October 27- November 9, 2022: STF chapters hosted mock elections, interactive tent events, and classroom presentations as their final get out the vote efforts leading up to the 2022 midterm elections. STFers highlighted the importance of being prepared and making informed decisions about candidates and propositions when voting.
Chapter members extensively researched the issues of this year’s election, connected them to human rights and the climate crisis, and presented this research to their classmates and teachers. Across chapters one point was clear: the most effective step we can all take to protect our planet is to vote for candidates and measures that will reshape the ways we address climate change for years to come.
October 2022: Partnering with the Voting Rights Club, Los Osos STF Ambassadors distributed voter materials to history classes and posted information around campus to educate their campus about the issues on California’s November ballot. Photo by Alisa ZhangOctober 27, 2022: STF at Animo Venice Charter HS hosted a mock election. Students were given a voter guide about federal and local positions, as well as ballot measures to help them make informed decisions. Photo by Jordan ToddNovember 1, 2022: STF Ambassadors at Canyon High School engaged 160 classmates in a mock election where students voted on their state and local representatives as well as California Proposition 30. Before casting their ballots, participants discussed the importance of voting and were encouraged to get pre-registered to vote. Photo by Kristin GhazariansNovember 1, 2022: Santa Monica High School STFers organized an interactive tent event that showcased candidates running for local and federal positions. They also led discussions on environmental inequities across Los Angeles. Photo by Jordan ToddNovember 3, 2022: Harvard Westlake STF Ambassadors invited classmates to research candidates and help create bulletin board messages to educate their campus community about candidates positions on climate change. Photo by Rheanna VradiyNovember 4, 2022: At Palisades Charter High School, STFers welcomed thirteen classes to their mock election throughout the day, urging students to consider the importance of voting and encouraging eligible family members and friends to vote as well. Photo by Jordan ToddNovember 7, 2022: STF students at New Roads School hosted a mock election with each social studies class on campus, urging students to get out the vote on election day.Photo by Jenny HunkenNovember 8, 2022: Sierra Canyon STFers presented to 9-12th grade history classes on how to vote for human rights and how to get registered and pre-registered to vote. Image by Sierra Canyon Human Rights ClubNovember 9, 2022: STFers from Carson High School explained the cause, impact, and response of a local environmental crisis in the Dominguez Channel. Students also learned about renewable energy and voting for the planet at their interactive tent event. Photo by Suzanne Cheatham-BelloNovember 2022: Tapping into parent-teacher conferences, STF Ambassadors at Wildwood school researched candidates on their ballots and posted information about their climate stances around the school so parents could read them while waiting for their teacher meetings. Wildwood students also participated in a two month voter registration drive on campus. Photo by Ever Trattner
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Italy is erasing #lesbian moms from their children's birth certificates.
Part of a broader state attack on the rights of #LGBT families, 33 children in northern #Italy are having their birth certificates reissued with one parent's name missing.
Monday at #HRC53: Looking forward to this great panel on how we can strengthen the right to free education and why it's so important. With @srpoverty @dsengeh @UNESCO @MalalaFund @hrw, SR on right to education.
UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres has failed Palestinian children again. From 2015-2020, the UN attributed over 6,700 child casualties to Israeli forces. He has just verified 975 more in 2022. Yet he still omits Israel from his "list of shame."
https://www.reuters.com/world/un-adds-russia-list-shame-killing-children-ukraine-2023-06-22/
Today, members of US Congress are introducing legislation to help address the longstanding problem of child labor on US farms. Their move, on #NoChildLabour Day, comes as the US grapples with a rise in child labor. More from @MargaretWurth:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/12/us-lawmakers-move-protect-child-farmworkers
Today, members of Congress are introducing legislation to address the longstanding problem of child labor on US farms. Their move, on #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour, comes as the US grapples with a rise in child labor. 🧵👇https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/12/us-lawmakers-move-protect-child-farmworkers
The UN says Israeli defense forces have killed or injured over 6,700 Palestinian children from 2015 to 2020, yet the UN SG has never included the IDF on his "list of shame" for violations against children in armed conflict. Will he this year? NGO letter:
https://watchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2023-open-letter-to-sg-guterres-caac.pdf
Russian politicians are trying to fully ban gender-affirming health services. And they've smuggled in an exception for medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children. Sounds a lot like right wing politicians in the US.
This new op-ed from @Ezequiel_Heffes explains why its crucial that UN SG @antonioguterres includes a complete and accurate list of perpetrators of violations against children in his upcoming annual report on children and armed conflict.
"The journalism students said they were disappointed in the adults who ran their schools, their city and the smoke shops & they hoped that bringing attention to the issue would finally prompt the authorities to act"
@nytimes on kids' on easy access
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/nyregion/nyc-marijuana-kids-schools.html
