bean times
23 January 2012
20 January 2012
rip etta james, 1938 - 2012.
16 January 2012
have you seen this? in 2010, “faultines” on al jazeera investigated the growing population of elders in prison.
at the end of the broadcast, josh rushing asks an 86 year old man:
“how many times have you escaped prison?”
“ten.”
“why do you keep coming back?”
“because the law chases me down. now that’s a stupid question, man. get real if we’re gonna talk.”
13 January 2012
APIQWTC 2012 Scholarship - Feb 12, 2012
AWARD OVERVIEW
APIQWTC (Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Community) is a non-profit consortium of more than fifteen organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area providing support and community for nearly 500 queer Asian and Pacific Islander individuals. The APIQWTC scholarship supports queer API women and transgender people in their pursuit of technical/professional training or higher education. The scholarship hopes to recognize those who are active in the community and encourage future leaders. APIQWTC will be awarding scholarships of $500 to two Asian/Pacific Islander lesbian, bisexual, or queer women or transgender individuals pursuing technical/professional training or an undergraduate/graduate degree.
AWARD CRITERIA
High school seniors pursuing further education or training in summer 2011 or fall 2011 are also eligible to apply. Applicants should demonstrate academic commitment as well as community involvement.
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTSPlease submit:
- A cover letter
- A resume or c.v.
- A two-page double-spaced personal statement.
The personal statement should address community involvement and future goals. How has your cultural heritage, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity influenced your life and any activities in which you have been involved? Discuss any relevant experiences up to the present and how you see yourself involved in the community in the future, either through your career or otherwise.
- An official transcript
- At least one but no more than two letters of recommendation.
Letter(s) of reference should come from an instructor, employer, academic counselor, coach, community leader, or any other individual not related to you who is familiar with your personal, academic, or leadership qualities.
Please submit statements and resumes/c.v.’s electronically no later than 7pm February 12, 2011. Letters and transcripts must be postmarked by February 12, 2011.
Send statement and resume/CV as electronic attachments to: sueyoshi@sfsu.edu
Send letter(s) and transcripts to:
Amy Sueyoshi, Associate Professor
College of Ethnic Studies/San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132
Feel free to direct any questions to Amy Sueyoshi at sueyoshi@sfsu.edu
The selection committee reserves the right to not award the scholarships if an appropriate applicant can not be identified.
(via bklynboihood)
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control, — in prison or jail, on probation or parole – than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. There are millions of African-Americans now cycling in and out of prisons and jails or under correctional control. In major American cities today, more than half of working-age African-American men or either under correctional control or branded felons and are thus subject to legalized discrimination for the rest of their lives.
— legal scholar Michelle Alexander.
On Monday’s Fresh Air, Alexander talks about how the mass incarceration of African-Americans in the War on Drugs has undermined many of the gains of the Civil Rights movement. (via nprfreshair)
(via dopegirlfresh)
11 January 2012
The fact that I
am writing to you
in English
already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you.
My subject:
how to explain to you that I
don’t belong to English
though I belong nowhere else
am writing to you
in English
already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you.
My subject:
how to explain to you that I
don’t belong to English
though I belong nowhere else
Gustavo Perez Firmat, Bilingual Blues: Poems, 1981-1994 (x)
(Source: darling80m, via sylviaandherfigtree)
9 January 2012
tip. yo. waitress. i love this scene so hard. he beats down
3 white cis straight men without a huff. (daydreams this all the time)
never seen this show, but i just youtubed this scene and it was motherfuckinamazing.
~*take my breath away*~
(Source: alexander-sexgard)
5 January 2012
like when yr buddies tell you about how their crushes are also all crushed out on them and you get more and more excited as the stories progress
2 January 2012
