http://www.fatcatvideo.net/ Watch and Share videos and photos from all over the web! http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Argotic Syndication Framework 2008.0.2.0, http://www.codeplex.com/Argotic Tue, 22 May 2012 05:34:11 GMT Tammy Johnson teases the criticisms of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayors statement on Latina empathy and the role of the courts. By the same gotcha logic, Tammy would fire Alito and Scalia and shes just getting started. As posted to RaceWire www.racewire.org quotes: www.huffingtonpost.com http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=kqtBfhHU0yE Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT When a disaster strikes in Southern California, the effects to residents will be devastating, especially in communities of color. A ColorLines Magazine special investigation. This video was originally released in August 2006. http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=4a2HWnjeE0k Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Racial inequity has our economy rigged. In this report from Applied Research Center, we show how the past's racism has led to the present-day crisis, how people of color are hit hardest in any economy, and that the only path to national recovery for all is to change the rules by addressing these inequities head-on. Read the full report at www.arc.org thanks to Sandra Hines of Moratorium Now ( moratorium-mi.org ) and Shaw San Liu of Chinese Progressive Association (http ). http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=NxQrqS2mgcg Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT In this companion video to the Applied Research Center's April 2009 report on childcare policy and practices, ARC Research Director Dom Apollon speaks out against the "legalized neglect" of low-income children occurring in fourteen states that provide exemptions from childcare standards and regulations to unlicensed daycare centers, and also in other states like California whose oversight funding is woefully inadequate. For more, see www.arc.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=95j67Sjc5c0 Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT The national debate surrounding gun laws went up a notch or two after the April 5th Binghamton, New York incident. In New York state legislators are proposing a new bill that would require more regulation of ownership. (Article link www.wetmtv.com ) But what is too often missing from these debates is the investment in public services that provide adequate, timely and culturally appropriate mental health services. And we shouldnt dismiss the role that local leaders play in ensuring that a constructive community healing process is in place. Binghamton City Councilwoman, Lea Webb, eloquently makes this point. As posted to racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=HGbP3v2rp-Y Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT After the first hundred days, Obama has his cheerleaders, naysayers, and even haters. But talk is cheap. As Tammy Johnson says here, this movement is about the justice that we make by working together. As posted to arc.org and racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=Kxq2G0un0zM Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT In this vlog, Tammy Johnson calls out the Obama administration's boycott of the United Nations' World Conference Against Racism, Durban II. Obama is in a unique and powerful position to address racism and inequality in the world; instead, his attitude toward Durban II represents a continuation of Bush-era policies that turn a blind eye to injustice. As posted to RaceWire: www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=4Z8s1vevvmw Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT As these interactions with hospitals across America illustrate, hospitals across America that are legally required to have language access programs in place for non-English speakers are falling short on their legal duty. Meanwhile, people in need of help are suffering. Hospitals that do not provide adequate interpretation services are breaking the law. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits hospitals that receive federal funding (such as Medicaid and Medicare) from discriminating against anyone based on race, color or country of national origin, and Supreme Court decisions have clarified that recipients of federal funding must provide language access. For more information, check out Northwest Federation of Community Organizations ( nwfco.org ), and SEIU's Healthcare Equality Project ( healthcareequalityproject.org ). As posted to RaceWire: www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=ySmlmdbcm6k Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Katie Grieco, Vice President of Operations and New Developments of Craft Restaurants speaking at The New York City Summit on Race and Gender in the Restaurant Industry 2009. Local community and restaurant industry leaders gathered for a NYC summit to address racial and sex discrimination in the industry at Tom Collichio's Craftsteak Restaurant. http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=O1VG7M0-iXQ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Rhoda, a longtime Oakland resident, remembers fallen officer Sergeant Mark Dunakin as a irreplaceable member of her community, and as a needed role model for her sons. At the same time, she knows all too well that the unjust conditions surrounding the OPD's relationship with Oakland's underserved communities -- like those leading to the death of Oscar Grant -- are still at large. As Oakland mourns, its police and its communities are called upon for an honest assessment of their relationship. As posted to Racewire: www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=KrW7F13PZRU Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT ColorLines' Tammy Johnson applauds the Obama administration's move to reform drug policy to a health-based approach, and lays down some figures on our current laws' unjust impact on communities of color. As posted to Racewire: www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=0El9PG0KiXs Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Colorlines