Global Blogging Day of Action for Troy Davis

SJP, at Sojourner’s Place is taking the lead on this and asking bloggers to write about the Troy Davis case in conjunction with Amnesty International’s Global Day of Action for Troy Davis on May 19. Here’s the case, in a nutshell from Amnesty International:

Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a Georgia police officer in 1991. Nearly two decades later, Davis remains on death row – even though the case against him has fallen apart. Davis’ conviction was not based on any physical evidence, and the murder weapon was never found. Since his trial, seven of the nine eyewitnesses have recanted or contradicted their testimony, and one of the remaining witnesses has been implicated by nine others as the actual murderer.

Troy Davis’ stay of execution will expire May 15. I encourage folks, along with SJP, to take part in this event by blogging about Troy Davis and his case on May 19 in solidarity with the Global Day of Action.

Troy Davis’ stay of execution is set to expire on May 15. On May 19, groups and individuals all around the world will be organizing demonstrations, vigils, teach-ins or other public events to show the state of Georgia that the execution of Troy Davis would be an unacceptable travesty of justice. We need you to be as visible and as loud as possible!

For more information (courtesy SJP):

Fact sheet on Davis’ case

Innocence on Georgia’s Death Row

Where is the justice for me?

Listen to Troy tell his story

Join the discussion

Hear from Troy’s sister

Troy Davis’ website

I’m Not Blogging, but Here’s Something Else to Read

So, between the twin evils of working retail during the holidays and trying to move to a new apartment, posting has been light. Add the emotional train wreck that tends to accompany a breakup and well…

When I can get in front of the computer, the best I can muster is mindless surfing through StumbleUpon and the occasional Twitter chat with my peeps. Emailed me lately and expecting a response? Sorry, it might be a while. There are literally about 30,000 posts sitting in my feed reader waiting to be read right now. Soon, however, all will be settled, and I’ll be back to posting and communicating on the regular once again.

In the meantime, there is much bloggedy goodness to be had over at Jon Swift’s pad. Every year, he asks bloggers to submit to him their “best blog post” of the year and he then does a massive round-up. Be warned, though; it’s the type of round-up that might make you decide to call out from work and spend the day reading blogs–a prospect that seems mighty attractive to me at the moment. So, get your butt over their and start reading (I wouldn’t advise taking the day off from work, though. Times are rough right now)! This year, despite the odds, I managed to not space out and actually submitted a post of my own.

Massive props to Jon Swift for putting this together!

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Hanukkah! Whatever you are celebrating, and if you are not celebrating anything, may you have peace and joy.

My posting has been light as of late, mostly to being in a really shitty place right now (those damn ten-hour work days don’t help!) and for that I apologize. I look forward to getting myself re-settled, clearing my head, and being a better, more productive person and blogger next year. Hear’s to peace, love, and joy for all of my blogging friends and readers over the holidays, and to many great blogversations over the next year!

Now, you knew I was gonna throw some Run-D.M.C at y’all, right?

A Lil’ Saturday Link Love

Here’s what I’ve been reading lately, when I have time away from work, which is just about never these days. You should be reading these too!

African American Political Pundit has been watching closely the shaping of Obama’s administration. He’s none to happy with the lack of color he’s seeing.

AAPP and Renee are talking about Katrina’s hidden race war.

Jose thinks about education and heartlessness.

Link Love for 2 Dec 2008

It’s back! I’ve come to the conclusion that the Delicious Blog Posting Tool will never work for me again without putting forth more effort than I’m willing to put forth right now, and so, I will return to the regular just posting of What You Should Be Reading, also known as Link Love. Sometimes, making things easier is the hardest thing you can do. I’m going back to my roots and just copying and pasting links. Works for me. It should work for you.

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Bloggidy Goodness at UMX

This week, the ever gracious Nezua and crew at The Unapologetic Mexican will be featuring Black perspectives on this historic, post-election world we have found ourselves in. Some of the best voices online are participating, so be sure to head over there everyday this week to read what folks are saying. Here’s the breakdown of posters for the week:

Monday – Moya
Tuesday – BlackAmazon
Wednesday – Jose
Thursday – Matt
Friday – Carmen and Elle
Saturday – Kevin (yes, that’s me!)
Sunday – Lex

Moya’s post is already up. So whatcha waiting for? Get over there, read the goodness, and leave some comments.

In Which Props Are Given

To blogmiga Brownfemipower, for being named one of the 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing The World. I can’t think of a better adjective than “inimitable” to describe the work she does.

(Yeah, I’m ten days late. I may be late, but I never refrain from giving the props that need to be given.)