Showing posts with label Petition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Petition. Show all posts

Sunday, July 19, 2015

The next Freddie Gray/Michael Brown/Trayvon/Garner?

July 19, 2015 Attorney General Loretta Lynch , Investigate 0 Comments

Petition Calls For Attorney General To Investigate Sandra Bland’s Death

By Uptown, July 17, 2015 Up Town Magazine

A ColorOfChange.org petition is calling for U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to investigate the suspicious death of Sandra Bland while in police custody. The police claim Bland took her own life and local District Attorney Elton Mathis handed the investigation back to the Texas State troopers, the same agency that allegedly used excessive force when arresting Bland.
Here’s the email Rashad Robinson and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team sent out today explaining the situation and calling for Lynch to lead the investigation:

“You just slammed my head to the ground. Do you not even care about that?”

These were some of the last words of 28-year-old Sandra Bland. On Friday, Texas State troopers pulled Sandra over as she was driving to her new job for allegedly not using the turn signals during a lane change. What happened next was all too familiar and terrifying.

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Maybe Janet Jackson's Song's A Snooze?

Maybe Janet Jackson's Song's A Snooze?

July 19, 2015 Al Sharpton , Force Radio Stations To Play ‘No Sleeep’ 0 Comments

Janet Jackson Fans Petition For Al Sharpton To Force Radio Stations To Play ‘No Sleeep’

By Music, July 17, 2015 Inquisitr

Janet Jackson’s “No Sleeep” was the most hyped single by an artist in recent memory. However, the song has also become one of the biggest yawners in recent memory as it has only charted at No. 67 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 before completely falling off the chart. While it is getting traction on some R&B stations, the song has failed to make any type of impact in overall audience impressions.

Janet Jackson fans, hoping to turn around the fate of her comeback single, have taken to Change.org to produce a petition.

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Sunday, April 20, 2014

Petition: Regular Graduation And Attendance Back To Normal --No disrespect to 1st Lady, but...

April 20, 2014 First Lady , Michelle Obama 0 Comments
First Lady, Michelle Obama
Petition By Taylor Rose of Topeka High School, Apr. 17, 2014

On Thursday April 17, 2014, USD 501 announced that the First Lady Michelle Obama was going to be speaking at commencement. We were also informed that seats would be limited to around 4 per student for families to come and that all commencements would be combined.

We are honored to have the First Lady speak at commencement and the student body was literally crying and jumping for joy when the news was announced and we are in no way shape or form ungrateful for what the Board has done for us.

There are problems that come with the combining of the commencements. First of all, for most families in 501, money is short and we have spent hundreds of dollars buying graduation announcements that are now incorrect. The district has stated they will not refund this. Topeka High School’s graduation on its own takes approximately two and a half hours. The combining of five high schools will increase that to about six hours. With increased security the total time will be brought up to eight hours. Secondly, families have many people coming from states away taking sick leave to see the graduation. They will come to Topeka, only to find that they cannot be involved. Those with divorced families have to choose which side of the family they want to invite, this doesn’t even include siblings.

This petition will go to the Board to keep graduation times the same and find a way for the speech to be given at all commencements, whether the First Lady is there in person or she has her speech recorded and replayed.

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

High School Senior Forms Petition 1,000+ Signatures Against Michele Obama Speaking At Their High School Graduation

April 19, 2014 Associated Press , Brown v. Board of Education 0 Comments
By Associated Press, Apr. 18, 2014, Dailymail.co.uk

If expanding the guest list to include Michelle Obama at graduation for high school students in the Kansas capital city means fewer seats for friends and family, some students and their parents would prefer the first lady not attend.

A furor over what the Topeka school district considers an honor has erupted after plans were announced for Obama to address a combined graduation ceremony for five area high schools next month an 8,000-seat arena. For some, it was the prospect of a tight limit on the number of seats allotted to each graduate.

For others, it was the notion that Obama's speech, tied to the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education outlawing segregation in schools, would overshadow the student's big day.

'I'm a single mother who has raised him for 18 years by myself,' said Tina Hernandez, parent of Topeka High School senior Dauby Knight. 'I've told him education is the only way out. This is one of the biggest days of their lives. They've taken the glory and shine from the children and put on Mrs. Obama. She doesn't know our kids.'

Hernandez was among the parents and students who spoke Thursday at a school board meeting and urged district officials to reconsider their decision to invite Obama. Ron Harbaugh, spokesman for the Topeka school district, said Friday discussions were under way to work out the logistics and planning for the event, including how many tickets each family would be allotted.

'We will have a clearer picture of what's going on,' Harbaugh said.

Harbaugh said officials asked the president or first lady to speak at graduation as a tie-in with the anniversary of the Brown decision, which outlawed school segregation. The district plans to place a priority on seating students and their families, and could broadcast the event to an overflow room at a hotel adjacent to the graduation arena for those unable to find a seat inside.

That's not good enough for Taylor Gifford, 18, who started an online petition on Thursday evening to urge the district to reconsider its plans. She and the more than 1,200 people who had signed it expressed concern that Obama's visit would limit the seating options for family and friends.
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