An interview with Peggy Charren explores the founding of Action for Children's Television, its role in the Children's Television Act of 1990, ways to reduce televised violence, and strategies for activism. (SK)

Describes the collapse of Newfoundland's once immense northern-cod fishery in 1992 from the perspective of a family fisherman who has become an environmental activist. Discusses failures in environmental management including the overfishing of shared resources encouraged by the Canadian government and hastened by international fishing fleets and…

Seeks to offer a greater understanding of the interconnections between feminism and environmentalism in order to gain insight into what can be learned by a joint examination of ecofeminism and bioregionalism. Discusses opportunities for incorporating ecofeminist analysis in bioregionalism. (LZ)

Presents an essay dealing with two nineteenth-century incidents of religious intolerance. Recounts the story of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, who was murdered by opponents of the new religion. Explains how the writings of Presbyterian minister and newspaper publisher, Elijah Lovejoy, set off a response that led to his death. (SG)

Among 141 activists with varying levels of participation in the sanctuary movement, biographical availability factors--younger age and greater discretionary time--best predict high-cost activism (more hours devoted to the movement), whereas ideological socialization factors best predict high-risk activism (direct contact with refugees). Contains…

Debates the impetus behind the easing of Cold War tensions. Suggests that political pressure, through the organized campaigns of peace movements in the United States and Europe, created a political climate in Washington for arms control and restraint. (LZ)

Examined the worldviews of 33 activists serving as liaisons between their organizations and British Columbia's Save Georgia Strait Alliance to determine whether variations in their interpretations of sustainability could be associated with their experience, or lack of experience, in other social movements. Results suggest positive potential of…

Oakland, California, has launched a protracted campaign against the purchase of a state-approved K-12 social studies textbook series published by Houghton Mifflin. Numerous organizations, parents, and teachers voted against adopting these texts, which portray U.S. society as an immigrant culture and shortchange African-American, Latino, and Asian…

At the 1991 PTA convention, the delegates called for developing a comprehensive parent involvement program in every elementary school. Local PTAs could explore and implement the school-as-community philosophy by selecting appropriate programs and activities, such as Parents in Partnership, Megaskills Workshops, Alliance for Achievement Model,…

Profiles the career of Jonathan Kozol, especially reactions to his books "Death at an Early Age" (1967), "Illiterate America" (1985), and "Savage Inequalities" (1991). (SK)

College and university public relations officials need to be aware of the potential problems associated with institutional research programs using animals and conflicts with animal welfare activists. Steps to take include anticipating and planning for a crisis, knowing campus research projects, and educating the various constituencies affected,…

Longitudinal study of 143 former political activists and 341 nonactivists from 1960s examined relationship between political involvement and subsequent family life course decisions. Found that, by 1985, men and women who were activists in 1960s had children later than did nonactivists but that activism was not related to timing of marriage.…

Critically reviews radical critiques of multicultural education from a pedagogical perspective, revealing agreement between radical and multicultural discourse about transformative pedagogy, exemplifying a body of literature about pedagogical struggles not recognized by radical critics, and encouraging interchange between these groups in regard to…

Discusses three examples of social activism by school social workers as examples of the roles school social workers play along with therapist, consultant, advocate, school-community liaison, and mediator. Proposes that being social activists allows school social workers to move from helping the individual change to changing the system itself. (GCP)

Discusses how as colleges deal with students protesting custodians' salaries, officials have had to weigh practicality against social justice. Includes a table of janitors' salaries in 1999-2000. (EV)