Dave Carver of New Jersey was a senior pharmaceutical executive with decades of experience in federally regulated data and software, with a gift for spotting anomalies and irregularities in data. As a longtime volunteer sports coach, he also knows how to build a multi-partisan team. These two skill sets have merged into Dave’s mission in his retirement to ensure the...
Wisconsin’s election code unequivocally bans ballot drop boxes in the Badger State. Yet after the Wisconsin Election Commission overstepped every aspect of its authority by allowing ballot drop boxes in the 2020 election, three Wisconsin State Supreme Court justices disagreed that state law was binding in the case of drop boxes. Fortunately for Wisconsin voters, the...
As Thomas Jefferson accurately noted, “the price of liberty is eternal vigilance.” This includes citizen involvement in election integrity and reporting any irregularities. Recently in The Villages, Florida, an anonymous vote integrity activist reported voting discrepancies to the Secretary of State. Three individuals are now being investigated for allegedly voting...
“Activist New York”Museum of the City of New York1220 Fifth AvenueThrough August 2012 “Vote Yes on Woman Suffrage.” “Apathy is Fatal to Freedom.” “The Other 99%.” These declarations charting the trajectory of social justice movements in the city can be found at the exhibition “Activist New York” as part of a digital display showing several generations’ worth of...
Two strikers from the Ladies Tailors union stand on the picket line during the 1910 “Uprising of the 20,000” garment workers strike in New York City. (Bain News Service/Library of Congress) Curating social movements. ‘Activist New York’ does not just archive and reflect the city’s activist history; it helps ensure that this history becomes part of the collective...
July 5, 2012 The Brian Lehrer Show is featuring photos from the Activist NY exhibit and looking for your comments. The exhibit is in the new Puffin Foundation Gallery at the Museum of the City of NY. Take a look. The Museum of the City of New York has a new exhibit, “Activist New York”, exploring the rich history of how New Yorkers push for change. We’ll post a few...
April 7, 2017 LaborArts and the Remember The Triangle Fire CoalitionInvite You To The Seventh Annual Clara Lemlich AwardsMay 1, 20176:30 – 8:30 pmMuseum of the City of New York1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd StreetRefreshments, Music Last spring we honored five unsung women who’ve devoted their lives to the greater good, in the tradition of Clara Lemlich following the...
First Nations Celebrates Native Civil Rights Activist Elizabeth Peratrovich Elizabeth Peratrovich LONGMONT, Colo. (February 10, 2021) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) will be closed Tuesday, February 16, 2021, in honor of Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, an annual event that recognizes Elizabeth Jean Peratrovich (Tlingit), a civil rights activist who...
This story was originally published by The Assembly, in solidarity with Abolition Week: The Bars We Can’t See. It was lunchtime at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, New York, and the cafeteria was teeming with men chattering as they ate. Craig Waleed was there too, but the 21-year-old inmate wasn’t eating. September 9, 1990, was the 19th...
Elizabeth Peratrovich Day is February 16! “Even after having years of history to look at and learn from, men of today still have to be reminded of basic rights that everyone deserves. People still act like they are savages even though civilization should have learned the lesson of equality long ago.” – Elizabeth Peratrovich Governor Gruening (seated) signs the anti...