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November 7th 2009 marked one year from the day that Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant, was killed in the Long Island suburb of Patchogue. But rather than act as a stand-alone instance, the act of ...

Last night, pop sensation Rihanna was the youngest among ten successful and inspirational women honored at Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year awards, presented at an aptly glamorous event in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall. ...

If you’re in NY State- get active withMarriage Equality New York. They areorganizing a two-day long vigil across the state to campaign for the marriage equality bill before the November 10th senate session.

How do you feel about this: 14 year old Edgar Chocoy fled Guatemala in 2002 to escape the street gang that had threatened to kill him. He completed an arduous, 3000 mile journey through desert and across three borders to reach the U.S. ...

Andrew Solomon spoke at Let’s Breakthrough Together 2009 at the Harvard Club in NYC. He spoke of the pain that many transgender youth face as they come of age.

Our Executive Director, Mallika Dutt is going to be speaking at the TED India conference in Mysore, Karnataka tomorrow! We are very excited that she will be presenting on ourextremely successful Bell Bajao campaign that urges boys and men to take action against domestic violence.

In October, the restrictionist group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a report singing the praises of the 287(g) program, which arms state and local enforcement with immigration authority. ...

Yoko Ono and her sons arere-releasing a digital single of the 1969 anthem, Give Peace a Chance, to commemorate the 40th birthday of the song. (First Sesame Street now this!) The best part - that they are donating all the proceeds from the single to the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission.