Word: vigil
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...country, many coalitions are instead starting to promote activities that will coordinate with the workday, promote economic growth and help educate the public. That includes talking to their children about immigration before dropping them off at school, organizing a work lecture on voter registration, taking family to an evening vigil and, by all means, breaking out the wallet, especially for a community fundraiser. "People need to channel their energies in a positive direction," says Juan Carlos Ruiz, of the National Capital Immigration Coalition in Washington, D.C. "If other groups decide they want to do a boycott, we respect their strategy...
...group that is staunchly supporting the boycott is the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA). "No work, no school, no buying, no selling; we will march in the streets to protest H.R. 4437," says Nativo Vigil Lopez, MAPA's president, referring to the immigration reform bill that is currently under House consideration. Lopez says he respects others' alternative tactics, but he feels that in order to "keep Democrats' feet to the fire," a day-long economic boycott and general strike is the only solution...
...then compared a law permitting a woman to defend herself against a would-be rapist with a woman’s right not to be besieged by “the aggressive fetus”—two sides of the same coin.At the somber candlelight vigil meant to be an occasion for victims to share their personal stories of rape, the last to speak was then-Assistant Professor of English Ann Pellegrini. She digressed, declaring her disappointment at how few contraceptive commercials were broadcast on television and lamenting that “matriarchy” provoked red squiggly...
...class; there is no quality that provides immunity to sexual assault. The media’s coverage of the Durham community has also been called into question. For example, The New York Times was criticized for reporting that players were out at a bar while other students held vigils for victims of sexual violence. It so happens that last week coincided with Take Back the Night (TBTN), a time to raise awareness about sexual and domestic violence, at Duke and UNC. Others have labeled the vigils and protests as melodramatic. Take Back the Night’s goal...
...Kozulin: As the night was falling, most people left the square. Just some 300 kids were staying there to keep vigil overnight. Most of them students. When the police surrounded them, the kids just sat on the ground in a circle, holding hands. They did not resist. First, the cops removed all the media from the vicinity of the square, then they started carrying the protesters to prison wagons bodily. My two nephews were among those arrested in the square. They are still in jail...