Archive for March, 2011
April 2011: Calendar of Events
April 1st Kelli’s Childcare Collective of Atlanta (KCCA) Fundraiser KCCA is having their first fundraiser benefit party! Come help make radical childcare possible in Atlanta! KCCA is a collective of volunteers who seek to provide liberation-based childcare, in which caretakers are queer-friendly, attentive, passionate, and progressive. The high cost along with the low quality of childcare has [...]
We Remember: Vigil for Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Plant Vogtle, and Fukushima
Join thousands this evening, March 28, 2011, as we stand for Japan at vigils organized by Greenpeace on the anniversary of the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown disaster in Pennsylvania. As Fukushima continues to disintegrate in the worst radiological disaster in human history, we also observe the 25 years since the catastrophic meltdown and explosion [...]
Voices from Chernobyl
Voices from Chernobyl Part 1 Voices from Chernobyl Part 2 Almost 25 years after the horrific Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986, Japan is facing a tragic nuclear crisis. As reports continue to surfaced predicting death tolls in the tens of thousands and harmful radiation escapes from the reactors, Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions [...]
Immigration Reform “Rally for Dignity”
Georgia WAND joined thousands of protesters—immigrants, activists, legislators, musicians, and religious leaders—from across Georgia to stand against hate and protest anti-immigrant legislation in our state. An estimated 6,000 to 9,000 people, clad in white, gathered at the Gold Dome to chant, sing and display signs with messages like “Say NO to the new Jim Crow” [...]
Press Release: Georgia WAND to host Russian Chernobyl scientists to address current nuclear crisis in Japan
ATLANTA – Almost 25 years after the horrific Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986, Japan is facing a tragic nuclear crisis. As reports continue to surface predicting death tolls in the tens of thousands and harmful radiation escapes from the reactors, Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions prepares to welcome two renowned Russian scientists and [...]
The truth about HB 87, Georgia’s copycat immigration law
Want to know what’s really in HB 87, the Arizona copycat immigration bill that recently passed in the Georgia House? Click here to read the whole bill in order to better understand the implications of this new legislation! HB 87, also known as the new Jim Crow, or “show me your papers”, would require all [...]
Press Advisory: Gerrymandering – The Community Event
Press Contact: Kelli Persons (404) 522-4598 Atlanta, Georgia – The Georgia Redistricting Alliance will hosting Gerrymandering: The Community Event Tuesday March 22, 2011. This is part of Redistricting Week which aims to celebrate, educate and engage citizens in the redistricting process. Gerrymandering: The Community Event will feature a Q&A panel of local experts, including Dr. [...]
GA WAND’s Statement on Disaster in Japan
As details continue to unfold about the tragedy in northeast Japan we are deeply concerned about the compromised nuclear reactors and radiation exposures that are causing death or serious illness to those working on the reactors and to those living near-by. The latest accounts on Monday report that the Fukushima No. 2 reactor is in [...]
Meltdown Alert at Japan Reactor
By Richard Black, Environment correspondent, BBC News Two days after the alarm was first raised about safety at Fukushima Daiichi plant, uncertainty still surrounds the situation on the ground and the status of the three reactors that were functioning at the time of Friday’s earthquake and tsunami. It appears that a partial meltdown did occur [...]
CNN story on Shell Bluff Community near Plant Vogtle
See CNN video : CNN aired an environmental justice story, co-produced by Georgia WAND, about Shell Bluff, GA, featuring Georgia WAND member, Annie Laura Stephens, members of her family who live in Shell Bluff, and Georgia Environmental Protection Division staffers. This piece is a celebration of Georgia WAND activism at work – especially over the [...]
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