Year: 2010

Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family

Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family
— Columbus Dispatch reports: “Judge decides to keep teen in foster care until she decides to go home or turns 18”
— “Franklin County Children Services will retain temporary custody of Rifqa, who is living in a foster home. She likely will stay in foster care until her 18th birthday on Aug. 10, after which she is an adult and free to live where she chooses.”
— “Another attorney for Rifqa, Kort Gatterdam, read from a statement that both parties agreed to.”
— ” ‘Rifqa and her parents love and respect each other,’ he began, adding that counseling was thought to be the best solution.”

— Runaway teen convert and parents end dispute

— “Can Counseling Prevent a Potential Honor Killing? The Rifqa Bary Case” – by Phyllis Chesler

Columbus, Ohio - Rifqa Bary (right) talks to attorney Angela M. Lloyd (left) at December 22 hearing (Columbus Dispatch / Tom Dodge)
Columbus, Ohio - Rifqa Bary (right) talks to attorney Angela M. Lloyd (left) at December 22 hearing (Columbus Dispatch / Tom Dodge)

Nigeria: Continuing Violence, Killing of Christians and Muslims in Jos Riots

— BBC: Nigeria religious riots ‘kill scores’ in Jos
— BBC: “At least 149 people have been killed during two days of violence between Christian and Muslim gangs in the Nigerian city of Jos, officials say.”
— AFP: Nearly 200 die in fresh Nigeria religious clashes
— Catholic News: “Forty killed after attack on Nigerian Catholic church”
— London Times: “Nigerian Army ordered in as 200 die in Christian-Muslim riots”
— London Times: “Some say that Muslim youths set fire to a church, while others say young Christians violently protested over the building of a mosque in a Christian district.”
— Christian Science Monitor: “What’s behind Christian-Muslim fighting in Nigeria?”
— Voice of America: “Religious Violence Flares Again in Nigerian City”
— CNN: “Scores die in Nigeria religious violence”
— Daily Telegraph: “Dozens killed as Muslim and Christian gangs clash in Nigeria”
— Daily Independent: Nigeria: Christian Elders Condemn Attacks On Churches in Jos
— NEXT: Jonathan orders troops to Jos religious crisis
— NEXT: Violence spreads in Jos, 24-hour curfew imposed
— NEXT: Jos Upheaval Timeline
— IRIN: Thousands Displaced in Jos Riots
— Daily Trust: Nigeria: Jos Crisis – Imam, Deputy Speaker Appeal for Calm

Chicago: Attorney K. Reilly Smith Seeks to Create White Nationalist “Clubs” in America

“White nationalist” “hate group” American Renaissance is seeking to expand its membership throughout the United States, with a plan to create local “clubs,” “for white people like me,” according to American Renaissance contributor and “attorney” K. Reilly Smith.

In the February 2010 issue of American Renaissance’s (AR) newsletter, Smith advises “white nationalists” on “How to Build Your Own AR Club.”  Smith tells how he and other supporters decided at a previous AR biannual conference to meet and create their own “club.”

Smith created a group called the “Chicagoland Friends of AR,” and seeks to advise supporters of the “white nationalist” AR group how to create similar local groups.  Smith’s “Chicagoland Friends of AR” promotes the “white nationalist” American Renaissance, VDARE, and other groups including one that the Chicago AR “club” describes as “A very useful forum for those who wish to preserve the traditional American (read: white) way of life.”  Smith uses the “club” to help solicit tax-deductible donations for the “white nationalist” American Renaissance group.

In his February 2010 AR newsletter, Smith also advises supporters of the “white nationalist” AR group “how the AR staff can discretely assist in bringing local subscribers in contact.”

Smith has previously had his own blog, which he used to promote Sarah Palin.  But from American Renaissance Smith’s perspective, the only value of Sarah Palin’s candidacy was “an implicit appeal to whiteness.”

We support our unqualified, universal human rights for all.  We urge white supremacist and “white nationalist” supporters to drop the burden of the hate of supremacism from their hearts, and to rejoin the family of humanity in support of our universal human rights.   Choose love, not hate.

More on American Renaissance

Virginia: “White Nationalist” Hate Group to Meet in Dulles Area – February 19 through 21

Additional Resources:

— R.E.A.L. Postings on Racial Supremacism

— R.E.A.L. August 28, 2009 – “We Have a Responsibility to Equality and Liberty”
— at the Robert E. Lee Memorial — Text, Video

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DC: MLK Service Event – Annual Blanket Drive Distribution Day

The Washington DC Urban League is holding an annual blanket drive distribution day on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 18, 2010:

MLK Service Event – Annual Blanket Drive Distribution Day
A Day Off From Work Is A Day ON for The Community

Host: THURSDAY NETWORK – Greater Washington Urban League Young Professionals
Type: Causes – Rally
Date: Monday, January 18, 2010
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: GWUL HQ
Street: 2901 14th St NW
City/Town: Washington, DC

Every year, during the holiday season, Thursday Network collects gently used blankets and new toiletries for the Greater Washington area’s homeless community to use during the cold winter months.

Join Thursday Network for our Annual Blankets & Toiletries for the Homeless Drive & Distribution Event on MLK Day. It’s a day off from work but it’s a Day On for our community!

Donations of Blankets and Toiletries will be accepted between 8:30 and 9:30 AM at the Greater Washington Urban League building.

Donations of the following items are needed:

– Warm Blankets (gently used or new)
– Toiletries – no larger than travel size:
* Travel Size bars of soap
* Travel size containers of shampoo
* Travel size containers of conditioner
*Travel size containers of mouthwash
*Travel size tubes of toothpaste
*Travel size containers of anti-bacterial hand sanitizer
*Travel size packets of tissue

Volunteers are needed for the following tasks:

– Sorting/dividing donated blankets (3-4 ppl.)
– Sorting/preparing toiletries pack (3-4 ppl.)
– Sorting/preparing snack packs (food TBD) (3-4 ppl.)
– Drivers to escort volunteers around the city (3-4 ppl. per car/SUV including driver)

Volunteers and Volunteer Drivers are asked to arrive no later than 9:00 AM.

Please contact Starr Barbour at CSEvents@thursdaynetwork.org to indicate your availability and desired duties on the day of the event and/or what you plan to donate.