A Stand Yet Taken

A Stand Yet Taken
Author: Randy Farnsworth
Publisher: Publish America
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2004-04-05
Genre: Borneo
ISBN: 9781413720716

A deadly disease...A rogue band of terrorists...The endless rainforest...And one man with no desire to fight...After escaping the hassles of western society, Logan Pierce had grown comfortable with his unencumbered life in a forgotten village deep in the Borneo rainforest. But even in this beautiful and isolated corner of the world, trouble and crisis had a way of finding him. Now - caught in a clash between peaceful villagers, a deadly ancient disease, and a fanatical mob of well-armed terrorists - Logan must choose between fighting a battle he wants nothing to do with or once again fading into anonymity. As the looming conflict appears increasingly hopeless, will there be a stand yet taken?

When You Need to Take a Stand

When You Need to Take a Stand
Author: Carolyn Stahl Bohler
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664250515

Presents guidelines for deciding when and how to take a stand, and stresses the need for honesty, integrity, and self-esteem in any relationship

Taking a Stand

Taking a Stand
Author: Jared N. Champion
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1496835506

Contributions by Jared N. Champion, Miriam M. Chirico, Thomas Clark, David R. Dewberry, Christopher J. Gilbert, David Gillota, Kathryn Kein, Rob King, Rebecca Krefting, Peter C. Kunze, Linda Mizejewski, Aviva Orenstein, Raúl Pérez, Philip Scepanski, Susan Seizer, Monique Taylor, Ila Tyagi, and Timothy J. Viator Stand-up comedians have a long history of walking a careful line between serious and playful engagement with social issues: Lenny Bruce questioned the symbolic valence of racial slurs, Dick Gregory took time away from the stage to speak alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and—more recently—Tig Notaro challenged popular notions of damaged or abject bodies. Stand-up comedians deploy humor to open up difficult topics for broader examination, which only underscores the social and cultural importance of their work. Taking a Stand: Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals draws together essays that contribute to the analysis of the stand-up comedian as public intellectual since the 1980s. The chapters explore stand-up comedians as contributors to and shapers of public discourse via their live performances, podcasts, social media presence, and political activism. Each chapter highlights a stand-up comedian and their ongoing discussion of a cultural issue or expression of a political ideology/standpoint: Lisa Lampanelli’s use of problematic postracial humor, Aziz Ansari’s merging of sociology and technology, or Maria Bamford’s emphasis on mental health, to name just a few. Taking a Stand offers a starting point for understanding the work stand-up comedians do as well as its reach beyond the stage. Comedians influence discourse, perspectives, even public policy on myriad issues, and this book sets out to take those jokes seriously.

Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand

Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand
Author: Bob Schron
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2020-03-19
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1623545374

A history of the activism and achievement of African American athletes from Jesse Owens to Serena Williams to Colin Kaepernick, who advanced the cause of social justice through their outspokenness, commitment, and integrity. Muhammad Ali refused to fight in a war he believed was immoral. Wilma Rudolph retired from track and field to campaign for civil rights. Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to draw attention to the oppression of black bodies. Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand tells their stories and the stories of other prominent African American male and female athletes who often risked their careers to fight racial discrimination and promote social justice. From Jackie Robinson breaking the color line in major league baseball to NBA great Bill Russell sitting at the feet of Dr. Martin Luther King at the 1963 March on Washington to Althea Gibson asserting her tennis dominance at a time when many clubs would not allow African Americans to play on their courts, this moving and celebratory history shows how the tradition of black protest in sports has been consistent, necessary, and organic, and that the present crisis of misunderstanding and intolerance demands that this tradition continue as the country struggles toward fairness and equity.

Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism

Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism
Author: Terry McAuliffe
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1250245877

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former governor of Virginia tells the behind-the-scenes story of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville—and shows how we can prevent other Charlottesvilles from happening. When Governor Terry McAuliffe hung up the phone on the afternoon of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, he was sure Donald Trump would do the right thing as president: condemn the white supremacists who’d descended on the college town and who’d caused McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency that morning. He didn’t. Instead Trump declared there was “hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides.” Trump was condemned from many sides himself, even by many Republicans, but the damage was done. He’d excused and thus egged on the terrorists at the moment when he could have stopped them in their tracks. In Beyond Charlottesville, McAuliffe looks at the forces and events that led to the tragedy in Charlottesville, including the vicious murder of Heather Heyer and the death of two state troopers in a helicopter accident. He doesn’t whitewash Virginia history and discusses a KKK protest over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. He takes a hard real-time behind-the-scenes look at the actions of everyone on that fateful August 12, including himself, to see what could have been done. He lays out what was done afterwards to prevent future Charlottesvilles—and what still needs to be done as America in general and Virginia in particular continue to grapple with their history of racism. Beyond Charlottesville will be the definitive account of an infamous chapter in our history, seared indelibly into memory, sure to be cited for years as a crucial reference point in the long struggle to fight racism, extremism and hate.

