This week's Kind Deeds Making the Internet has a bit of an activist bent to it. Change doesn't come without hard work and sacrifice. Kudos to these troublemakers for making a difference.
Fighting rental evictions together
CBC British Columbia wrote this week about the Vancouver Tenants Union: a group formed last spring in response to increasing numbers of renters who fear being evicted or priced out of their homes - sadly, an unfortunate reality in Vancouver. According to the story: "The group's membership has grown to nearly 1,000 people across the city...[and] has rallied around some tenants facing eviction over renovations and successfully helped them keep their homes."
100th anniversary of women's right to vote in the UK
Celebrations took place to recognize women gaining the right to vote in the United Kingdom 100 years ago. This was a result of the Representation of the People Act, which was passed on February 6, 1918 but came after much campaigning by suffragettes - many of whom were were jailed while fighting for the right to vote. See a summary of coverage available on Twitter Moments, and select opinion pieces on BBC News, The Independent and Cosmopolitan UK on what remains to be done.
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Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi used her "one minute" provided to her as House leader and talked for eight hours and seven minutes, urging Speaker Paul Ryan to ensure a vote to protect DREAMers - young undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. DREAMers had been protected from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but the program was rescinded by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in September of last year. See Twitter Moments for highlights from Pelosi's filibuster-style speech.
Maclean's at a higher price point for men to reflect pay gap between men and women
Canadian news magazine Maclean's provided this week's issue with two separate covers and at two different prices - one at $8.81 for men, and the other at its regular price of $6.99 - to reflect and bring awareness to the 26 per cent gap between full-time wages paid to men and women in Canada. The $1.82 price differential will be donated to Indspire, a Indigenous-led registered charity that invests in the education of Indigenous people - a group for whom the pay gap is most extreme.
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That's it! Go forth and shit disturb for the greater good.
About Kind Deeds Making the Internet
Each Friday (or so), I will post highlights of cool people doing kind things that popped up in the news or in social media that week. Hopefully this will be inspirational in helping us all think about who we would like to acknowledge with gratitude, kudos or thanks. For future weekly highlights, be sure to send me anything you think would make for interesting reading.
Each Friday (or so), I will post highlights of cool people doing kind things that popped up in the news or in social media that week. Hopefully this will be inspirational in helping us all think about who we would like to acknowledge with gratitude, kudos or thanks. For future weekly highlights, be sure to send me anything you think would make for interesting reading.
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