Magazine's Tammy Johnson, with the aid of a whiteboard, puts the foreclosure crisis in a historical context. Tammy shows the connection between the government's past restrictive covenants and the banks' present-day lending policies toward communities of color, and shows how those techniques of exploitation are now being applied to poor and middle-class whites. As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org Sources cited in this video www.centerforsocialinclusion.org http http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=ErCP3fYlLgM Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Priority Africa Network's Nunu Kidane discusses America's destructively racialized refugee policy, and calls out the disparity between intentions and actions towards countries in need. As posted to Racewire: www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=DJHKQXFuVdk Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Watch video of The Accidental American authors Rinku Sen and Fekkak Mamdouh with actor Danny Glover discussing immigrant rights in New Orleans. http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=dPE0WWVhiFQ Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Tammy Johnson gives kudos to journalist and author Tavis Smiley, who is not another spin doctor delivering talking points from a press release. Smiley, through his books and his annual State of the Black Union Summit, is clearly on a mission to refocus the public debate on race to one that holds government accountable for its policies, and that gives agency to communities of color. As posted to Racewire: www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=tCDIHh1GqLE Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Generations Ahead's Sujatha Jesudason pushes back against the bad science that ties bogus racial genetics to health issues, and breaks down how this framework overlooks real environmental and health care access inequities. As posted to Racewire: www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=EolhV509GK8 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Applied Research Center's Tammy Johnson discusses her dismay with President Obama's use of racially coded language in his speech to the Congress, and how coded language's presence only serves to illustrate the need for policies that proactively lift up our vulnerable communties. As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=f_mXYRnkxO8 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Ian Kim of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights calls for advocacy groups to join forces to ensure that the stimulus money gets put into green-collar jobs initiatives at all levels of government, to strengthen our most vulnerable communities, and to create sustainable industries for our new century. www.ellabakercenter.org As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=sMb6ykOckLE Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT ARC's Seth Wessler sits down with Vincent, a Detroit native who finds himself unemployable because of a prison sentence he served 25 years ago. Vincent is one of millions of qualified, dedicated workers made unfairly jobless and vulnerable to exploitation by an incarceration system with no statute of limitations. The need for incarceration reform is one of many factors that hurts our economy and keeps our communities of color at a perpetual disadvantage. Photos courtesy of www.flickr.com under a Creative Commons license. As posted to Racewire.org. www.racewire.org http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=ZzEVfIu39G4 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT ARC's Tammy Johnson and AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka discuss what the Employee Free Choice Act means for the racial justice movement, and the AFL-CIO's endorsement of ARC's Compact for Racial Justice. As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org Read and sign the Compact at http http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=YffX14CdYOU Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Ashley Nellis, research analyst from The Sentencing Project in Washington, DC tell us about the importance of racial impact statements. http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=_VnxWH_Qo8A Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT ARC's Tammy Johnson and AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka discuss organized labor's history of supporting racial justice, in the context of his powerful speech decrying latent racism against Obama, and the AFL-CIO's endorrsement of ARC's Compact for Racial Justice. As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org Read and sign the Compact at http http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=-3KxkSE9csc Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT On January 21st, 2009, over a thousand immigrant rights supporters gathered to march to ICE and demand an end to raids and call for just and humane immigration reform. As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org http http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=jcUoX_5LWJo Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Washington DC, New York City, Chicago, Oakland -- The first Black Presidency, the end of a failed Administration, and a nation in crisis sees an huge outpouring of optimism and common purpose on Inauguration Day. Colorlines spoke with people across the country about turning this page in our history, and the work required to write the next chapters. As posted to Racewire. www.racewire.org http http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=8DmwrZGhkvU Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT Over a million people filled the mall in the nation's capitol for this historic inauguration. Colorlines cameras were on the streets to ask people why they came to DC and what are their hopes for the next four years. Video shot by Jorge Rivas and edited by Channing Kennedy. As posted to Racewire. www.racewire.org http http://www.fatcatvideo.net/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=WAlSESpQg5U Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT