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Traverse City Rice and Roses Human Rights Project

Traverse City Rice and Roses Human Rights Project

About Traverse City Rice and Roses Human Rights Project

Inspiring examples of legal protections from classism

March 1, 2013 by Traverse City Rice and Roses Human Rights Project 4 Comments

At least two cities make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of class, and we’re determined to add one more. The Traverse City Rice and Roses group’s goal is to convince the Traverse City Human Rights Board that class should be included as a protected category, like race, gender, ability, age, and sexual orientation. […]

Filed Under: Dismantlng Classism, Politics and Class Tagged With: activism, class discrimination, classism

Action on inequality: Getting class recognized as a protected category

February 1, 2013 by Traverse City Rice and Roses Human Rights Project 5 Comments

As the economic inequality gap continues to widen, students at Grand Valley State University in Traverse City, Michigan, started saying that they were tired of “talking” about economic inequality; they wanted to “do” something. We feel that there is a growing emergency. Waiting for things to get better in some far off future began to […]

Filed Under: Class in Higher Education, Classism, Classism in the Economy, Poverty Tagged With: academia, blaming the victim, classism, low-wage jobs, speaking up

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