaster. Some, however, argue that at best the donations of breast milk are symbolic and not particularly helpful, and at worst they detract from the real and more practical need for donations of cash. I think most...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - January 28, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism donation of breast milk breast-milk-donation Haiti disaster Haiti relief efforts infant feeding in emergencies Source Type: blogs

Call for Human Milk Donations for HaitiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a joint press release issued today, several breastfeeding organizations are putting out an urgent call for human milk donations to meet the desperate need of premature infants in Haiti as well as sick and premature infants in the United States: URGENT CALL FOR HUMAN MILK DONATIONS FOR HAITI INFANTS The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA), United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC), International Lactation Consultant Association/United States Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA/USLCA), and La Leche League International (LLLI) are jointly issuing an urgent call for human milk donations for premat...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - January 26, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism breast milk breastmilk donation Haiti disaster relief Haiti earthquake HMBANA human milk donation ILCA LLLI USBC Source Type: blogs

Chris Tindal – my choice to succeed Kyle Rae in Toronto’s Ward 27Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Matthew, over at Not an Official Green Party Canada Site, has done an excellent job outlining the reasons why Chris Tindal would make a fantastic member of Toronto City Council for Ward 27 – a race sans incumbent with Kyle Rae’s decision not to run again and, therefore, one race to really watch leading up [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - January 25, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: 2010 Toronto municipal elections Chris Tindal Toronto Centre activism politics Ward 27 Toronto Centre Source Type: blogs

Breastfeeding in Swimming Pool Case SettledEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After breastfeeding mother Cinira Longuinho was asked to stop breastfeeding in the AquaCenter pool in Newmarket, Ontario on October 24, 2008, she organized a peaceful nurse-in that was met with security guards in bullet-proof vests. When Ms. Longuinho did not receive an apology from pool owner Ellie Karkouti, she filed a claim with the Ontario Human Rights Commission. Does breast milk constitute food or drink when it comes to swimming pools? Photo by Slasher-funToday I received an email from Ms. Longuinho’s husband with the good news that the case has settled! Not only did Ms. Karkouti apologize, but she has agreed ...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - January 16, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism law AquaCenter breastfeeding in pool Cinira Longuinho Ellie Karkouti toronto Source Type: blogs

It really IS an honour just to be nominated!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A few days ago, the twelfth day or so of a miserable cold (which explains only my delay in posting) I received this email: Kenn, I just wanted to let you know that My Journey with AIDS has been nominated in the Health & Wellness category of the 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards! This is a new, juried competition [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - January 15, 2010 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: activism autobiography writing 2010 Canadian Weblog Awards Source Type: blogs

Haiti Disaster Relief OrganizationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The devastating earthquake this week in Haiti again brings to the forefront the issue of infant feeding in emergencies. You might recall how dangerous it is for relief efforts to send artificial baby milk to disaster sites due to a lack of sanitary water, inadequate supplies, the increased risk of deadly respiratory infections and diarrhea in non-breastfed babies, and poor access to medical care. A man carries a baby among the debris in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 13 January 2010 after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the island on 12 January 2010; IMG: ZUMA Press So if you choose to donate to an organization involved in ...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - January 14, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism American Red Cross International Response Fund breastfeeding in emergencies charitable gifts disaster relief Haiti Haiti relief efforts infant feeding in emergencies Red-Cross Source Type: blogs

The Campaign Against AgingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The health and vigor of an advocacy community might be measured by the number of different initiatives presently underway. This is a marker for the number of people who feel strongly enough and sure enough about the envisaged end goals to get out there and spend their own money and time to make a difference. More of these people will bring a greater diversity of ideas to the community, and enable a more rapid exploration of what works and what doesn't work. Many hands make light work, and this is as true in advocacy as anywhere else. So that said, allow me to point you towards the most recent addition to the stable of gra...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 14, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

