Projects tagged "sit-ins"

Sit-in at Veterans Memorial
Practitioner:
Veterans for Peace
Date:
Oct 7 2014
The Veterans Memorial in New York City, located at 55 Water Street, closes every day at 10pm. However, veterans often find themselves wanting to come to the memorial at all hours of the day and night. The organization Veterans for Peace organizes a sit-in every year on October 7th to protest their limited access to the memorial. That's not the only aim of the action, though.
Favorite 
0
Bersih 3.0: Malaysians mobilize for clean elections
Practitioner:
Bersih
Date:
Apr 30 2012
Following the huge turnout of Bersih 2.0 in 2011, Bersih 3.0 returned on April 28 with renewed vigour and determination to make the voices of Malaysians heard. Meaning ‘clean’ in Malay, Bersih calls for clean and fair elections in a country fed up with problems of electoral
Favorite 
1