Category: RVUSA Priority Issues

These priority issues are the primary focus of RVUSA activities:

  • Civic and Voter Engagement
  • Education
  • Gun Violence Protection
  • Healthcare
  • Immigration
  • LBGTQ+ Rights
  • Science and Environment
  • Unity and Diversity
  • Women’s Rights
Gun Violence Prevention, Hot Topics, News and Events, Regional and National Events, RVUSA Priority Issues

Join the March For Our Lives on March 24

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On March 24, the kids and families of March For Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today.

March with us in Washington DC or march in your own community. On March 24, the collective voices of the March For Our Lives movement will be heard.

Educational Resources and Tools, Gun Violence Prevention, Hot Topics, Recommended Reading, RVUSA Priority Issues

Here’s How To Prevent The Next School Shooting

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(from NPR – Anya Kamenetz)

After Parkland, there have been many calls to make schools a “harder target” — for example, by arming teachers. But there’s a decent amount of research out there on what actually makes schools safer, and most of it doesn’t point to more guns.

Educational Resources and Tools, Gun Violence Prevention, Hot Topics, Recommended Reading, RVUSA Priority Issues

Politicians and their N.R.A Funding

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In the aftermath of the latest horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, we are reminded yet again of the empty thoughts and prayers of our politicians, every time tragedy strikes.

This New York Times report is four months old, but just as relevant today, if not moreso. These politicians are bound by their desire to continue receiving N.R.A funding. We need to vote them out of office, plain and simple. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, and encourage everyone you know to do so, as well. For the sake of our children, and our fellow Americans.

Action, Gun Violence Prevention, News and Events, Press Coverage, RVUSA Meetings and Events, RVUSA News and Updates, RVUSA Priority Issues

RVUSA Response to Florida’s School Shooting and What to Do Next

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After yet another senseless shooting, we at Raising Voices are turning our anger and pain into action. Thoughts and prayers are not enough – they never were. The innocent lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, were not the first, and sadly, will not be the last. It’s time to force our legislators to act – we’re failing our children and ourselves.

News and Events, Press Coverage, RVUSA Meetings and Events, RVUSA News and Updates, RVUSA Priority Issues, Women's Rights

Beyond #MeToo event covered in LI Herald

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RVC organization hosts panel discussion to look beyond the #MeToo movement

Kathleen Baxley, Rockville Centre’s deputy mayor, discussed how she has made a difference in the community during a “Beyond #MeToo” event hosted by Raising Voices at Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth on Jan. 31.

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen told the dozens of women in the crowd not to underestimate themselves.

Environment, News and Events, Regional and National News, RVUSA Priority Issues

Lessening Our Environmental Impact: A Response to the Reduction of Our National Monuments

 

“If only the rocks could talk. If only the sandstones could sing, imagine the stories they’d tell, of dinosaurs, mammoth hunters and the “ancient ones” known as the Anasazi. All roamed southern Utah over the eons, long before Native Americans struggled to hold their land against Mormon settlers, modern life …

Healthcare, News and Events, RVUSA News and Updates, RVUSA Priority Issues

General Meeting and Presentation Recap: The New York Health Act

Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting on November 29 and took part in the discussion of single-payer care in New York State with Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried! (And a special thanks to our Healthcare Committee for organizing the event.) Links to the handouts provided during the meeting are …

Immigration, News and Events, Regional and National News, RVUSA Priority Issues

Hawaii Blocks Travel Ban

 

This version of the travel ban was set to take effect today–it was blocked by a judge in Hawaii yesterday:

“The latest version of the travel ban — version 3.0, if you will — limits travel from Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen. The nations of Chad, North Korea and Venezuela have been added. And Sudan, which was part of the original ban, has been dropped.

‘The new rules take effect Oct. 18. And unlike previous versions, the new ban is not temporary. It will remain in place until the affected nations comply with stringent requirements for vetting their citizens before they can receive visas to enter the U.S.’

That’s the version of the ban that has now been blocked from going into effect, nationwide — at least for now.”

– From NPR (click here to read full story).