A New Decade Begins: How’s Your MS Today?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We try to take the second week of each month and post the query: How’s your MS today? It’s a chance for you to check in with yourself and with other members of this community and it’s a chance for me to be true to something I stated in our very first blog nearly four years ago, “It’s all about you!” This monthly open forum allows for new threads of conversation as well as an opportunity to take stock of where we are with our multiple sclerosis relative to the previous months. I have found it a very helpful part of my health care plan! As for me and my MS… two day-long flights and bouts of eight hour t...
Source: Life with MS - January 13, 2010 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: How's your MS today MS blog MS community MS lifestyle MS support MS symptoms MS treatment Multiple Sclerosis National MS Society Uncategorized Activism Everyday Health Ireland jet lag Life with MS month MS flare multiple Source Type: blogs

A Project For 2010: 10,000 People, $1 Million For Longevity ScienceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As we inch our way into 2010, let me point out a worthwhile fundraising project that I think you should strongly consider help to achieve its goals. Last year a few earnest folk started and publicized a Facebook Cause, a group pledge that aims to gather 10,000 members in support of the longevity research carried out by the SENS Foundation. This research aims to reverse critical biochemical changes that cause age-related degeneration, frailty, and disease, and thereby eliminate suffering and restore the aged to health: SENS Foundation would like to draw your attention to an exciting initiative organised by a group of our s...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 11, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

On Life Span and LegaciesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As a general rule, human organizations and human initiatives are not very long-lived. Those that make it out of the nascent stage in which 90% fail or are abandoned don't tend to last much longer than five to ten years. They either calcify and are superseded by new, more relevant ventures, or change so radically as to be effectively a different organization. Those human organizations that have lasted for decades in a fairly consistent form - many of which are familiar to all of us, I'm sure - are outliers, and very unusual. This line of thinking applies just as much to advocacy as any other form of endeavor. You should ex...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 6, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

Make a Golden Bow for Breastfeeding SupportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Have you heard of the Golden Bow Initiative? In 2002 on the 12th anniversary of the Innocenti Declaration, UNICEF launched the Golden Bow Initiative, formalizing and encouraging the use of a golden bow as the symbol for the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding. Golden Bow by Sanja Gjenero Why a Golden Bow? The gold color symbolizes that breastfeeding is the gold standard for infant feeding. The yellowish colostrum is often called “liquid gold” and I know many mothers who call their precious bags of expressed breast milk “liquid gold” as well. The bow is used rather than a simple loop o...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - December 31, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism how to breastfeeding breastfeeding-support crafts DIY do-it-yourself gold standard golden bow Source Type: blogs

c.c. PM HarperEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada Rideau Hall Ottawa Your Excellency: Greetings of the season to you and your family! I am writing out of a deep concern for the democratic institutions of Canada in light of today’s news that the Prime Minister plans to seek your assistance in bringing the Parliament of Canada to a halt for [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - December 31, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: activism politics Michaëlle Jean Prime Minister Harper Source Type: blogs

Trust But Verify and the Maes-Garreau TendencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"Trust but verify" is a good way to lead one's life. Ideally, we'd never take anyone's word for anything, and have the time and means to dig up supporting evidence for any position or statement that we encounter. But who has the time for that? We have to organize our busy lives around blocks of selective ignorance, portions of human knowledge and culture wherein we choose to take statements at face value, or follow the consensus viewpoint without doing the necessary groundwork to validate it. Books can and have been written on how to best go about this: acquiring and processing information costs time, and time is the most ...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 23, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

Canada’s government, rightfully shamed in Copenhagen, too arrogant to see itEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I say, “Bien oui!” to The Yes Men! Copenhagen Spoof Shames Canada; Climate Debt No Joke The Yes Men Punk Canada Who Are The Yes Men and Why Did They Punk Canada at Copenhagen Like Rick Mercer and This Hour has 22 Minutes, there’s a lot more truth than spoof in the treatment of Canada’s environmental policy by [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - December 16, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: YouTube activism climate change corporations energy policy environment pollution COP15 Source Type: blogs

