I’m so happy today. I finally got my federal police check (6 weeks after applying!) and now have all the other documentation I need to apply for a U.S. tourist visa. Four years down the track, and two denied visa applications, my heart is telling me that this time it’ll work! My visa interview is in one week!
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Blackbird Raum - Witches
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My 1st Needlepoint on Flickr.
…and I spelled ‘resistance’ wrong! At least it wasn’t a tattoo…
And “existence.”
Wow…what a bad spelling day. It’s kind of hilarious! Let the unpicking begin…
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We request the refunding for critical support services and counselling for criminalised women pre and post release prison in North Queensland by the LNP who cut the funding last week.
Why is this important? Criminalised women have the highest rate of sexual and physical abuse perpetrated against them in our community. Due to this horrendous abuse women turn to self medication with illiiegal drugs and / or alcohol. Nearly 60% of the women have a mental illness.
In Townsville women’s prison over 80% of women are Aboriginal and over 90% of the women cannot read and write. These issues have to be addressed, so that women when released into the community can move on with their lives and not return to drug and alcohol abuse and offending to feed their addiction.
Housing is also a fundamental part of their success on release. The support of our services assists women in healing their traumas and practical needs so when released they can reconnect with their children and families and move towards their goals and being a part of their communities.
(via Save Sisters Inside | CommunityRun)
Sister’s Inside is founded and run by primarily ex-inmate women and some lawyers. It’s been an internationally recognized success model of a service that helps;
- inmate mothers and their children re-establishing or maintain functional relationships during/after imprisonment.
- improved prospects of literacy, safe accommodation and finding work on release.
Allowing how many female inmates in Qld are ATSI women being punished for defending themselves in domestic violence situations, or arrested for petty ‘offences’ related to homelessness, this being top of the list for service shut down tells you exactly where real state priorities are.
Probably not coincidentally: they host the Is Prison Obsolete? Conferences, being one of the few regional public forums about changing the overall high imprisonment of marginalized people, not just services.
Oz folk - pls. signal boost on your other networks, not many politics Oz folk on tumblr. Non-Oz folk - ATSI = Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. Native + Black.
Click on the image to sign the petition!
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Portal To The Future? on Flickr.
Photo 189 of 365
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Have you ever been to the beautiful community of Flagstaff, AZ? If you have, you know something special is in the air. The people of Flagstaff are welcoming and friendly, you can see nature around you nearly wherever you are, and the air is fresh as can be. Even if you haven’t been, you have probably heard about the beautiful environment that surrounds the city.
When most people think of Flagstaff, they may think of college (NAU), or the wonderful hot cup of vegan hot chocolate at Macys. But when we think of Flagstaff, we think of the sacred San Francisco Peaks and the community of resistance to save the beautiful mountains. The campaign to save the San Francisco Peaks has been going on for years, but it has been increasingly active the past year. Right now, the legal campaign to save the peaks is all tied up in the courts, but that hasn’t stopped the passion of the community who decided to take action into their own hands and lock down in an act of civil disobedience. Acts of civil disobedience have successfully halted the daily clear-cutting and pipeline excavation plans on multiple occasions costing Snowbowl, the company at fault a substantial amount of money and resulting in nearly 30 arrests of activists in the past year alone.
After our trip to Flagstaff, and discussing the situation with Jeneda and Clayson, we knew we wanted to help. We decided that we wanted to put together a benefit shirt that do two things; Help with the legal fund of those who locked down, and spread the word about the desecration of the sacred San Francisco Peaks. Our friend Matt Gauck was able to create what we had in mind perfectly with this beautiful design! We are really excited to present the shirt to you all, and we hope you like it too! We hope it helps spread the message of the ‘Save The Peaks’ campaign and we hope you help as well! Feel free to click the picture of the shirt to be brought to our store. Thank you for your time, and we hope you help us raise money for a good cause! The shirts are %100 organic cotton / USA made/sweatshop free!
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» there's our catastrophe: w/r/t this whole thing (people getting mad at natalie dee for saying...
w/r/t this whole thing (people getting mad at natalie dee for saying cupcake-baking housewife-drag 50s revival is kind of weird and stupid and antifeminist)
Does anybody remember the time that super-annoying fashion blogger Gala Darling or whatever her name was was out in public in ostentatious…
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Project 365 - Month 6 on Flickr.
Month 6 of taking a photo a day for a year. Just 6 more months to go…
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Brunswick St Shop Window on Flickr.
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Silver Princess Bark on Flickr.
Photo 177 of 365
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From Rebel Press in Aotearoa
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From Occupy The Trees in Eugene, OR.
