Mois : janvier 2010

Media Matters – Media Fact Check

Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Research; TV; Press; Blog; Columns; Newsletter; Donate;
Address: Media Matters, 455 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20001;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Launched in May 2004, Media Matters for America put in place, for the first time, the means to systematically monitor a cross section of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation — news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda — every day, in real time.  Continuer la lecture de « Media Matters – Media Fact Check »

Action for Good Governance and Networking in India AGNI

  • AGNI is a voluntary movement and is non-political and non-sectarian. It networks citizen groups so as to create the democratic « numbers » that political systems cannot easily ignore. It works with government agencies for transparency and accountability in them.
  • Each organisation in the AGNI network maintains its own goals, character, structure and activities. AGNI promotes communication among them and collective assertion by them vis-à-vis political and administrative authorities … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Activities; Achievements; Photogallery; Support; Election Offices: City, Suburb;
Address: AGNI, Seva Niketan, Sir J. J. Road, Byculla, Mumbai – 400 008, INDIA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … HOW AGNI RUNS / FUNCTIONS: AGNI’s Board of Trustees manages the assets and finances of the Trust and frame broad policy. Continuer la lecture de « Action for Good Governance and Networking in India AGNI »

The CODE for Global Ethics

also in french: LE CODE POUR UNE ÉTHIQUE GLOBALE

Linked on our blogs with Rodrigue Tremblay – Canada, and with Economy USA 2010: From the Scandalous Past to the Uncertain Future.

… Tremblay was president of the Association canadienne de science économique (1974-75) and of the North American Economics and Finance Association (1986-87). He was chairman of the Department of Economics of the University of Montreal (1973-76) ), member of the Committee of Dispute Settlements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1989-93) and vice-president of the Association internationale des économistes de langue française (AIELF), from 1999 to 2005 … (full text about).

english Homepage;
The 10 humanist commandements; (the book’s) contents; Blog; CODE in Australia; Links;
Contact.

An excerpt from the Introduction: … Since our worldview affects how we interact with others, any moral code must be judged as to how its adherents treat other people and whether or not it improves people’s lives. Continuer la lecture de « The CODE for Global Ethics »

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ACT-UP

For meeting the challenge of the AIDS epidemic and its crisis of conscience with vigilant acts of political and cultural provocation  –  thereby giving voice to the essential creative will of our humanity.

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an international direct action advocacy group working to impact the lives of people with AIDS (PWAs) and the AIDS pandemic to bring about legislation, medical research and treatment and policies to ultimately bring an end to the disease by mitigating loss of health and lives[1] … (on wikipedia 1/2).

Homepage Act Up New York;
Infos; Reports; Documents; DIVA TV; 20 years; Treatment; Disobedience; Youth Education;
Currents; New Police Rule; Political; ADAP; Pharma Greed; Merchandise; Donations;
Contact by e-mail.

More on wikipedia 2/2: … ACT UP was effectively formed in March, 1987 at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in New York. Larry Kramer was asked to speak as part of a rotating speaker series, and his well-attended speech focused on action to fight AIDS. Continuer la lecture de « AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ACT-UP »

Acil Navasarjan Rural Development Foundation

This Foundation shows no own website, but is named:

on NGO INDIA: Purpose: Education, Employment, Environment, Health, Micro-enterprises, Poverty, Rural Development, Sanitation, Training, Urban Development, Water, Women’s issues.
Aim/Objective/Mission: Our aim is integrated Development. We have a social base and human face. Our aim is to spread out in all the states in India and to reach out to the poor families, substantially increase their income and upgrade their Quality of Life. Development through education is our route. This can be achieved by empowerment of women, upgrading the skills of the youth through training. Watershed development healthcare and other activities which would benefit the community at large.

on KarmaYog: Tel 91-022-4469341; Fax 91-022-4452573; E-mail.
Address: Acil Navasarjan Rural Development Foundation, 409 New Udyog Mandir, No 2 Moghul lane, Mahim (West) – 400016, Maharashtra, India.

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