Breastfeeding in Public as a Civil RightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When faced with legislation that would amend the state civil rights act so it explicitly covers breastfeeding in public, some legislators ask: Why a civil right and not, for example, another free-standing form of legislation under the rubric of, say, public health? That’s a valid and important question that has a very straightforward answer. International Breastfeeding Symbol on a sign at the Santa Monica Pier; Photo by Wha'ppenA civil right provides the necessary protection to a breastfeeding mother because it is an actionable right that gives mothers the ability to file a discrimination claim if someone has interfe...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - December 10, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism law nursing in public breastfeeding law breastfeeding legislation breastfeeding-in-public civil rights HB 5515 Michigan legislation Michigan-law Source Type: blogs

December 6Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“A government which lays white roses with one hand and distributes firearms with the other” -Laval MP Nicole Demers (Bloc Québecois) There was no mistaking the partisan nut-roasting but, as far as I’m concerned, point taken Mme. Demers! The gun registry was Parliament’s tangible response to the massacre of December 6, 1989 and there is significant [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - December 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: Montréal activism gender grief politics Montreal massacre rabble.ca Source Type: blogs

News From the Methuselah FoundationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The latest Methuselah Foundation newsletter is now available online. If you haven't been keeping up, you should dive into the archive over there and read the last couple of months of newsletters. The contents well illustrate the current focus and direction of the Foundation: It's time to celebrate! It has been a great year at Methuselah and a great year for advances in aging research. Television, newspapers and websites have covered stories on calorie restriction, resveratrol and rapamycin. Leading biologists working in longevity research are finally grabbing the attention of other scientists (this year's Nobel Prize in M...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 4, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

College Students to Taxpayers: ‘Rent Now, Oppressors!’Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Inside Higher Ed reports today on growing college student acitivism. And what are the young scholars suddenly so active about? Not unjust wars, racism, or anything else so high-minded. No, today the “no justice, no peace!” chants are all about the injustice of students being asked to pay for more of their hugely taxpayer-subsidized educations. There’s a word for this kind of activism, and it’s not “idealism” or anything else so complimentary. It’s “rent seeking.” Or, if you want to put it more bluntly, “freeloading.” (Source: Cato-at-liberty)
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 3, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Neal McCluskey Tags: Education and Child Policy General activism college higher ed students taxpayers Source Type: blogs

Worst Breastfeeding Incidents of 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sadly, breastfeeding discrimination continues, as evidenced by the following stories of 2009: Image courtesy of David Siqueira 1. Denny’s Restaurant harasses nursing mother. After Crystal Everitt was asked to cover up while breastfeeding at an Asheville, North Carolina, Denny’s restaurant, the regional management issued an unsatisfactory response. Local breastfeeding supporters went ahead with a nurse-in at the restaurant. 2. Dear Abby on pumping at work. Back in March, advice columnist Abigail Van Buren rightfully advised a woman not to be ashamed of pumping at work, but she failed to point out that a bathroom...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - December 3, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism law nursing in public breastfeeding-in-public Delta Airlines Emily-Gillette lactivism lactivists worst of 2009 Source Type: blogs

Breastfeeding Mother Forced to Leave TargetEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sadly I can’t say it surprised me to read that a breastfeeding mother in Michigan was forced to leave a Target store by the police. After all, on a recent visit to Target to buy a baby-related item, I received a coupon for artificial baby milk with my receipt. That certainly isn’t the mark of a breastfeeding-friendly corporation. The ironically nipple-like Target bullseye; Photo by TheTruthAbout... MyFOXDetroit.com reports that on Sunday at the Target store in Harper Woods, Michigan, the mother of a 4-week-old baby was told by security that breastfeeding in the store was illegal. When the mother and her off-du...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - December 1, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism law breastfeeding discrimination breastfeeding-in-public HB 5515 lactivism Lactivist Michigan breastfeeding law Michigan legislation Target Source Type: blogs

