On April 13, 2008, Mary Brooke Oberwetter and a group of friends went to the Jefferson Memorial to commemorate the 265th birthday of Mr. Jefferson. But park police didn’t want them shaking it with Uncle T.J. They were arrested.
Fast forward to May 17, 2011, and the appeal of that case was decided in favor of the cops.
Last weekend, a flash mob of folks came to the memorial and defied that, dancing until they, too, were arrested. Watch it here:
This weekend and continuing into the July 4 holiday, many more citizens will be participating in this act of civil disobedience, at monuments across the country. A Facebook page has been set up for the June 4 Jefferson danceoff if you’d like to join, and here is the Facebook for the rest of the world to join in.
Land is Sacred: Stand With the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
by Wopanaak Language Reclamation Project
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the very tribe that welcomed the Pilgrims in the 1600s, is at risk of losing what is left of their homelands due to a determination made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Healthcare workers have shown their commitment to patients and the public. We need the same level of commitment from the Trump Administration and we need it now.