IOTD …. Image of the Day …. Special Edition …. “March 8 …. #ADayWithoutAWoman …. “!!

~~March 8, 2017~~ 

A Day Without A Woman

On International Women’s Day, March 8th, women and our allies will act together for equity, justice and the human rights of women and all gender-oppressed people, through a one-day demonstration of economic solidarity.

In the same spirit of love and liberation that inspired the Women’s March, we join together in making March 8th A Day Without a Woman, recognizing the enormous value that women of all backgrounds add to our socio-economic system – while receiving lower wages and experiencing greater inequities, vulnerability to discrimination, sexual harassment, and job insecurity.

We recognize that trans and gender nonconforming people face heightened levels of discrimination, social oppression and political targeting.

We believe in gender justice.

Anyone, anywhere, can join by making March 8th A Day Without a Woman, in one or all of the following ways:

Women take the day off, from paid and unpaid labor
Avoid shopping for one day (with exceptions for small, women- and minority-owned businesses).
Wear RED in solidarity with A Day Without A Woman

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https://www.womensmarch.com/womensday/

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We ALL are ONE!! 

Who is Gavin Grimm? …. Let’s put a face to the name …. a case headed to the Supreme Court …. Title IX protections …. no longer enforced …. “!!

~~February 23, 2017~~ 

TRANSGENDER … THE ‘T’ IS SILENT?

The transgender community, (the “T” in LGBT), hasn’t had an easy existence

There was plenty of hope during the recent years when rights for the LGBT community were recognized as basic human rights, including transgender rights.

However, the Drumpf administration has taken it upon themselves to start the dismantling of these human rights.

From Melanie Nathan, a blogger I follow  …. “Today, February 22, that transphobic homophobe the putrid Trump AG, Jeff Sessions, did exactly what we thought he would do the moment he assumed office – AND so hand in hand with that other homophobe and transphobic piece of work Pence – as well as an apparently forced Betsy DeVos Of the Department of Education – announced that Title IX will no longer be enforced to protect transgender students equally in all school facilities, including restrooms.

Title IX guaranteed students the right to a safe and supportive learning environment regardless of gender and protects them from discrimination.
There is no reasonable basis for them to do this except spite and hate of a community that deserves protection and recognition.”
So disgusted!!

I think this is the beginning.

Like the #MuslimBan, the LGBT community is in the cross-hairs now. 
Bad things are headed this way!! 

HortyRex©

Transgender Children & Youth: Understanding the Basics

One of the most important and difficult tasks that parents face is how to best support their children while also setting the kind of boundaries and structure that helps them grow up to become responsible and successful adults. Sure, children and teens love to test the boundaries that adults set for them. But it is important to make distinctions between instances where “kids are being kids” and when they’re asserting things about themselves that are critical to their identity and development – as is the case with gender identity and expression.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.hrc.org/resources/transgender-children-and-youth-understanding-the-basics

~Gavin Grimm: Meet the Boy Laverne Cox Shouted Out at the Grammys~

(this case is so much more important now)

by MARY EMILY O’HARA

February 13, 2017

Who is Gavin Grimm — and why does Hollywood’s most high-profile transgender actress want you to learn about him?

Grimm is a 17-year-old high school senior in Virginia whose fight against the local school board will be argued at the Supreme Court on March 28. The transgender boy’s long road to the highest court in the country started at age 15, when he was forced to endure a series of school board meetings at which adults debated whether or not he should be allowed to use the boys bathroom at school.

ACLU attorney Josh Block told NBC News that Grimm’s case has taken on a new significance with President Trump now overseeing federal agencies like the Department of Education.

For the last 20 years the overwhelming majority of lower courts have been holding that out civil rights laws against sex discrimination protect transgender people,” said Block. “Gavin’s case is the first time the Supreme Court will consider the question and reaffirm that transgender people are protected. With a presidential new administration, these protections are more critical than ever.”

But the case, “Gloucester County School Board v. G.G.,” stands to impact every transgender teen and child in the nation: the Supreme Court will use it to decide whether Title IX protections on the basis of sex can be interpreted to include gender identity, and whether Obama-era guidance from the Department of Education can be considered the law of the land.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/gavin-grimm-meet-boy-laverne-cox-shouted-out-grammys-n720126

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Human Rights Campaign

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Ellen’s Twitter Feed

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~~Gavin Grimm Suits Up For The Supreme Court~~

~~Published on Feb 3, 2017~~

“I realize now this is much bigger than myself. And my greater goal now is to try to make things better for those who come after me.” Gavin Grimm is taking his fight for transgender rights to the Supreme Court this spring.

We’re ready to #StandWithGavin when he does.

We ALL are ONE!!

Keith Olbermann, #28 …. “Drumpf …. *45 … is Aiding the Enemy …. “!!

~~February 2, 2017~~ 

RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR ISIL

I feel this is important information about what is ahead and what we need to be aware of.

Keith Olbermann series called “The Resistance” continues.

He has posted installment #28.

If this resonates with you, good.

If they don’t, just scroll away to the next blog.

Thank you!

HortyRex©

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GQ YouTube Channel

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#GQ #KeithOlbermann #NewSeries #TheResistance #28 #AwesomeGraphics #NotMyPresident #IllegitimatePresident #DonaldTrump #Drumpf #NewGQShow #TheResistance #JoinTheFight #DonaldTrumpsAmerica #BePrepared #Resist #Peace #TrumpResistanceMovement #Fascim #TRM #TrumpResistanceMovement #WarOnIslan #RecuirtmentTool

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~~SOURCE~~ 

Drumpf is the president, which means Keith’s not going anywhere. Catch every episode of his new GQ show, The Resistance, and then come join the fight.

http://www.gq.com/story/watch-the-closer-keith-olbermann

~~Donald Trump is Aiding the Enemy~~

The Resistance with Keith Olbermann

~~Published on Feb 1, 2017~~

Why reinforce the twisted narrative that America is at war with Islam?

GQ

TRM – Trump Resistance Movement

https://www.facebook.com/TrumpResistanceMovement/

We ALL are ONE!!

Keith Olbermann, #27 …. “On Behalf of America, An Apology …. #MuslimBan ….

~~January 21, 2017~~ 

AN APOLOGY FROM THE SANE AMERICANS

I feel this is important information about what is ahead and what we need to be aware of.

Keith Olbermann series called “The Resistance” continues.

He has posted installment #27.

THE NO BAN MUSLIN BAN

If this resonates with you, good.

If they don’t, just scroll away to the next blog.

Thank you!

HortyRex©

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The Free Thought Project

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~~SOURCE~~ 

Donald Trump is our next president, which means Keith’s not going anywhere. Catch every episode of his new GQ show, The Resistance, and then come join the fight.

http://www.gq.com/story/watch-the-closer-keith-olbermann

~~On Behalf of America, An Apology~~

~~Published on Jan 30, 2017~~

We are better than this

TRM – Trump Resistance Movement

https://www.facebook.com/TrumpResistanceMovement/

We ALL are ONE!! 

A picture says a thousand words …. “This one, a meme, definitely screams, #39 …. Resist …. “

~~January 30, 2017~~ 

THE RESIST SYMBOL

Unity is loud.

Symbols amplify all our voices.

Let’s channel the energy across the country:

Show the world you are a RESISTOR.

~From their Facebook Page~

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I am a Resistor

https://www.facebook.com/ResistSymbol/

The Resistor is a historical symbol for solidarity and peaceful dissent

You might also remember using the squiggly line in this image when drawing Resistors in physics class; it is a universal standard symbol seen in circuit diagrams.

We hope that the RESIST symbol will serve as a daily reminder to be vigilant and to RESIST any attacks on democracy or the progress we have made as a society.

Feel free to adopt the symbol as your own and please help us spread the message!

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

http://www.resistsymbol.com/

#PictureSaysThousandWords #ThisOneScreams #39 #Photograghs #AwesomeMeme #Facts #ResistSymbol #UnityIsLoud #SymbolsAmplifyVoices #ChannelEnergy #AcrossCountry #ShowTheWorld #YouAreAResistor #FacebookPage #HistoricalDymbol #Solidarity #PeacefulDissent #IAmAResistor 

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We ALL are ONE!! 

Thoughts for today, #434 …. “To protect and serve …. Really? …. “!!

~~November 6, 2016~~ 

DEFINITION

When I thought about the police force before, I thought about how they expose their lives to ‘protect and serve‘ the communities they come from.

There seems to be a tendency to be drifting aways from the meaning behind that motto.

The picture/meme above is a perfect example.

HortyRex©

In February 1955, the Los Angeles Police Department, through the pages of the internally produced BEAT magazine, conducted a contest for a motto for the police academy.

The conditions of the contest stated that: “The motto should be one that in a few words would express some or all the ideals to which the Los Angeles police service is dedicated. It is possible that the winning motto might someday be adopted as the official motto of the Department.”

“To Protect and to Serve“, the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department since 1955, has been adopted by many other police forces.

~Wikipedia~

‘All-Out War’ in North Dakota as Police Arrest 141 Water Protectors
Activists vow to keep up resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline

Police arrested 141 people in North Dakota on Thursday, November 3, moving in with pepper spray and armored tanks on Native American water protectors and other activists who for months have waged resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).

