Internet spurs upswing in volunteerism From USA Today "Activism is at a very high level among college students, probably more than in the last 10 to 20 years," says Robert Rhoads, who teaches a class on the history of student activism at the University of California, Los Angeles. STAND, a student anti-genocide coalition, begun by Georgetown University students in 2004, has grown to about 800 chapters at high schools and colleges. Today's student activists are "more sophisticated," relying less on street protests and more on lobbying and...

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Lawrence High Honor student suspended because of her Mother's ... From BostonNOW Izzy, who is a pen-pal friend of mine ever since we stood up in opposition to the situation in which Laboy painted over Thuan Tran's Malcolm X/Martin Luther King mural, telling the young lad he could put it up again, but without Malcolm X on it. I know her because she emailed me through her involvement in fighting for Justice for Thuan Tran, the student whose Malcom X/Martin Luther King mural was taken down at Laboy's request, with the comment that he could put another mural up without...

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Consumers dole out greens to go green From Daily Trojan Online Although becoming an eco-supporter might lighten one's back pocket, converting to a lifestyle of green activism is nonetheless a trend sweeping society - out with the tree-hugging environmentalist, in with the hip 20-something sipping Pom juice, digging through her chic reusable tote bag for her biodegradable cell phone. And though it may be the most environmentally friendly, biodegradable bandwagon ever to carry a trend, people are missing the message.

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Butterfly Activism From irregulartimes.com/ It is a time of fear in the face of freedom, a time for the widening of previous roads and the opening of new paths, a time of an emptying country and swelling cities, yet a time when these paths are mined by knowing algorithms of the all-seeing eye. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Over in the UK, Sir David Attenborough and many others are stepping up to take on the job, working with Butterfly Conservation to confront the factors that are leading...

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Alice Sandstrom leaves long legacy of activism From Seattle Times Alice Sandstrom was 13th woman in state to be a certified public accountant. As a YWCA board member in the 1990s, Alice Sandstrom helped plan a Redmond transitional-housing project. Sandstrom's vision and forward-thinking style, said Rita Ryder, who served as YWCA's executive director during Ms. Sandstrom retired in 1982 and then spent 25 years volunteering for the YWCA - taking a leadership role in the creation of Angeline's Day Center for Homeless Women, the YWCA Family Village in Redmond...

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