Blackout For Human Rights #BlackoutBlackFriday

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Blackout for Human Rights (Blackout) is a network of concerned citizens who commit their energy and resources to immediately address the staggering level of human rights violations against fellow Americans throughout the United States. We have witnessed enough. We mourn the loss of men like Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Ezell Ford, John Crawford and Michael Brown, who met their deaths at the hands of police officers. We mourn the loss of life and the absence of justice for Trayvon Martin, Renisha McBride and Jordan Davis, killed by private citizens, in a climate where police action demonstrates this as acceptable. An affront to any citizen’s human rights threatens the liberty of all. So, we participate in one of the most time honored American traditions: dissent.

We demand an immediate end to the brutal treatment and inhumane killings of our loved ones; the lives of our friends, our parents and our children have value and should be treated with respect. Our right to life is secured not only by our humanity, but is protected by law both federally and internationally by the Constitution of the United States of America and the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Our Hope: to end violence against and the unjust killings of American citizens.
Our Aim: to raise awareness that builds and maintains pressure on the instruments of power until we are satisfied that the current threat has passed.
Our Goals:
To raise awareness about publicly funded human rights violations, through social media influence and organized grassroots events.
To find lasting solutions to the root causes of this issue, through research, fundraising, and advocacy.
To empower citizens most at risk for these types of violations (low income, minorities, women and the disabled) by using our collective economic resources to make impact.

Our First Action: To make Black Friday (November 28, 2014) a nationwide day of action and retail boycott. Blackout will be organizing grassroots events, nationwide, for people to come out and show their solidarity in the fight for equal human rights.

warning the video above contains graphic violence inflicted by police

#BlackoutBlackoutFriday

1. Promote Blackout for Human Rights on your social media by following and sharing content from the official accounts listed below.

· Blackout Facebook: http://on.fb.me/ZYtWBf
· Blackout Twitter: http://bit.ly/1r5eUz5
· Blackout Instagram: http://bit.ly/1nphFzZ
· Blackout YouTube: http://bit.ly/1EpynUp
· Blackout Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ZBMiH7
2. Spread the word about Blackout for Human Rights on your social media by posting one of the provided graphics and tagging Blackout’s handle/page
3. Pledge to not shop on November 28, 2014 and encourage your network to do the same.
4. Volunteer your talents (i.e. community organizing, art, networking, performance, etc. ) at Blackout events near you.
5. Become a long-term member of our network by joining web based communication, weekly phone call or signing up for our email newsletter.

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In 1995 At Maui High Performance Computing Center The Maui Scientific Analysis & Visualization of the Environment Program was first incubated. I was the principal investigator of this independant research project which was a joint development between MHPCC, Silicon Graphics Computers (SGI) & NKO.ORG. Using SGI Cosmo Worlds software, we pioneered the development of Internet based 3D virtual reality GIS based interactive worlds. In 1996 with a network of seven high performance SGI workstations we pioneered development of live streaming MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Real Video and QuickTime Streaming Server utilizing Kassenna MediaBase software. In Maui 2002 we pioneered and tested the first wireless live streaming video using laptop computers and Maui Sky Fiber's portable 3G wireless device. In Maui we pioneered live streaming video using usb modems from AT&T , Verizon as well as live streaming from iPhone 3 over 3G wireless networks. Today The Maui S.A.V.E. Program has diversified into storm tracking including visualization and analysis of large, memory-intensive gridded data sets such as the National Hurricane Center's wind speed probabilities. I volunteer my services to numerous Disaster Services Organizations. In June 2013 I returned from Hurricane Sandy deployment as a computer operations service associate with the Disaster Services Technology Group assisting as The American Red Cross migrated from a Disaster Response Operation to Long Term Recovery Operations. Pioneering the production/editing and Internet distribution of HD video to sites like Youtube.com and Vimeo.com we are shining the light towards environmental and peace efforts of humans across the globe. Since 1992 I have held the vision of establishing Maui, Hawaii as the environmental sciences center of the world. After His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet came to Maui This vision has expanded to establishing Maui as the environmental & peace center of the world.