Tara Houska, an Ojibwe attorney and director of the rights group Honor the Earth, told Democracy Now! on Friday, November 4, that the raid was an act of “all-out war … waged on Indigenous protectors.”

Houska, who was reportedly shot in the face with a beanbag round during the onslaught, also said in a separate statement released by a coalition of Indigenous groups on Friday,

“Yesterday was a shameful moment in American history.

Law enforcement is supposed to serve and protect the people, not corporate interests. Police enacted violence on people who were armed only with prayer.”

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/10/28/all-out-war-north-dakota-police-arrest-141-water-protectors

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The Other 98%

https://www.facebook.com/TheOther98/?fref=ts

#ThoughtsForToday #434 #AwesomeGraphics #AwesomeMeme #LosAngelesPoliceDepartment #ConductedContestForMotto #PoliceAcademy #ToProtectAndToServe #AllOutWar #NorthDakotaPolice #Arrest141 #WaterProtectors #Activists #KeepResistance #DakotaAccessPipeline #NoDAPL #TaraHouska #OjibweAttorney #Director #RightsGroup #HonorTheEarth #DemocracyNow #PoliceEnactedViolence #PeopleArmedOnlyWithPrayer

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

We ALL are ONE!! 

IOTD …. Image of the day, #317 …. “Really … My Happy Face”!!

~~August 27, 2015~~ 

SERIOUSLY

These days have been difficult. Current events in our world have me concerned and make me worry. There use to be a time where you knew you had somewhere to go. Now it seems that negativity and unpleasant events are worldwide.

What are we doing to our society, our communities, our humanity, our world?

It’s worrisome for me.

How can we keep a happy face and a positive attitude in the face of all these calamities?

How can anyone not think about what is going on with us as a race?

Has it always been like this?

How did I miss it before? Did I miss the boat?

I must have been busy living my life.

How can others not be aware?

I know … by keeping your head buried in the sand!

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Facebook Timelime

A dear blogger friend taught me this concept.

You can find Michelle here: http://mchelsmusings.wordpress.com/

~IN HER OWN WORDS~

“IOTD” is image of the day, a concept I came up with. I teach visual meditative therapy – or in easy terms – a mini mental holiday. For some people it is very difficult for them to get their image right. I post an image a day for people to use in their mini mental vacay. Some are serious, some are silly, and some are just beautiful!”’

THIS IS SERIOUS FOR ME

#IOTD #ImageOfTheDay #317 #Seriously #MyHappyFace #CurrentEvents #Concerned #Worldwide #WhereToGo #BusyLivingLife #BuryHeadInSand #YellowChick #Negativity #UnpleasantEvents #Worldwide #Society #Communities #Humanity #OurWorld

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

We ALL are ONE!! 

Something to think about ….. “FRACKING”!!

~~May 6, 2015~~ 

WHAT IS FRACKING?

Relatively new drilling technology – high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing (fracking) – now makes it possible to reach natural gas reserves that underlie many ares in the world.

Hydraulic fracturing is the use of sand, water, and chemicals injected at high pressures to blast open shale rock and release the trapped gas inside. Horizontal drilling (also called “directional drilling”) is just like it sounds: after the well drill reaches a certain vertical depth in the ground, the well is then drilled horizontally.

As with any industrial activity, the development of oil and gas involves risks to air, land, water, wildlife and communities.

The oil and gas drilling industry argues that horizontal fracking is safe because it has been around for 40 years, but that is not correct.

While the use of hydraulic fracturing to drill vertical wells has been around that long, horizontal drilling combined with hydraulic fracturing is very new and only began in Ohio in 2011. The use of horizontal fracking requires millions of gallons of fresh water, acres of land per well pad, and the use of undisclosed chemicals.

As this new combination of drilling technologies has ramped up nationwide, communities have seen a corresponding increase in harmful air emissions, water contamination, and serious problems associated with the disposal of horizontal fracking waste fluids.

Because fracking is so new, laws simply haven’t caught up. That’s why we’ve called on lawmakers to close the gaps in states’ law, and immediately put the necessary protections in place to protect the healthy and well being of all who call our world home.

“As it appears in …. full read/full credit”

http://www.theoec.org/

~~GALLERY~~

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#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #hrexachwordpress

~~Fracking explained: opportunity or danger~~

~~Published on Sept. 3, 2013~~

Fracking explained in five minutes

Fracking is a controversial topic. On the one side the gas drilling companies, on the other citizen opposed to this drilling method. Politicians are also divided on the matter.
We try to take a neutral look on fracking. It is relevant for all of us, because of high prices for energy and the danger for our drinking water.

This video focuses mostly on the debate currently ongoing in Europe. In a lot of European countries there is a public outcry against fracking, especially in Germany. But the facts in this video are relevant to all of us.

We ALL are ONE!! 

