Generational Alliance

Had a great time reconnecting with folks on Wendesday! Here are a few lost files

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"If we were we scrapping our current system and starting from scratch, Washington could make public college tuition free with the money it sets aside its scattershot attempts to make college affordable today."

Read more: http://bit.ly/JYDvas

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Tell Congress to renew unemployment benefits.

Sign the petition→ go.aflcio.org/Extend-UI

AFLCIO Visit the AFL-CIO for the latest updates, including news, videos and information on how you take action and get involved in your community.

While you're out there struggling, Congress is working hard to cut unemployment insurance benefits that you pay into?

Call your representative today and ask them to . H/T to the AFL-CIO for the photo.

Call your representatives today and ask him or her to renew the emergency unemployment insurance benefits.

1- 877-318-0483

Image via U.S. Department of Labor

"With the bullying and no real space to explore my sexuality, I internalized a lot of homophobia. I felt ashamed. I was in denial about who I was. I felt alone and didn’t know where else to be but in the closet.

However, my shame eventually grew into a sense of conviction, a desire to empower others in combating oppression — a shift that occurred when I was forced to confront who I am before a large crowd of people, many of whom I had never met."

Check out Gregory Cendana, Executive Director of Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, on How Coming Out Changed Everything!

Becoming a Leader: How Coming Out Changed Everything | Daniel Magazine In a lot of conversations and during any of my public speaking engagements, I share with people that I am gay. Many people ask me why I make a point to do so. Well, I share this aspect of my identity for a couple of reasons. One, I recognize the resilience of our community and two, it’s an exemplifi...

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Have you watched this yet? It is a must.

Watch Toni Morrison and Junot Díaz Talk About Race and Writing - COLORLINES Two of America’s most prominent writers of color will be in conversation with one another at the New York Public Library. You can watch it live. Tune in.

Still very confused about this:

We are experiencing the largest wave of voter suppression since the enactment of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Sign the petition: www.ourtime.org/vra

Join our friends at AFT - American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association and hundreds of others for the National Day of Action to Reclaim the Promise of Public Education. Parents, students, teachers and community groups are united in this effort to fight education inequality, privatization, standardize testing fixation, and college (un)affordability.

We need to fix, not close schools! http://www.reclaimpublicednow.org/

Randi Talks About Day of Action with Rev. Sharpton On PoliticsNation, AFT President Randi Weingarten discusses the National Day of Action to Reclaim the Promise of Public Education. http://www.reclaimpubliced...

BREAKING: The Guardian released documents that show their waning influence and some dirty dealings.

ALEC facing funding crisis from donor exodus in wake of Trayvon Martin row Rightwing lobby group appealing to major donors that have abandoned it following criticism of ALEC's policy on gun laws

“Show me your papers” & “stop and frisk” laws are nothing but legalized racism. Young people are working to end racial profiling. Are you?

Thanks to CAMBIO Today for the image!

“Show me your papers” and “stop and frisk” laws are nothing but legalized racism. Stop racial profiling!

Thanks to CAMBIO Today for the image!