Breastfeeding Mother Removed from TargetEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sadly I can’t say it surprised me to read that a breastfeeding mother in Michigan was removed from a Target store by the police. After all, on a recent visit to Target to buy a baby-related item, I received a coupon for artificial baby milk with my receipt. That certainly isn’t the mark of a breastfeeding-friendly corporation. The ironically nipple-like Target bullseye; Photo by TheTruthAbout... MyFOXDetroit.com reports that on Sunday at the Target store in Harper Woods, Michigan, the mother of a 4-week-old baby was told by security that breastfeeding in the store was illegal. When the mother and her off-duty ...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - December 1, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism law breastfeeding discrimination breastfeeding-in-public HB 5515 lactivism Lactivist Michigan breastfeeding law Michigan legislation Target Source Type: blogs

December 1, 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: My journey with AIDS - December 1, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV World AIDS Day activism Source Type: blogs

Tomorrow is World AIDS DayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tomorrow, December 1, is World AIDS Day. Let us remember that HIV/AIDS remains an issue the world over 364 other days of the year. Promising treatments have extended the survival of people in the wealthiest nations of the world but, where available, are only starting to have an effect in poorer nations. Canada’s promise to make [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - November 30, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV Planet Earth has AIDS World AIDS Day YouTube activism human rights politics social justice Annie Lennox Ev'ry Time We Say Good-bye Source Type: blogs

Vote For Longevity Science in the Chase Community Giving InitiativeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Over the past year or two, the grassroots community of longevity science supporters and advocates have been getting a lot of practice in networking and persuasion. There is a growing trend amongst large organizations to crowdsource some of their charitable contributions: it's great publicity and seems to generate much more goodwill and awareness for the recipient causes than a straight donation. So everyone wins. In this, we can see the effects of competition at work; initiatives generally involve voting or some other form of popularity contest that can be won by through grassroots social networking and organization. Long...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 30, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

Additional Breastfeeding Charitable IdeasEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The other day I listed the top 5 reasons to give to La Leche League International now. There are several other options out there to make your money support breastfeeding around the world. One Dollar Coins Photo by Pfala1. The United States Breastfeeding Committee’s “One Dollar for Every New Mom” Campaign. The USBC aims to raise One Dollar for Every New Mom in the United States. The USBC says: With these funds, we will make mothers’ voices heard in ongoing national debates on health care, work-life balance, and consumer safety. The closer we come to representing each mother in America, the more clear...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - November 29, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism baby milk action breastfeeding charity charitable gift IBFAN One Dollar for Every Mom one million campaign USBC year-end giving Source Type: blogs

Top 5 Reasons to Give to LLLI NowEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I am just going to come right out and say it: Please donate to La Leche League International as part of your charitable giving for 2009. Why? I will give you five good reasons why. 1. Double any gift given before December 31, 2009. Generous donors have agreed to match dollar-for-dollar any donation made between now and December 31, 2009. Your financial contribution will go twice as far in supporting breastfeeding mothers around the world. 2. Help fix what has gone wrong. The need for mother-to-mother breastfeeding support is greater than ever! As a breastfeeding advocate it saddens me that mothers continue to receive bad ...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - November 25, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism breastfeeding advocacy charitable gifts charitable giving La-Leche-League LLL LLLI year-end giving Source Type: blogs

Schlumbergera’s ability to lift spiritsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From my holiday letter of 1998: My Christmas cactus hasn’t bloomed this year. Alas, I don’t think I can attribute that to the strange weather. I “pruned” it last summer and I think I must have killed it, ironic given the fact that the fellow, from whose giant cactus I spliced it fifteen or twenty years [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - November 23, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV activism autobiography holiday letter personal journal sexual orientation social justice Warren Hartman Source Type: blogs

Michigan Moms Needed to TestifyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Michigan Representative Rebekah Warren has introduced a new breastfeeding bill, House Bill 5515. HB 5515 would allow a woman to breastfeed anywhere she may otherwise legally be. The law would amend the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act to state in part: Sec. 302. Except where permitted by law, a person shall not: (a) Deny the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation or public service to an individual because of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, or marital status or to a woman because she is breastfeeding a child. T...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - November 21, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism law nursing in public breastfeeding bill breastfeeding legislation breastfeeding-in-public HB 5515 lactivism Michigan legislature Rebekah Warren Source Type: blogs

franklin avenue blog: atomic cafe hosts rest stop in 11-21 “great los angeles walk 2009″ (2061)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mid-City Gets Into the Great Los Angeles Walk Spirit November 12, 2009 GREAT NEWS from the Mid-City Neighborhood Council! They’ll be sponsoring a water and supply station for this year’s Great LA Walk! Here are the details, from Bruce Durbin of the Mid City Neighborhood Council: The Mid City Neighborhood Council is going to sponsor a “Water & Supply Station” for the Great LA Walk. We will be setting up a table outside the Atomic Cafe, located at 5001 W. Washington Blvd. (on Washington, a block west of La Brea). We will have free bottled water, snacks, sunscreen/band-aids, and also a limited numb...
Source: aids-write.org - November 16, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: LA city AIDS coordinator's office McCAB McNC aging and HIV/AIDS asian-pacific hiv/aids atomic cafe beingALIVE-la black msm gay hiv/aids black women with aids citizen journalism community blogger cultural activism faith-based activi Source Type: blogs

Eradicate Autism SpeaksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Apparently in today's America, you can be hailed as a philanthropist if you are seeking to "eradicate" a minority group. Of course, it helps if your husband recently was the CEO of the media entity responsible for publishing this Goebbels-esque propaganda. Many of us already knew what a genocidal loon Suzanne Wright is, but just in case anyone needs more proof, here it is:Philanthropist wages fight to eradicate autismIn the interview, this was her response to a question about how long Autism Speaks plans to host celebrity fundraising events: "Hopefully until we eradicate autism. Once we finish autism, then we’re not doin...
Source: Whose Planet Is It Anyway? - November 13, 2009 Category: Autism Tags: Autism Speaks ASAN activism Source Type: blogs

Methuselah Foundation PSA VideosEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I'm slipping behind the times here, it seems; the recently produced batch of Methuselah Foundation public service announcement video slots were mentioned by the deathist authors at Futurisms before that topic made it to the head of my "yet to post" list. Those folk write well, actually; it is a pity that they feel, like Leon Kass, that the spirit and purpose of their conservatism is to stand in support of present suffering and barbarism against a bright future of cures, change, and progress. History will judge them unkindly, if it recalls them at all. In any case, here are some of the videos that the Methuselah Foundation...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 13, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

BringChange2Mind.orgEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More than a few tears of understanding, and being understood, came to my eyes tonight as I watched NBC Nightly News. Brian Williams featured a report on an initiative of Glenn Close called Bring Change 2 mind. Ms. Close and her sister Jessie, who is bipolar, were part of an amazing public service announcement shot at [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - November 12, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV YouTube activism autobiography bipolar bipolar II health-care mental health stigma Glenn Close Jessie Close Source Type: blogs

Evaluating an Industry that Doesn't ExistEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Imagine an industry poised to burst into existence. The signs are there: the advocates, the tinkerers, the potential business models and user demand, the promising early scientific work yet to be fully exploited. But how you determine whether this is real or all an illusion? How to find out whether an explosion of progress and growth is just about to happen, or whether the seeds of this nascent industry will continue to germinate at low levels of activity for years longer? There is only one useful method: invest a significant amount of money and see how much interest, activity, and follow-on investment it attracts. This i...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 5, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

Would you help? Cutting and pasting is mostly all that’s required!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Except for the first paragraph, which I wrote, this letter is available for you to cut and paste here at http://www.essentialmedicine.org/add-your-voice/camr/ Don’t worry about the October 23 deadline having passed. The bill is only at the committee stage. Here’s my letter: Dear Legislator, As a Canadian living with HIV for the last 20 years I [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - October 30, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime Planet Earth has AIDS activism health-care human rights politics social justice Source Type: blogs

how cool is this?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday morning, I got a call from Oresta. She told me that she had read my article in the Centretown Buzz and wanted to reach out to me.Even though I love her store and spa (I asked for gift certificates for Christmas last year), I was not on her mailing list and had not received the letter that I posted above.It's hard to read, so here is the text, in full:OCTOBER is BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTHPinkwasher: (pink’-wah-sher) noun. A company that pur-ports to care about breast cancer by promoting a pinkribboned product, but manufactures products that arelinked to the disease.Dear clients,ORESTA organic skin care confec...
Source: Not just about cancer - October 28, 2009 Category: Cancer Tags: complementary treatment joy breast cancer lucky chemotherapy community activism my love show and tell cancer blog good stuff don't buy pink crap Source Type: blogs

