Know Your Rights with the Police! Workshop

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING

Do you know when police are and are not allowed to search you?
Do you know when you have to answer an officer’s questions?
By fully understanding our rights, we can protect ourselves against unjust police practices.
Join us for a free “Know Your Rights” workshop to learn the basics of  asserting your rights when dealing with the police.

February 11, 2011 3:30-5pm
Arise for Social Justice
467 State Street in Springfield
Free and open to all

This workshop is brought to you by the Community Coalition for Justice. We are a group of community members and organizations working to stop police brutality in Springfield and to increase police
accountability to the community.  Questions? Want to get involved?  Contact community.coalition.for.justice@gmail.com or call Arise at 413-734-4948 or 413-519-5964.

.. Elle Magazine: Apologize for Trying to 'Whiten' Indian Skin

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It looks like Elle had quite the white Christmas.
Bollywood actor and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is featured on the cover of Elle Magazine looking far paler than she is in real life. Most fans are up in arms and an appalled Ms. Bachchan is considering a lawsuit against the magazine.
Consumers have long been inundated with ads that use prominent Bollywood actors to promote skin-lightening products. In a country that produces gorgeous women of color, it is sad that Ms. Rai-Bachchan, who is relatively light-skinned, is one of the very few with some cross-over appeal. To see magazines like Elle further enforce the color hierarchy of crossover appeal by making Aishwarya appear lighter-skinned is a slap in the face.
This is the second racial debacle surrounding Elle. The American version was criticized for its October 2010 issue, which featured actress Gabourey Sidibeon on one of its four celebrity covers with noticeably lighter skin than her natural complexion.
Lets tell Elle Magazine to make a commitment to moving away from using white as a standard for beauty, and demand a public statement and apology.
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