Tired Ladies Take a Stand

Tired Ladies Take a Stand
Author: Gretchen Anthony
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2024-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0369746880

"Do yourself a favor and say yes to the perfect bookish escape." —Lucy Gilmore, author of The Lonely Hearts Book Club You've heard of Year of Yes. Introducing... Year of No. During one unforgettable year in their twenties, best friends Emma, Fern, Carolina, and Andi make a pact to embrace whatever life throws at them, inspiring Fern to write a memoir detailing their escapades and the magical power of saying Yes. But fast forward twenty years and they have reached their bandwidth of responsibilities. Fern is a full-time writer struggling to pay the bills. Carolina is a fitness-obsessed workaholic. Andi is a disillusioned human rights lawyer. And Emma is a stressed-out divorcée in the thick of planning her daughter’s wedding. To reconnect to the fun, fulfilled women they were before, they must learn how to stop saying Yes to everything asked of them. And so begins the "Year of No." Heartfelt, emotionally perceptive and sharply funny, Tired Ladies Take a Stand celebrates the bonds of female friendship and women reclaiming their autonomy in a world that expects them to do it all.

Take A Stand

Take A Stand
Author: Jorge Ramos
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2018-02-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0440001293

Emmy Award-winning journalist and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos looks back on groundbreaking interviews with rebels such as President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Spike Lee, Barbara Walters, Fidel Castro, and more. After 30 fascinating years uncovering the hard truth, journalist Jorge Ramos opens up for the first time about life-altering lessons by sharing captivating never-before-told stories. Widely recognized for his unapologetic, no-holds-barred approach to interviewing global leaders, business titans, democratic policy makers, and dictators, Ramos unearths their one common trait—they were all rebels at one point in their lives. Rebels are different. They decided to challenge the prevailing status quo. Sometimes they rebelled to change a regime, other times to prevent abuse or discrimination, but in most cases they strived to correct an injustice. Candid and at times controversial, Ramos draws invaluable awareness of issues that influence the mindset of the largest minority in the country—Latinos—and how they will undoubtedly shape not only Presidential elections but also the future of America.

Taking Stands

Taking Stands
Author: Maureen Gail Reed
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780774810180

Environmental activism in rural places frequently pits residents whose livelihood depends on resource extraction against those who seek to protect natural spaces and species. While many studies have focused on women who seek to protect the natural environment, few have explored the perspectives of women who seek to maintain resource use. This book goes beyond the dichotomies of "pro" and "anti" environmentalism to tell the stories of these women. Maureen Reed uses participatory action research to explain the experiences of women who seek to protect forestry as an industry, a livelihood, a community, and a culture. She links their experiences to policy making by considering the effects of environmental policy changes on the social dynamics of workplaces, households, and communities in forestry towns of British Columbia's temperate rainforest. The result is a critical commentary about the social dimensions of sustainability in rural communities. A powerful and challenging book, Taking Stands provides a crucial understanding of community change in resource-dependent regions, and helps us to better tackle the complexities of gender and activism as they relate to rural sustainability. Social and environmental geographers, feminist scholars, and those engaged in rural studies, environmental sustainability, and community planning will find it invaluable.

Taking A Stand

Taking A Stand
Author: Ken Casper
Publisher: BelleBooks
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2011-12-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1611941024

Homebuilder Jesse Amorado and former Air Force Captain Tori Carr come from the same Texas town but from very different worlds. When she returns home to Coyote Springs to help her father, a real-estate developer, turn the seediest neighborhood into an exclusive resort for the wealthy, Tori and Jesse immediately clash. He'll do whatever it takes to save his heritage, and she is caught up in proving herself to her father. As personal tensions rise and local trouble begins to brew, Jesse and Tori fall in love-despite it all. They soon find, however, that they must not only confront vested interests and prejudices, they have to fight for their very lives. Ken Casper is the author of more than 25 novels, including AS THE CROW DIES, book one of The Jason Crow West Texas Mystery Series. He and his wife Mary, raise horses on a small ranch in Texas. Visit Ken at www.KenCasper.com.

