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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Wear Orange Day!
Stop Mass Incarceration Network Chicago
BRING THE OCTOBER MONTH OF RESISTANCE TO A POWERFUL CONCLUSION
WEAR ORANGE ON OCTOBER 30
On
October 30 people across the country will be wearing orange - as a
powerful visible symbol of opposition to mass incarceration.
On
campuses, in the streets, in high schools, at work, on public
transportation - everywhere you go that day, wear orange. Gather in
public spots in your city town or campus with groups of people in
orange, challenging others to join you and be part of the crew.
We
will be wearing Orange because it is the color prisoners are forced to
wear - from the torture chambers in Guantanamo, to the infamous SHU
units in California, to the work gangs on Texas prison farms, to teeming
youth detention centers coast to coast. We're wearing orange and
turning this around - orange will become the color of resistance, and
known for that far and wide in society. It will help galvanize and give
expression to our opposition.
This
country has the highest incarceration rate in world history. 2.4
million people, a huge number of them Black and Latino youth are in
prison. Black men are incarcerated at a rate over 6 times that of white
men, and given on average much higher sentences for the same offenses.
We live in a society that offers no future to masses of Black and Latino
youth except prison and punishment.
This
is unacceptable! Throughout October resistance has been mobilized to
the slow genocide of mass incarceration and police terror The month was
opened by taking the Pledge of Resistance in cities across the country.
This was followed by sermons in dozens of religious institutions;
symposiums at Columbia Univ, UC Berkeley and other campuses; more than a
thousand people gathering for Ferguson October and now we're coming off
a successful mobilization for October 22, the national Day of Protest
to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a
Generation. October 30 will be a day to make our resistance resonate
further thruout society and deliver a message to one and all that mass
incarceration and all its consequences must be stopped; and that we are
determined to STOP it!
Be creative. Be bold. Be determined. Make a lot of noise, get a lot of attention.
WEAR ORANGE OCTOBER 30! STOP MASS INCARCERATION!
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Illinois' Excessive Taxes on Cell Service, Is Your Internet Access Next?
Now this is a topic everyone who uses the internet should be having on a daily basis!
How would you feel if you had to pay taxes to surf, get info, check email, etc?
I certainly don't want to pay, what about you?
TAKE ACTION!
http://act.mywireless.org/page/speakout/internet-tax-freedom-act-itfa?utm_source=database-il&utm_medium=email&utm_content=noaction-button&utm_campaign=mackey-2014
www.mywireless.org/federal-issues/internet-access-taxes/?utm_source=database-il&utm_medium=email&utm_content=noaction-overview&utm_campaign=mackey-2014
We're with you. In some ways, the headline above gives us a sinking
feeling, too. It seems like the words "fail" and "habits" go
hand-in-hand — don't we all have at least one tendency (and often more)
that we obsess about and wish we could change, but just can't manage to
drop?
As it happens, SmartyPants is a company that's also fairly obsessed with finding the best solutions in health and wellness. We decided to dig into the research and figure out how to turn our bad habits into good ones once and for all.
Here are the things about human nature that keep us failing to change. Clear these five hurdles, and you're well on your way.
We think we can figure it out as we go
Going to just "wing it" and expect to totally revamp your drinking habits? It doesn't work that way. Research shows that specific plans are easier to achieve. For each behavior you want to change, devise a set of specific, realistic goals that help get you there. Maybe that's "I'm going to drink tea instead of wine" or "I'm going to yoga class instead of the bar."
Also, iron out the practicalities in advance. If your goal is to fend of the temptation to have a second glass of wine, then start brewing your tea before you bottoms-up the first glass. Habit changes go from mysterious to methodical, one practical step at a time.
It's really hard to recognize a habit, even when it's staring you in the face
In order to change a behavior, you have to be aware of when it's playing out, right? That's harder than it sounds. Habits, by nature, are activities that are automatic. We don't plan them in advance — they just happen on their own because it's the way you always do things. More of life is habitual that you might think. If you can believe it, research indicates that about 40 percent of our day-to-day behavior is habitual.
In order to change a habit, you have to stop it in its tracks. But how do you stage this intervention if you can't anticipate it? A good way to reveal the pattern of whatever habit you want to change is to shake your life up a bit. This shift can be as big as moving to a new town, or as small as rearranging your refrigerator. Suddenly, the previously omnipresent cues that were feeding your habit — overeating, for example — are gone, and you've got an opening for a new behavior.
As soon as we get frustrated, we stop trying
You're not alone! We all have the tendency to resist change to some extent — especially when the change means a break from the only way we've ever done things. The classic example: Succumbing to a single cupcake and letting it completely derail the healthy eating habits you've been working to develop for weeks.
It takes a LOT of repetition to create a new habit — 15 to 250 days' worth of repetition, in fact. It's important not to let the little, inevitable setbacks along the way turn into quitting time.