To start the day …. One Moment in Time!!

~~August 20, 2014~~

“One Moment in Time” is a worldwide hit Emmy Award winning song written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, produced by Narada Michael Walden and recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Paralympics held in Seoul, South Korea.

The song was Houston’s third number one in the UK Singles Chart, and reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.

This is a song that resonated with me the moment I heart it. The lyrics have such meaning, they are so deep, they are soothing and inspirational. 

I believe that we need to hear those words again. 

We need comfort, soothing, reassurance. 

“When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me .. “

All the answers to the problems that we face as individuals, countries, nations, communities, our world … they are inside us, within our reach. Dig deep if you have to. But the solutions are there. Let’s look for them together. Let’s unite and be one … as it should be.

We ALL are ONE!!

“One Moment In Time”

Each day I live
I want to be
A day to give
The best of me
I’m only one
But not alone
My finest day
Is yet unknown

I broke my heart
Fought every gain
To taste the sweet
I face the pain
I rise and fall
Yet through it all
This much remains

I want one moment in time
When I’m more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I’m racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity

I’ve lived to be
The very best
I want it all
No time for less
I’ve laid the plans
Now lay the chance
Here in my hands

Give me one moment in time
When I’m more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I’m racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity

You’re a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine

Give me one moment in time
When I’m more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I’m racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will be
I will be
I will be free
I will be
I will be free

~~”One Moment In Time”, 1989 Grammy Awards~~

Her Best Live Performance Ever

(Chill factor)

~~Published on Jan 6, 2013~~

We ALL are ONE!!

The Girl Effect …. Change starts with a girl!!

~~June 1, 2014~~ 

The girl effect is a movement.

It’s about the unique potential of adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves and the world. It’s about getting girls on to the global development stage and driving massive resources to them.

The girl effect launched in 2008 accompanied by a film that caught the imagination of people the world over. The message of these films remains the same.

Watch them and get the simple case for supporting girls here. 

Girleffect.org exists to help development practitioners and the wider girl effect community continue to make a powerful case for supporting girls, and to equip them to do the best work with and for girls. Explore the site and you’ll find a whole range of tools and resources ready for you to use.

GIRLS CAN PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SOLVING THE MOST PERSISTENT DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS WE FACE IN THE WORLD TODAY.

When we include girls in education, health and economic investment we have a better chance of preventing issues such as child marriage, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and breaking the inter-generational cycle of poverty.

But girls can’t do it alone; they need the world to listen to them and invest in their potential.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GIRL EFFECT?

The girl effect is a movement. It’s about leveraging the unique potential of adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves, their families, their communities, their countries and the world. It’s about making girls visible and changing their social and economic dynamics by providing them with specific, powerful and relevant resources.

Created by the Nike Foundation in collaboration with the NoVo Foundation, United Nations Foundation and Coalition for Adolescent Girls, the girl effect is fuelled by hundreds of thousands of girl champions who recognise the untapped potential of adolescent girls living in poverty.

HOW DOES THE GIRL EFFECT ADDRESS POVERTY?

In India, adolescent pregnancy results in nearly $10billion in lost potential income per year.
In Uganda, 85 per cent of girls leave school early, resulting in $10billion in lost potential earnings.
By delaying child marriage and early birth for one million girls in Bangladesh, the country could potentially add $69billion to the national income over these girls’ lifetimes.

It’s an investment we cannot afford to overlook.

SOUNDS GREAT – WHAT CAN I DO?

Make the case for girls. We need more people to get the word out, and we need more advocates for change in government, business, healthcare, education and at grassroots level. This is where you come in.

THIS IS YOUR SITE

THIS IS HOW YOU CAN USE IT

Here on girleffect.org you’ll find the information and tools you need to unleash the girl effect. You’ll discover case studies that show the girl effect in action, plus toolkits, images, videos and insights documents to download and use in your own work. And this is just the start. 
Take our content. Use it. Share it. Join the movement. Change the world.

~~Official Website: http://www.girleffect.org/~~

~~SOURCES~~ 

http://www.girleffect.org/

http://www.girleffect.org/why-girls/#&panel1-1

http://www.shapingyouth.org/the-girl-effect-a-world-changing-media-message/

~~The girl effect: I dare you to see I am the answer~~

~~Uploaded on May 22, 2008~~

The most powerful force of change on the planet is a girl.

The girl effect is about leveraging the unique potential of adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves, their families, their communities, their countries and the world … http://www.girleffect.org/

We ALL are connected through HUMANITY!! 

This all ties together. The girls have the power. Let’s help them. 

This started because the girls wanted to be educated!! 

 

“sabotage, poor governance, lack of leadership and pervasive corruption”

We ALL are ONE!!