Taking a Stand

Taking a Stand
Author: Cody Judy
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2008-06-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0595626637

TAKING A STAND - New YOU TUBE Commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZvGHiNYHY More than anything your spiritual journey needs to be identified. This book will help you chart a path and focus in on your spiritual healing making your life meaningful and your journey much more vivid in your eyes of Heaven. From the bottom of the barrel in prison, Cody Robert Judy has made his way and helps you to identify your strengths by confessing your weaknesses. The whole book is a Teaching Moment designed to help you find answers that are true and meaningful. America's history is rich with colorful characters whose outlandish escapades carved their names indelibly on its rugged, untamed landscape. Cody Robert Judy is the only Candidate for President in America to take both Sen. John McCain in 2008 and Barack Hussein Obama to Court taking a stand on the eligibility requirement for the Office of the President. Cody's latest action continues even today in the United States Supreme Court Case NO. 12-5276 & 14-9396 with a Special Individual Justice Petition to Justice Gorsuch. In 2010 Cody became the first Presidential Candidate in American History to testify under oath against another candidate unqualified by the Constitution's requirements. Cody's Stand Enter Cody Robert Judy blazing fire from the west - a modern day Revolutionary George Washington, capital P for Protester, whose Book Of Mormon (B.O.M). quandary framed him in 1993 and landed him in more Free Speech hot water than any native son could be expected to handle with the Constitution under assault. With no one to help, he faced the hell America will face without the Constitution and his story is but a glimpse of what is to come if America doesn't wake up and read this memoir of truth that eclipses the dark propaganda of security and slavery for the dawn of Constitutional vitality! As a political prisoner for 8 years Judy emerges bloodied but unbowed citing the unconstitutional union of Church and State in the case that pitted the State dictating what Americans of Faith will be horrified of in Church where free speech has the greatest latitude for religious sentiment. Happening in America, because of the anti-Constitutional agenda of elected government seeking to control your very lives and fortunes..America is waking up to see the Constitution burning. Citing Lincoln's third party status in his bid for the Presidency and Washington's thirteen strikes before finally hitting one out of the park, Judy claimed he had complete confidence in his fight during a 2002 run for U.S. Congress,2004 bid for U.S. Senate, and in 2008 as a Presidential Candidate, and these were just pieces of the puzzle in serving intelligence for America . Cody, an unsung American Patriot took on the elite in the face of over whelming odds believing as KEY to America's freedom and liberty the U.S. Constitution must stand. Cody roars, "Taking A Stand is the most important thing we can do for our childrens brilliant future!" Conservative Independent, platform for U.S. Senator in 2010,(www.codyjudy.us) as a political activist fighting for the principles of the United States Constitution, Cody Judy took a stand on the Qualification issue of first John Sidney McCain and then Barack Hussein Obama challenging them in the Judicial Branch of our Government as no other candidate has in history. No U.S. Senator has taken a stand like Cody Robert Judy as he alone did not discriminate between black or white but focused on the Qualifications of a Constitutional Principle for the Office of the President and realized the ominous signs of unconstitutional law we are seeing as the affects of the U.S. being seized upon by a social marxist regime as Communism rising like a bear in the U.S. and the U.S. domestic enemies takes on a whole new meaning as government TAKES a look at YOU! Can we look past the audacity of hope, and learn something about the irrepressible spirit and courage that a man named Cody Robert Judy has tread in our Forefathers footsteps, who defined the birth of our nation as rebels oppressed by Tyranny and Government astray in hope for man; - in this brash iron man - America's envelope continues to be pushed, freedom sings and liberty rings as America is waking up to realize they have been deceived by those they trusted and Cody Robert Judy a man of humility before God whose testimony is that of the angels trumpet takes a stand for all we had hoped elected leaders would but haven't! This work is Cody Robert Judy's take on The Truth. It may raise a few eyebrows and cause the shaking of heads, but its purpose in the end is a worthy one answering the question of 'Why'. After all, as a profoundly controversial figure is said to have once said, '...and the truth shall set you free'. Taking A Stand- A story of Love,Leadership, and Loss profound in Sacrifice. ' Honor, Respect, and Cherish your Freedom, for it carries the Blood of those who gave it to you.' Abraham Lincoln. Taking A Stand- The Conservative Independent Voice Join: Cody Robert Judy Facebook 1- 2016 - Cody Robert Judy for President https://www.facebook.com/CodyRobertJudyForPresident2016 2-Personal - Cody Robert Judy https://www.facebook.com/codyrobert.judy Twitter @codyrobertjudy Web Site: www.codyjudy.us Email [email protected]