We want to change everything all at once
You know the infamous stats: Only 8% of people achieve their New Year's resolutions. A third don't even make it to February. Part of the problem? We want to revamp our diets, read more books, spend more time with family and cut the chain handcuffing us to our desks —all at the same time.
There's only so much willpower to devote to the challenge of change, so try to choose a single habit to focus on. Give it time. Once you're in the "maintenance" phase of your new behavior (that takes at least 6 months), you can set your sights on new habit #2.
We get down on ourselves
It's really hard to change, and it's human nature to blame and chastise yourself when you feel you are failing. In fact, negative self-talk is one of the most pervasive bad habits we all want to get rid of!
The thing is, telling ourselves we want to change our eating habits because we're fat and lack self-control won't get us very far. Study after study after study shows that true, long-lasting change is most possible when it's rooted in positive thinking. Leave your fears and regrets in the past and reframe your goals as healthy changes you're making because you're strong and you love yourself.
To learn more about how you change the internal dialogue around your health and habits, watch SmartyPants CEO Courtney Nichols Gould discuss the topic further.
www.mindbodygreen.com/0-15685/5-surprising-causes-of-your-cravings.html
How would you feel if you had to pay taxes to surf, get info, check email, etc?
I certainly don't want to pay, what about you?
TAKE ACTION!
http://act.mywireless.org/page/speakout/internet-tax-freedom-act-itfa?utm_source=database-il&utm_medium=email&utm_content=noaction-button&utm_campaign=mackey-2014
www.mywireless.org/federal-issues/internet-access-taxes/?utm_source=database-il&utm_medium=email&utm_content=noaction-overview&utm_campaign=mackey-2014
5 Reasons We Fail To Change Our Habits
As it happens, SmartyPants is a company that's also fairly obsessed with finding the best solutions in health and wellness. We decided to dig into the research and figure out how to turn our bad habits into good ones once and for all.
Here are the things about human nature that keep us failing to change. Clear these five hurdles, and you're well on your way.
We think we can figure it out as we go
Going to just "wing it" and expect to totally revamp your drinking habits? It doesn't work that way. Research shows that specific plans are easier to achieve. For each behavior you want to change, devise a set of specific, realistic goals that help get you there. Maybe that's "I'm going to drink tea instead of wine" or "I'm going to yoga class instead of the bar."
Also, iron out the practicalities in advance. If your goal is to fend of the temptation to have a second glass of wine, then start brewing your tea before you bottoms-up the first glass. Habit changes go from mysterious to methodical, one practical step at a time.
It's really hard to recognize a habit, even when it's staring you in the face
In order to change a behavior, you have to be aware of when it's playing out, right? That's harder than it sounds. Habits, by nature, are activities that are automatic. We don't plan them in advance — they just happen on their own because it's the way you always do things. More of life is habitual that you might think. If you can believe it, research indicates that about 40 percent of our day-to-day behavior is habitual.
In order to change a habit, you have to stop it in its tracks. But how do you stage this intervention if you can't anticipate it? A good way to reveal the pattern of whatever habit you want to change is to shake your life up a bit. This shift can be as big as moving to a new town, or as small as rearranging your refrigerator. Suddenly, the previously omnipresent cues that were feeding your habit — overeating, for example — are gone, and you've got an opening for a new behavior.
As soon as we get frustrated, we stop trying
You're not alone! We all have the tendency to resist change to some extent — especially when the change means a break from the only way we've ever done things. The classic example: Succumbing to a single cupcake and letting it completely derail the healthy eating habits you've been working to develop for weeks.
It takes a LOT of repetition to create a new habit — 15 to 250 days' worth of repetition, in fact. It's important not to let the little, inevitable setbacks along the way turn into quitting time.
We want to change everything all at once
You know the infamous stats: Only 8% of people achieve their New Year's resolutions. A third don't even make it to February. Part of the problem? We want to revamp our diets, read more books, spend more time with family and cut the chain handcuffing us to our desks —all at the same time.
There's only so much willpower to devote to the challenge of change, so try to choose a single habit to focus on. Give it time. Once you're in the "maintenance" phase of your new behavior (that takes at least 6 months), you can set your sights on new habit #2.
We get down on ourselves
It's really hard to change, and it's human nature to blame and chastise yourself when you feel you are failing. In fact, negative self-talk is one of the most pervasive bad habits we all want to get rid of!
The thing is, telling ourselves we want to change our eating habits because we're fat and lack self-control won't get us very far. Study after study after study shows that true, long-lasting change is most possible when it's rooted in positive thinking. Leave your fears and regrets in the past and reframe your goals as healthy changes you're making because you're strong and you love yourself.
To learn more about how you change the internal dialogue around your health and habits, watch SmartyPants CEO Courtney Nichols Gould discuss the topic further.
www.mindbodygreen.com/0-15685/5-surprising-causes-of-your-cravings.html
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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