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UW Critical and Activist ScholarshipArchive for April 12, 2011
SOLE: Day of/Break the Silence
As a conclusion to the National Day of Silence, local student activist group Students Organizing for LGBTQ Equality (SOLE) will be closing the day by showcasing one of the more expressive forms of speech: poetry. From 7:00 – 10:00pm this Friday, April 15 in Red Square on the UW Seattle campus, there will be a night of outdoor poetry and spoken word. Please sign up here if you would like to perform!
“This event will conclude the Day of Silence, a day when LGBTQ folks and their allies choose to stay silent to symbolize the voices that are silenced by anti-LGBTQ slurs, bullying, and harassment.
Breaking the Silence will be a night of poetry and spoken word, with some scheduled performers as well as an open mic section. Anybody from the University community will be able to perform, and poets from Manic Mouth Congress are specifically invited to participate. Poets are encouraged to speak on bullying and queer issues.”
USAS: Sodexo Truth Tour
This upcoming Thursday, 14 April from 5:30 – 7:00pm in Savery 260 on the UW Seattle campus, United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) will be host a “truth trial” to feature Carina Mieses, an employee of Sodexo who has traveled all the way from the Dominican Republic, as part of a national Truth Tour. The campaign to kick Sodexo off of campuses nationwide is running strong (you can read more about the local fight here, and check out the national USAS site for context).
Here’s the full notice for the event: “Come hear from Carina Mieses, a Sodexo worker from the Dominican Republic, as she exposes the truth about Sodexo’s global human rights abuses. Carina’s presence at the UW is part of a nationwide Sodexo Truth Tour that students have organized after 18 months of intense campaigning to transform Sodexo’s labor practices by urging universities to sever contracts with the company.
BUT WHY SODEXO?? Sodexo is the 22nd biggest company in the world and serves more food to U.S. college students than any other company. BUT it pays sub-poverty wages and flouts workers’ freedom of association worldwide, including on many US campuses.
Sodexo does NOT deserve to do business with OUR university. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT!”
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