Girls missing from the Cleveland area have been found alive after about 10 years.
Happy for the families.
TW: Rape
The We Believe You Project -
This video is dedicated to the Jane Doe of Steubenville and all the Jane Does and John Does who have been victims of sexual violence. The We Believe You Project was created to show victims they are not alone and there are people in the world who will support them and stand by them.
It is not your fault, you are not alone, we will always fight for you and be your voice, and we will never contribute to the disgusting rape culture that tells you, you are to blame for something someone else did to you.
We are The We Believe You Project.
I believe you as well.
I wish more people had an ounce of the bravery this man had.
Octavius Dontrell Lamb, 20, was shot and killed. Unless we help, he will be given a pauper’s burial - no service and an unmarked grave.
Edit: Paypal account has been corrected.
Donations can be made via paypal to melissa-harmeyer@uiowa.edu! If asked, please mark the purpose as being a donation or other to stop your donation from being taxed on Melissa’s end. The other option is gofundme, however, its fees include a few dollars from every donation which is why paypal is preferred.
Octavius Lamb was the student of Melissawrites. When she learned the news of Octavius’ death she wrote this post. Her school recently learned that there would be no funeral or proper burial, and Melissa has asked me to get Tumblr’s help:
Hi PPT,
I hate to reach out to you especially under these circumstances, however I don’t know anyone with a stronger voice.As you read, one of my students was killed on New Year’s Day.This is a student who was a leader in JROTC and student government at school. When I student taught at the school I am currently now employed at he started a petition to help get me hired. He once reported that someone stole a pop from a fundraiser to me. He was a good and honest young man.His family cannot afford to give him a funeral. His mother is homeless, his sister (another former student of mine) just had a baby at 17 and is living with her boyfriend, his other brother (and yet another former student) is locked up for the next 15 years. This young man was his family’s only hope, as mentioned on my blog he had a full-ride to school and turned it down to take a job (as a dishwasher of all things) to help provide for his family. He was not gang affiliated.As a school we are attempting to provide a funeral for him, because if we don’t, no one else will. If the funds are not raised in time he will be given as what’s known as a pauper’s funeral in Chicago which leave him with an unmarked grave and no service. He doesn’t deserve this.I’m turning to you to see if you can help me put out a blast to raise the funds for this incredibly sad event. I know that you do so much in the Tumblr world, however I don’t have nearly the followers that you do. I hate having to turn and beg for something like this, but if you could help in any other way, it would really mean the world to me.Thanks so much,MelissaMelissa, there’s no need to beg. This is how a community helps one another.Melissa is under a very, very tight timeline. Her principal meets with the family on Monday. The cost of the funeral and burial is $5,000. Melissa’s goal to raise is $1,000 before Monday morning. I am hoping we can exceed it.Donations can be made via paypal to melissa-harmeyer@uiowa.edu!. If asked, please mark the purpose as being a donation or other to stop your donation from being taxed on Melissa’s end. The other option is gofundme, however, its fees include a few dollars from every donation which is why paypal is preferred. Melissa realizes this means asking for a considerable amount of trust, but I can vouch for her honesty.
Even the smallest of donations will help. Octavius Lamb deserve a fair-well worthy of the life he lived. I believe that the magic and love of Tumblr can help accomplish this. Please show Melissa the same love and support you’ve shown me over the years. Spread the word, reblog (and reblog again) — using the text post so it shows all the info), post it on facebook, tweet it, and tell your mother.Thank you.
I told my mother. My parents donated 10 on top of my donation and my cousin’s. Did you tell your mother?
(Source: positivelypersistentteach)
Octavius Dontrell Lamb, 20, was shot and killed. Unless we help, he will be given a pauper’s burial - no service and an unmarked grave.
Edit: Paypal account has been corrected.
Donations can be made via paypal to melissa-harmeyer@uiowa.edu! If asked, please mark the purpose as being a donation or other to stop your donation from being taxed on Melissa’s end. The other option is gofundme, however, its fees include a few dollars from every donation which is why paypal is preferred.
Octavius Lamb was the student of Melissawrites. When she learned the news of Octavius’ death she wrote this post. Her school recently learned that there would be no funeral or proper burial, and Melissa has asked me to get Tumblr’s help:
Hi PPT,
I hate to reach out to you especially under these circumstances, however I don’t know anyone with a stronger voice.As you read, one of my students was killed on New Year’s Day.This is a student who was a leader in JROTC and student government at school. When I student taught at the school I am currently now employed at he started a petition to help get me hired. He once reported that someone stole a pop from a fundraiser to me. He was a good and honest young man.His family cannot afford to give him a funeral. His mother is homeless, his sister (another former student of mine) just had a baby at 17 and is living with her boyfriend, his other brother (and yet another former student) is locked up for the next 15 years. This young man was his family’s only hope, as mentioned on my blog he had a full-ride to school and turned it down to take a job (as a dishwasher of all things) to help provide for his family. He was not gang affiliated.As a school we are attempting to provide a funeral for him, because if we don’t, no one else will. If the funds are not raised in time he will be given as what’s known as a pauper’s funeral in Chicago which leave him with an unmarked grave and no service. He doesn’t deserve this.I’m turning to you to see if you can help me put out a blast to raise the funds for this incredibly sad event. I know that you do so much in the Tumblr world, however I don’t have nearly the followers that you do. I hate having to turn and beg for something like this, but if you could help in any other way, it would really mean the world to me.Thanks so much,Melissa
Melissa, there’s no need to beg. This is how a community helps one another.
Melissa is under a very, very tight timeline. Her principal meets with the family on Monday. The cost of the funeral and burial is $5,000. Melissa’s goal to raise is $1,000 before Monday morning. I am hoping we can exceed it.
Donations can be made via paypal to melissa-harmeyer@uiowa.edu!. If asked, please mark the purpose as being a donation or other to stop your donation from being taxed on Melissa’s end. The other option is gofundme, however, its fees include a few dollars from every donation which is why paypal is preferred. Melissa realizes this means asking for a considerable amount of trust, but I can vouch for her honesty.
Even the smallest of donations will help. Octavius Lamb deserve a fair-well worthy of the life he lived. I believe that the magic and love of Tumblr can help accomplish this. Please show Melissa the same love and support you’ve shown me over the years. Spread the word, reblog (and reblog again) — using the text post so it shows all the info), post it on facebook, tweet it, and tell your mother.
Thank you.
People who announced on Twitter that they changed parties last night: Charlie Crist. (MSNBC has the details.)
Interesting…
(via inothernews)
The photo that has captured everyone’s attention today: Tourist photographs NYPD officer giving a new pair of boots to barefooted homeless man in Times Square.
Story: http://nbcnews.to/QsTFdU
Photo: Jennifer Foster
This Veterans Day weekend, we take a look at stories from the Vietnam War. As our editors write: “Many of these veterans were not welcomed home warmly in the 1960s and 1970s. Fifty years later, there should be no question how deserving of our appreciation these men and women have been and continue to be.”
Here are their stories: http://vietnamwar.usatoday.com
(All photos by Jack Gruber, USA TODAY)
Updated Nov 2, 2012 at 7:00PM EST
Note: States and counties are still making changes to Election Day information. Please check back frequently at http://www.866ourvote.org/pages/hurricane-sandy-election-changes,and if you encounter any problems voting call 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
Connecticut
The in-person voter registration deadline has been extended from October 30 at 8:00pm to November 1 at 8:00pm. Polling locations without power may be moved, but the status of these polling locations will not be decided until November 5. Theoretically, power is not needed at polling locations because Connecticut uses optical scan voting machines that are run by batteries. Changes are expected for Election Day, Tuesday, November 6th.
Delaware
Delaware does not offer early in-person voting or absentee voting without a valid excuse. The state’s registration deadline passed on October 13, 2012. No changes to voting in Delaware have been announced.
District of Columbia
Due to Hurricane Sandy, Early Voting was suspended for Monday, October 29th and Tuesday, October 30th. Early voting resumed October 31st with extended hours - closing at 9pm instead of 7pm as previously scheduled. Early voting began October 29th and concludes November 3rd.
Maryland
Early voting hours have been extended so that all early voting centers will be open between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31, 2012, Thursday, November 1, 2012, and Friday, November 2, 2012. The deadline for submitting a request for an absentee ballot was extended to October 31st. Generators are being moved in to run polling sites without electricity. Election officials expect all polling sites to open on Election Day as scheduled. (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-11-01/news/bs-md-early-vote-thursday-20121101_1_poll-workers-deputy-state-elections-administrator-provisional-ballot).
Massachusetts
Massachusetts does not offer early voting, and only offers absentee ballots to voters with qualifying excuses. There are no changes due to Hurricane Sandy.New Jersey
The application deadline for requesting a mail-in ballot in New Jersey was extended to those received by close of business on November 2. County Clerks and Election Offices are required to remain open from Friday November 2 through Monday November 5, at a minimum from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Voters may go to their County Clerk’s office to fill out and turn in absentee ballots on Election Day. Polling places that have power will open as planned, but alternate plans are being coordinated for those locations without power. Some polling places are being consolidated or set up in temporary shelters, and military vehicles are being outfitted to serve as temporary polling places. Voters can text 877877 to find out the location of their polling place. Polling locations on Election Day will be open 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Changes are expected for Election Day, Tuesday, November 6th.New York
Absentee ballots can be requested online and over the phone until Friday, November 2nd. Absentee ballots may be obtained in person until November 5th. All absentee ballots must be postmarked or submitted in person by Monday, November 5th. The state is allowing 13 days instead of 7 days from November 5th for ballots to be received. Board of Elections offices in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn, are open between 10AM and 9PM. The Manhattan and Staten Island offices are closed, but Manhattan’s office has been relocated to the Manhattan Voting Machine Facility. Polling places may have to be relocated in certain areas, but efforts are being made to keep them as close to their original location as possible. Power is not needed at polling locations because New York uses optical scan voting machines that are run by batteries. Changes are expected for Election Day, Tuesday, November 6th. Updates, as well as the addresses of current Board of Elections offices, can be checked at http://www/vote/nyc.ny.us.North Carolina
On Monday, Oct 29th early voting sites were closed in Currituck County. Dare County was closed on both October 29th and October 30th. Ocracoke Island in Hyde County closed on October 26th, and won’t open until ferry service returns. Early voting sites in Pamlico County closed an hour early on October 27th and were closed entirely on October 28th.
Ohio
Ohio allows in-person early-voting and no-excuse vote by mail. Early Voting runs from October 2nd-November 5th. There was no change in voting due to the storm.Pennsylvania
The deadline for voters to request absentee ballots (5:00 pm Tuesday, October 30th) will be extended by one day for each day that a county’s offices were closed. The deadline for county election offices to receive completed absentee ballots to be extended until 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5, on a county-by-county basis. Allegheny Co., PA has extended the deadline to accept completed absentee ballots to 8pm on Election Day.Rhode Island
Rhode Island does not offer in-person early voting or absentee voting without a qualifying excuse. No changes have been made due to Hurricane Sandy.Tennessee
Tennessee allows early voting from October 17th through November 1st. No changes have been announced because of Hurricane Sandy.
Virginia
Virginia suspended in-person absentee voting (excuse required) on October 29th. As of October 30, all but nine counties have reopened their early voting. For information about specific counties, please visit:http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/EmergencyClosings.htmlWest Virginia
West Virginia allows in-person early voting but does not allow absentee voting without a valid excuse. Early Voting hours are set by county and runs from October 24th-November 3rd. There were no statewide changes due to the storm.Spread the word.
Dear Ann Coulter, Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult? I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.
I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.
Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next.
Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift.
Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more.
After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.
I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.
Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.
No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.
Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.
A friend you haven’t made yet,John Franklin StephensGlobal MessengerSpecial Olympics Virginia
