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CommunityVita Helen Jarvis

@communityvita.bsky.social

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Professor Emerita, Social Geography Engagement. Writing a book about communities organizing for social and environmental justice. Intentional Communities. Civil Society. Donor conception. Death with dignity.

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · Jul 4

Want to learn about Degrowth?
🎓 Application are OPEN NOW for 5th cohort of the Online Master’s in Degrowth: Ecology, Economics & Policy at @ICTA_UAB.
Deadline, July 15th.
👉 More info: master.degrowth.org/application-2/
#Degrowth #Ecology #Economics #Policy

Application – Master in Political Ecology & Online Master on Degrowth

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jun 30

Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...

Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison

YouTube video by Double Down News

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Jun 12

Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jun 4

📢 National Demo Announced at Newcastle University

UCU members from across the UK will descend on Newcastle on Wednesday 11 June for a national demonstration against job cuts.

✊ Join us and make your voice heard

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Newcastle University academics to strike for 30 more days

Industrial action among academics at Newcastle University has been extended again, alongside a national demonstration in Newcastle next week

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · May 12

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Quakers march 300 miles to protest Trump’s immigration crackdown

Group marches from New York City to Washington, carrying on a long tradition of Quaker activism

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · Apr 27

Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.

Alt-Txt: Two people stand before multi-color strips of paper with text on them that stretch down an entire wall and onto the floor. The title of the installation "I Agree" appear in all caps on the wall, too.

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CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Apr 14

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

This assault the sanctuary of our libraries and the open access they provide to diverse knowledge and debate and cultural diversity is sinister, depressing, and calls for pushback!

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles

www.theguardian.com

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Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · Apr 6

#HandsOff was a huge success
In all 50 states & across the globe
Millions of us gathered to say:
HANDS OFF:
Democracy
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Education
Jobs
Research
Speech
Elections
Bodies
WE HAVE SEEN THE ENEMY & IT IS:
Trump
Musk
Vance
GOP Traitors
#VoteOutAllGOP

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 5

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Apr 2

ARE YOU READY FOR APRIL 5TH?

With over a quarter of a million sign ups, we are taking action across the world this Saturday to protest Trump and his Tech Bro in Chief.

Join us on April 5th and help Remove the corrupt politicians, Reverse the damage, and Restore our democracy.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Mar 29

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

www.quaker.org.uk

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · Mar 28

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

www.quaker.org.uk

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Mar 9

The Guardian, "Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza"

Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which pertains to the protection of civilians in times of war, explicitly prohibits collective punishment

Just waiting for all those supporting Ukraine to now also speak up for the people of Gaza

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CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Mar 5

Urgent need to organize on behalf of US universities, colleges, ACLU etc.: speak truth to power. DT is burning books, silencing truth 😡

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Mar 4

Trump posted: ‘All federal funding will STOP for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!’

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Mar 4

This is authoritarianism in real time.

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Sue Me @superberg.bsky.social · Feb 3

Concerned? WTF?
Remember this:

31.78% voted for Trump
30.84% voted for Harris
1.06% voted third party
36.33% did not vote

More Americans voted for someone other than Trump.

NOT a landslide.
NOT a mandate.

We're not going anywhere.
We're just going to get louder, Motherfuckers.

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CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 30

North East Women and Girls reclaim the night tonight in power and solidarity on Tyneside tonight

CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 29

Disappointed to learn that all Newcastle upon Tyne Labour MPs voted against the very well drafted #terminally ill #assisted death with #dignity bill this afternoon, but pleased (from lived experience) that humanity prevailed, 330 v 275

CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 29

Humanity and compassion prevail in this one small corner of the world after a historic vote in favour of legislation to allow assisted dying for terminal diagnosis adults. 25 years after Oregon passed their Death With Dignity bill.

CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 26

I find it discomfiting to witness MPs, theologians, some scholars (e.g. The Conversation today) gain privileged access to media debate when this is about humanity, not ideology. This is why I am sharing the evidence from lived experience, compassion & love. @dignityindying.org.uk #deathwithdignity

CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 26

Dad wanted to stay home, with family. There was no coercion. It was his decision. Never would I have dissuaded him or denied him the compassion of DWD, for selfish grief. It was a poignant parting, my parents singing and reciting poetry. Dad slipped peacefully away shortly after oral medication.

CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 26

My parents emigrated to US West Coast in 1980s. I visited regularly from England. They chose Oregon for retirement for pro-choice values (respecting feminist daughters and their own stubborn independence). With a terminal diagnosis, Dad feared losing control, his capacity denied

CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 26

#Deathwithdignity The Assisted Dying bill (England & Wales) aligns with 1997 Oregon Death with Dignity Act. DWD gave my Dad the right to choose where & when, after terminal cancer diagnosis and ineffective palliative care, he could end further suffering in 2016. He was a proud Yorkshireman

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CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 18

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · Nov 18

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin

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CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 17

I have long been politically committed to this event but this year matching in solidarity with hundreds of women and girls is personal. The personal is political! Join us - and go see the great Frankie Raffles exhibition!

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marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · Nov 16

I reflect here a little on the topic of assisted dying and the death of my own parents and grandmother. tinyurl.com/5dzceduk

From Socratic suicide to “assisted dying” | TLS

There are some moments when I feel even more glad than usual that I am not a Member of Parliament – and the debate over assisted dying is one of those. My heart is strongly in favour of allowing this ...

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CommunityVita Helen Jarvis @communityvita.bsky.social · Nov 14

Another legacy post migrating from X in praise of #TheAssembly (screened April 2024).
If you hope for and can help organize a kinder and more inclusive public space and public life (social, political, economic, education and media), then watch this. Michael Sheen shows to listen and learn from the ❤️