Preserving Our Heritage: The Land of the Free
In Freedom Under Fire, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) connects the dots on extremist politicians' attempts to fundamentally remake this country.
Across virtually every aspect of life, people's freedoms are under assault in the United States. The forces attacking these diverse freedoms ultimately want to create a rigid, restrictive society according to their worldview only, with little room for those of different beliefs, values, or expression.
MAP's new report, Freedom Under Fire: the Far Right's Battle to Control America, details how these attacks affect nearly every aspect of our lives.
Faith Based Social Justice Inspires Activism
The following quotes are from Brendan Hay, longtime organizer for LGBTQ groups to be allowed to march in St. Patrick's Day parades in New York City. The final borough in New York allowed parade participation this March.
"I come out of a spirit of Catholic social justice activism. People say, 'When did you become an activist?' And it goes back to nuns and priests and committed lay people in Ireland, protesting for the people of El Salvador and against apartheid."
"I don't take anything for granted - L. G. B. T. people take nothing for granted when it comes to being welcomed as part of your community. I never thought, of course, that a parade would become so much of my life, but it did."
"Exclusion from the parade mirrored the silences that we lived with most of our lives - the wonder if you could safely hold hands on your neighborhood street, if you could be yourself at your place of employment or with your family."