This is the story of how we planned and pulled off the first City of Houston Hackathon. It has an ensemble cast filled with software developers, elected officials, policy wonks, civic innovators, bagels, and bahn mi. And like so many good stories, this one begins at a bar.
(Source: kevincurry)
Stop Monsanto - Occupy Austin Overpass Light Brigade (by SocialJusticeNOW)
Occupy Austin in Photo (by masondixondfx)
An Earth Day poster assignment for school. This took me so long to finish cause I was being anal about the colors and I really don’t know anything about digital D: But yeah, BEEESSSS.
Monday, March 11
2pm, Augmented Reality and Activism Discussion
https://www.facebook.com/events/119705798214182/
https://www.facebook.com/events/535844116438813/
Tuesday, March 12
More than 70 cities will be protesting corporations that are part of a secretive lobby group called the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, that helps corporate interests literally write our laws.
Reblog if you support #F29 - Shut Down the Corporations!
More info & links to spread the word about ALEC’s mission to turn our Representative Democracy into Theocratic Feudalism…
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a “corporate front-group” that represents the interests of big-name corporations by drafting legislation for state lawmakers. ALEC, which has the support of conservative heavy-hitters like Koch Industries, Walmart, and ExxonMobil, has written close to 800 model bills as templates for legislators on a wide range of issues.
ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection, The Nation Magazine
ALEC Funding, PRWatch
American Legislative Exchange Council, SourceWatch
Climate Denial Report on ALEC and Exxon Funding for ALEC, Greenpeace
Governing the Nation from the Statehouses, Progressive States Network
Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, Common Cause
ALEC: The Voice of Corporate Special Interests In State Legislatures, People for the American Way
Corporate America’s Trojan Horse in the States, Defenders of Wildlife and the Natural Resources Defense Council
ALEC Behind Voter Disenfranchisement Efforts, Center for American Progress
Ghostwriting the Law for Corporate America: American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
The American Association for Justice Report on ALEC (PDF) May 2010
The Corporations Funding The Annual Meeting of ALEC Think Progress
Court Case Involving Occupy Protesters Resolved
Back in December of 2011, six members of Occupy Austin were arrested and charged with felonies for using PVC pipe and chains during a protest at the Port of Houston. It turned out that the people who built the restraints and encouraged the Occupiers to use them were Austin police officers undercover as members of the Occupy movement. Now, Harris County prosecutors have dropped the felony charges and the defendants have instead plead guilty to misdemeanors. Greg Gladden represented Ronnie Garza, one of the protesters originally charged with a felony.
All the defendants agreed to sentences that included time-served. Gladden says the fight to reduce the charges was worth it.
Occupy Southby.org