Why Advocacy For Longevity Science?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Why advocacy for longevity science? Why is it important for us to be building megaphones, educating people about the scientific foundation for extended healthy life, and persuading everyone we can to help? Put simply it is because this advocacy is a necessary part of the only reliable, proven path to establishing a research community capably of getting the job done. One of the most active Immortality Institute activists, brokenportal, sent me the text below today, which I reproduce with his permission. The dedication is a reminder to the rest of us just what it takes to make things happen in this world of ours: Will we ...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 28, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs

We’ll Be Back, ArnoldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a disappointing and short-sighted move, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently vetoed two breastfeeding bills. One was the bill I took the time to ask my state senators to support — SB 257 the Pavley-Employee Notification/Lactation Accommodation that would have required state entities to inform pregnant employees about the existing California law that requires workplace lactation accommodation. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Image: Zuma PressGovernor Schwarzenegger believed that there was not adequate evidence that mothers are not aware of their right to workplace lactation accommodation. H...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - October 21, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism law Arnold Schwarzenegger breastfeeding bills breastfeeding legislation California law Governor Schwarzenegger lactation accommodation WIC Source Type: blogs

de-bunking the pinkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"Three years ago, I saw a story on the news while I was at the gym. An investigative feature on the breast cancer awareness contributions that various corporations pledged during Breast Cancer Awareness Month found that most of these promotions led to increased sales and windfall profits that dwarfed the piddling donations that the extra sales generated. Until that moment, I was gung-ho about buying products marked with pink ribbons."And so begins the best article I have ever read on the subject of the pink-washing of October (and not just because the author says you should all go out and buy my book). Suzanne Reisman hits...
Source: Not just about cancer - October 20, 2009 Category: Cancer Tags: blook breast cancer community activism rants good stuff don't buy pink crap Source Type: blogs

Taking to the StreetsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
People who don't understand that autism prevalence has remained stable often ask how there can't be an epidemic when they have seen large numbers of autistic children only in recent years. Where were all the autistic people before now?Of course, before the diagnostic criteria were broadened, most were not identified as autistic and were looked upon as part of the general population. Others were rarely or never seen in public because they were kept hidden away at home by their families or were sent to institutions.As reported by Hard Won Wisdom, it appears that at least one older autistic person is taking part in the ADAPT ...
Source: Whose Planet Is It Anyway? - October 14, 2009 Category: Autism Tags: Autism Speaks ASAN activism ADAPT Source Type: blogs

Supporting AlliesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This morning, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network released a joint letter from over 60 disability rights organizations calling on sponsors, donors, and supporters of Autism Speaks to end their support for the organization because of Autism Speaks' hateful attitudes and exploitative practices. ASAN also issued a press release and set up a petition site where individuals can endorse the letter.The disability rights advocates who are supporting ASAN and the autistic community in this effort are not receiving any financial benefit whatsoever from doing so. Rather, they are standing in solidarity with our community because it is...
Source: Whose Planet Is It Anyway? - October 7, 2009 Category: Autism Tags: Autism Speaks ASAN activism I Am Autism disability Source Type: blogs

"what's wrong with breast cancer awareness month?"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"October is breast cancer awareness month, which again fills the stores with pink products and pink ribbons. But many people with breast cancer are feeling exploited."It's only September 30th and I already have pink ribbon fatigue. I ranted about about this in 2006, 2007 and 2008 (there is also a version of this rant in my book, Not Done Yet).This year, let me point you to an excellent article by Maija Haavisto (and I don't just say this because she quotes me):Since 1985 October has been celebrated as breast cancer awareness month, often symbolized by pink ribbons and the color pink. It is interesting to note that the awar...
Source: Not just about cancer - September 30, 2009 Category: Cancer Tags: blook breast cancer activism pissed off preventing cancer cancer blog rants don't buy pink crap Source Type: blogs

SolidarityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image: Unionists challenge the Communist regime in Poland, 1981In response to the despicable "I Am Autism" video by Autism Speaks, the autistic and cross-disability communities have been standing strong in their united opposition. Today in Portland, Oregon, 15 activists organized by ASAN's Portland chapter protested at an Autism Speaks walk and got local news coverage on two channels. Video parodists, bloggers, and others are all over the Internet showing their outrage. I've compiled a list of websites critical of the video below. Please feel free to copy and repost elsewhere to show your solidarity, too.Parody/Response Vi...
Source: Whose Planet Is It Anyway? - September 27, 2009 Category: Autism Tags: Autism Speaks activism I Am Autism Source Type: blogs

Rick Ward: Pioneer Prostate Cancer ActivistEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Rick Ward, of Deer Lodge, Montana and San Antonio,Texas, a pioneering prostate cancer awareness advocate and activist, died recently of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Rick, an Air Force veteran aged 71, will be remembered for his tremendous contribution to Seedpods brachytherapy mailing list, for his dedication to helping Veterans faced with cancer and other [...] (Source: psa-rising.com/blog)
Source: psa-rising.com/blog - September 24, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Brachytherapy Early detection Obits Obituaries Prostate Cancer VA Activism Prostate Cancer Ribbon Rick Ward Seeds Source Type: blogs

Would I dare – for the Stephen Lewis Foundation? Maybe, with some ideas!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After President Obama’s lively, wide-ranging chat with David Letterman Monday it was a treat to watch as another President, Bill Clinton, occupied the guest chair on Tuesday. Clinton is in New York for the international gathering of his Clinton Global Initiative which he times to coincide with the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - September 23, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV Stephen Lewis activism Kenn's 50th birthday Stephen Lewis Foundation A Dare to Remember Source Type: blogs

Michigan Breastfeeding Legislation SponsorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Great news out of Michigan this month! State representatives Rebekah Warren and Tonya Schuitmaker plan to introduce a resolution and a bill in support of mothers’ right to breastfeed. Rep. Warren states: Michigan is one of only a handful of states that still fails to protect breastfeeding moms from being harassed, segregated, or otherwise discouraged from breastfeeding in public. Breastfeeding moms must be allowed to feed their infants wherever they may otherwise legally be. This is more than a lifestyle choice; it is an important health choice. While the bill has not been formally introduced in the House yet, it appears...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - September 19, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism law nursing in public Source Type: blogs

Senator Edward Kennedy: The LactivistEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health Subcommittee, Senator Edward Kennedy played a crucial role in the 1978 Senate hearing on the marketing of f*ormula in developing countries. In his opening speech, Senator Kennedy asked: Whose responsibility is it to control the advertising, marketing and promotional activities which may create a market in spite of public health considerations? In the hearing itself, Senator Kennedy put a Nestlé executive through a very pointed line of questioning on the company’s social responsibility in countries where poverty and the lack of a sanitary water supply make f*ormula-feeding partic...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - September 19, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism quotes and literature Edward Kennedy international health lactivism Nestle Senator Edward Kennedy Source Type: blogs

Vote for LLLI to Win $10,000!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
La Leche League International (LLLI) calls upon breastfeeding supporters to nominate LLLI to win $10,000 in The Christie Cookie Charity Giveaway! It just takes a minute to select your charity (scroll down to get to La Leche League) and enter your email address (which the company promises not to sell to third parties). If LLLI receives enough nominations it could win $10,000 in cash! You have until October 15, 2009 to register your nomination but please take a minute now so that LLLI can gain momentum in the voting! Post from: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3)
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - September 15, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor Tags: activism charity giveaway contest La-Leche-League LLL LLLI The Christie Cookie Source Type: blogs