Cross posted from A WITNESS blog This post was written by Joseph Huff-Hannon a campaign manager with All Out. All Out is a new international campaigning organization dedicated to building a movement to accelerate full equality for LGBT people. – At no other time have global LGBT issues been making headline news so frequently—from the [...]

January 12, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: All Out, b-listed, breakthrough, human rights, lgbt, Video dispatch, WITNESS | Comments Off

While we know that Time magazine’s selection for “Person of the Year” can often times be controversial, it’s always surprising when the official announcement is made and the winner or runner-up draws some degree of criticism. Such has been the case with today’s announcement that one of the runners-up to 2010 winner, Facebook founder Mark [...]

December 15, 2010 by Michelle | Tags: 2010, b-listed, batwa, breakthrough, burundi, Facebook, human rights, I AM THIS LAND, mark zuckerberg, person of the year, politics, Tea Party | Comments Off

Following years of discussion surrounding The DREAM Act (The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act,) lawmakers are finally facing a vote on the issue in the upcoming lame duck session of Congress. The DREAM Act, legislation drafted by both Republicans and Democrats, would give smart, motivated and passionate students, who were brought to [...]

December 3, 2010 by Michelle | Tags: b-activists, b-listed, breakthrough, Capitol Hill, Congress, education, human rights, immigration, lame duck session, Landscape, legislation, march, protests, rally, The DREAM Act, Trail of Dreams | Comments Off

An elusive French artist known to the world as “JR” has come to be synonymous with larger than life street art that makes bold statements about freedom and identity in cities around the world. His work, which has been called “pervasive art,” comprises of  enormous black-and-white photographs of people who are surviving abuse, conflict, violence [...]

October 25, 2010 by ishita | Tags: 2011 TED Prize, Africa, artist, Bill Clinton, Bono, Brazil, Cambodia, Favelas, French artist, guerilla art, india, Israel, Jamie Oliver, Jr., new york times, Palestine, pervasive art, photography, street theatre, TED, Women Are Heroes | Comments Off

“If there are 14, 15, 16 year olds…12, 13 year olds watching this video, what I would love you to take away from it really is that IT GETS BETTER. However bad it is now, it gets better. And it can get great, it can get awesome. Your life can be amazing but you have [...]

October 1, 2010 by ishita | Tags: b-listed, Billy Lucas, blisted, breakthrough, Bullying, cyber bullying, Dan Savage, Gay, gay teenagers, harassment, High school bullying, homophobia, It Gets Better, It Gets Better project, lesbian, lgbt, LGBT youth, LGBTQ, MTV, new york times, teenage suicides, teens, transgender, Tyler Clementi, You Tube | Comments Off

If you haven’t heard, it’s the the International Day of Democracy!  As the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says, “Let us recognize that democratic governance is a yearning shared and voiced by people the world over.  Democracy is a goal in its own right, and an indispensable means for achieving development for all humankind.” We have [...]

September 15, 2010 by crissy spivey | Tags: b-activists, b-listed, breakthrough, Democracy Video Challenge, International Day of Democracy | Comments Off

We praise Judge Vaugn Walker’s ruling which overturned Prop 8 Wednesday because gay and lesbians have the constitutional right to get married. The laws are finally catching up with a popular culture that’s been celebrating for years what prop8 proponents would consider a “bad romance.” Lady Gaga tweeted, “At the moments notice of PROP 8 [...]

August 6, 2010 by Priya | Tags: Adam Lambert, Alliance Defense Fund, American Idol, Austin R. Nimocks, b-listed, breakthrough, California, due process, equal protection, gender, Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar, human rights, Judge Vaugn Walker, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Lady Gaga, lgbt, Proposition 8, Ricky Martin, Same Sex Marriage | Comments Off

We’ve kept you updated about Mel Gibson’s acts of sexism and domestic violence. While he is barred from coming near Oksana Grigorieva or her daughter due to a domestic violence restraining order, we wonder what role Hollywood has played in all this. Academy Award-winning actress, Geena Davis, has founded a non-profit (Geena Davis Institute on Gender [...]

July 23, 2010 by Priya | Tags: b-listed, Bell Bajao, breakthrough, Esta Soler, FVPF, GDIGM, Geena Davis, hollywood, human rights, I-VAWA, Media, Mel Gibson, Politico, pop culture, President Obama, rape, Ritu Sharma, Tribal Law and Order Act, UNIFEM, violence against women, Women Thrive Worldwide | Comments Off

Original post by Causecast Associate Editor, Erica Liepmann On Sunday, July 18, people around the world honored the legacy of South African leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nelson Mandela. The date was selected because it is Mandela’s birthday — and has been celebrated as the official “Nelson Mandela Day” for two years. In addition [...]

July 20, 2010 by crissy spivey | Tags: b-activists, breakthrough, Causecast, Erica Liepmann, Nelson Mandela Day | Comments Off

As our nation’s immigration issue as a result of Arizona’s law rises to a juicy debate, artists mull over the fact that messy politics is prolonging the injustices innocent people must face. Some major artists decides to draw borders in a ban of Arizona, and others are trying to draw people in to Arizona for [...]

July 14, 2010 by Priya | Tags: Arizona, Chuck D, dj spooky, Hard Music Festival, HoCo Fest, homepage, human rights, immigration, joe satriani, Joey Burns, Kanye West, Krist Novoselic, los tigres de norte, M.I.A., Massive Attack, Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, Restore Fairness, Rockerrazzi, SB 1070, Slutes, sonic youth, Swell Season, tenacious d, The Sound Strike, Zach de la Rocha | Comments Off