A blog about Brandeis University, progressive politics, and the spirit of Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis on the campus today.
Posted on: January 12th, 2012
Category: Brandeis Values, Elly, environment, Experiential Learning, I get email, Take Action, Transparency
Best of luck to Audra Grady and Thank You for all the work you've done to expand the Experiential Learning program and more. Welcome and Congratulations to Lexi Kriss, whom I know to be a passionate activist, as well as a good improvisor! To the Brandeis community, Audra Grady, the Experiential Learning Program Administrator, will [...]
Posted on: January 11th, 2012
Category: Activism, Beyond Brandeis, Brandeis Values, Death Penalty, Diversity and Multiculturalism, economy, elections, Elly, environment, gender equality, I get email, International Issues, Surveys, Take Action, Transparency
The Brandeis Office of Study Abroad sent out an e-mail yesterday to students returning from studying abroad. "Brandeis has been offered the opportunity to have our students (YOU!) participate in a pre- and post-experience assessment survey in a study on the effects of study abroad. This study is funded by the Teagle Foundation and is [...]
Posted on: January 8th, 2012
Category: Activism, Beyond Brandeis, Brandeis Values, Elly, environment, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, gender equality, I get email, National Issues, Petition, Protect the Powerless, Take Action, The Public Good, Transparency
Since 1929, the FBI has defined rape as "carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will." Many have protested this narrow definition for its gender-specificity and focus on physical force over the years. Now, CNN reports, the Justice Department released a statement saying they will be updating and broadening the definition. "The crime of rape [...]
Posted on: January 7th, 2012
Category: Activism, Beyond Brandeis, Brandeis Values, Death Penalty, Diversity and Multiculturalism, Elly, Honesty, I get email, National Issues, Protect the Powerless, Schuster Institute, Take Action, The Public Good, Transparency
"Today [January 4th] in Dallas, Texas, Rickey Dale Wyatt was cleared after spending 31 years in prison for a crime that he didn’t commit." I love getting these kinds of e-mails from the Innocence Project. They tell me about their clients, prisoners serving time, who they have helped exonerate through the use of DNA evidence. [...]
Posted on: January 6th, 2012
Category: Activism, Beyond Brandeis, Brandeis Values, Democracy, Diversity and Multiculturalism, Elly, Honesty, I get email, International Issues, National Issues, Petition, Protect the Powerless, Take Action, The Public Good, Transparency
Amnesty International reminded me about something today. That our country has a secret prison where we 'detain' people for indefinite amounts of time without trials. It's called Guanatanamo Bay, and it's been open for 10 years. According to the New York Times, in January of 2009, Obama issued an executive order instructing the CIA to [...]
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