Atlanta: “Keeping quiet is coward’s way out”
— AJC’s Rick Diguette : “A few months ago one of my neighbors mentioned that the Ku Klux Klan had done a lot of good ‘back in the day.'”
— “My silence and yours, if you’re guilty and will admit it, can only help prolong this country’s continued inability to address the issue of race.”
— “if you still stand by and say nothing when a friend or neighbor uses a racial slur — and no, it isn’t only white folks who use them — or praises an organization like the Ku Klux Klan, then you’ve still got some work to do”
— “Silence is golden, but only when we need to get some sleep. Now’s the time to wake up.”
Day: July 17, 2009
DC: 100,000 Protest Detention Chinese Christian Lawyer
100,000 Protest Detention Chinese Christian Lawyer
— “A petition calling for the release of a prominent Christian human rights lawyer, which was signed by some 100,000 people around the world, has been delivered to the Chinese embassy in Washington and the U.S. State Department, organizers said Friday, July 17.”
— “‘The signatures represent concerned citizens in the U.S. and around the world who are asking for the immediate release of Gao Zhisheng, a Christian human rights attorney who was kidnapped by Chinese officials on February 4,’ said advocacy group China Aid Association (CAA).”
— China Aid Association: Gao Zhisheng Petition Delivered to Chinese Embassy, U.S. State Department and CECC
— “Gao Zhisheng Petition Delivered; Chinese Embassy Says ‘Take it away!'”