Welcome to Dispatch #40! To close out Mental Health Awareness Month, we want to take a moment to celebrate neurodiversity and the ongoing fight to challenge the stigma and social limitations that come with having a different brain. Let's learn about the Mad Pride movement, why neurodiversity is necessary for solving humanity's biggest challenges, the effects of moral disengagement, and more!
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Easy Actions to Take
Why: On Eid al-Adha, Netanyahu ordered Israeli forces to seize 70% of Gaza, an expansion of an unlawful occupation past the line the October ceasefire confined them to. CNN called it 'take over'. Reuters and Sky News called it 'control'. The Independent and the BBC buried who killed the 10 they reported dead. Their own reporting says otherwise. File five standards-anchored complaints in one click. Organized by Newscord
⏱~3min | (US Only) Remove Military Collaboration & Integration with Israel from the FY2027 Defense Bill
Why: The draft of this year's defense bill gives Israel even more advanced military capabilities and leverage over our defense priorities than ever before creating an unprecedented level of integration between the US and Israeli militaries, all while American taxpayers foot the bill. Organized by A New Policy
Why: The International Congress of Mathematicians is an global gathering of mathematicians that has selected the United States for the next conference despite the US’s hostility toward immigrants and other nations. The ICM previously decided not to host their even in Russia due to the country’s aggression toward Ukraine, and the same standards must be applied to the US. Organized by ICM Out of USA
Little (Movement) Wins
Defeating Authoritarianism with Stacey Abrams & Center for Artistic Activism
Join Stacey Abrams, Steve Lambert from the Center for Artistic Activism, and narrative strategist Janelle Treibitz for a participatory workshop on disrupting the logic of authoritarianism and building a better way forward
June 15th 4pm Eastern - 90 minutes. Free and Open to All
How Mad Pride Turned Illness into Solidarity
Activist History
