Tag: Solidarity

Berlin, Germany —Thousands of Germans gathered in Berlin to show their solidarity with Israel. The rally, which was organized by the German-Israeli Society of Berlin and Brandenburg, was held in response to a recent upsurge in anti-Semitic violence in Germany. At the rally, speakers co...

In a remarkable display of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, a ‘Freedom Convoy for Palestine’ has embarked on a journey from Istanbul, Turkey, to Incirlik Base. This symbolic and peaceful initiative aims to draw attention to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and express support for ...

Far too often we hear about gay and trans people who have nowhere to go at this time of year — no warm family home to return to, to catch up with parents and siblings over a festive meal and the shared joy of opening presents on Christmas day — all because of who they are. I am eterna...

According to the University of Michigan’s Virulent Hate Project, a report on news articles about instances of anti-Asian hate in 2020, 75% of perpetrators of physical attacks — and 89.6% of perpetrators of all forms of anti-Asian harassment — were white. These findin...

2020 was a major year in the fight for racial justice. Following former President Donald Trump’s scapegoating of China and Asian individuals for the COVID-19 pandemic, hate incidents against Asian Americans increased considerably. At the same time, there were several unjust murders of Afr...

Our communities have always engaged and learned from one another, including many in the Asian American community who followed in the footsteps of pioneering Black leaders in the civil rights movement. In fact, the term “Asian American” was first coined in the 1960s due to inspi...

Did Black Americans take a pledge of blind loyalty that I'm not aware of? Based on comments made by some in the Jewish community, Black people owe them solidarity for their role in the civil rights movement. And after many Black scholars expressed solidarity for Palestinians in Gaza, some have r...

Ifyou’re wondering why some Black Americans have expressed solidarity with Palestinian people in Gaza, you should consider this slice of American history, ranging from the final years of chattel slavery until the early days of the Reconstruction era. Abraham Lincoln, the country’s 16th P...

In 1915, running from genocide, my great-grandparents Noina and Abraham abruptly left Urmia, Iran. Some know this as the Armenian genocide but Assyrians too were killed in mass, and they call it the Seyfo. My great-grandmother, 22, my age, was separated from her parents and never saw them again. Rum...

We at the Nellie Mae Education Foundation stand in solidarity with the Asian American Pacific Islander community across the nation, condemning the hate crimes that are being perpetuated by white supremacist and misogynist ways of thinking and acting. To claim that these acts were not racially motiva...

In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee and his team at CERN came up with a language to create the internet, HTTP, or Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. The innovation allowed one computer on the internet to talk to, or link with, another one, such that over time, as websites proliferated, they could be connected into w...

When we talk about social stratification, we are talking about how people are ranked in society, in addition to their access to social mobility. There are two types of systems — class and caste — and what we learned from Isabel Wilkerson is that we need to utilize our critical ...

One criticism of Durkheim’s theory of solidarity is that it is too focused on the positive effects of interdependence. Durkheim was interested in the benefits that could be wrought from a transition out of mechanical and into organic solidarity, arguing that a shift towards interdependence wou...

Offering support and encouragement is a significant part of interpersonal relationships. In German, expressing support can strengthen bonds, offer comfort, and motivate others. Whether you’re comforting a friend, encouraging a colleague, or showing solidarity, using the right words is key. Let...