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Julian Bond, NAACP Chairman of the Board, recently said that the NAACP’s work for freedom and justice must continue in order to thwart one of terrorism’s main goals – “disruption of daily routine.”
Kweisi Mfume, NAACP President and CEO, said “The NAACP is strong and resilient in our Read More… The NAACP Says Its Work Goes On The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)on September 7th hailed the end of a 30-year battle to construct low-income housing in the Mount Laurel Township, an affluent suburb of Camden, New Jersey. The completion of the first phase of Ethel R. Lawrence Homes, a 62-acre development, was sparked by the 1975 Read More… NAACP Hails End Of 30-Year Battle For Low-Income Homes In New Jersey On September 4th, North Carolina Environmental Defense praised members of the N.C. General Assembly for reaching a compromise on the N.C. Clean Smokestacks Bill, legislation that will require utility companies to protect public health and the environment by reducing harmful emissions from the state’s 14 coal-fired power plants. Revisions to the proposed bill, which Read More… N. C. Environmental Defense Praises Clean Smokestacks Bill By Ingrid Newkirk
Is it a coincidence that, in the wake of the attacks on Washington and New York, most men speak of retaliation while most women express an urge to return to peace?
At the Washington Center for Teaching Peace, Professor Colman McCarthy has fretted Read More… Violence at Home Returning to Manhattan a few days following the atrocity that took place at the World Trade Center, I found myself juxtaposed between the horror to the south of the island and an unexpected source of restoration to the north. Watching ominous smoke and ash still rising from the space where the Trade Towers once Read More… Terror en Terra – Mixed Messages in the Eye of the Storm The Fund for Animals, Animal Legal Defense Fund, and several individuals recently filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for failing to prepare an environmental study of its strategy to remove one half of all wild horses and burros from public lands by 2005. Under the guise of restoring threatened watersheds, The Captive Exotic Animal Protection Act, sponsored by U.S. Senator Joe Biden, will ban the interstate sale or transport of exotic mammals for the purpose of shooting them for trophies at canned hunts. For more information on canned hunts, please visit The Fund for Animals’ web site dedicated to this issue, CannedHunts.com. Enviroshop is maintained by dedicated NetSys Interactive Inc. owners & employees who generously contribute their time to maintenance & editing, web design, custom programming, & website hosting for Enviroshop.
The Fund for Animals and other groups are supporting a ground-breaking ballot initiative campaign in Florida to ban the cruel confinement of pregnant pigs in “gestation crates” on corporate factory farms. In order to qualify for the November 2002 ballot, we need to gather more than 650,000 signatures of Florida voters. If you live Read More… Calling All Floridians To Help The Pigs As a nation and a community, we are all working hard to comprehend and heal from the horrific events of Sept. 11. This unimaginable loss has struck at the very core of our sense of safety and order. Before the tragedy, even on a good day, many GLBT Americans felt unsafe or at least Read More… Message from Elizabeth Birch Our country is struggling to cope with the monumental horror of Sept. 11, 2001. We are grieving those lost and consoling those who have lost much. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans were among those killed and among those working to save lives. Like all Americans, we are coming together in the spirit of Read More… Regarding The Comments Of Jerry Falwell And Pat Robertson |
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