Weekly Wrap 1.13.17: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week | Sojourners

Weekly Wrap 1.13.17: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week

1. Women’s March on Washington Releases Its Platform

And it’s a progressive manifesto. Read up on the four-page policy platform here.

2. Coming to D.C. for the Women’s March? Sign Up for These FREE Nonviolence Intervention & Bystander Trainings

If you’ll be in town on Friday afternoon, churches and facilities throughout the D.C., Maryland, Virginia metro are offering free trainings. Sign up at the link!

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3. Tell Us Why You’re Marching

Whether here in D.C., at a sister march throughout the country, or in spirit — tell us your story about why you’re marching on Jan. 21.

4. Why Shepard Fairey’s Inauguration Posters Won’t Have Trump on Them

The designer of the Barack Obama’s iconic “HOPE” poster is back with a series of images called “We the People.” The images feature headshots of people who are traditionally marginalized or have been targeted by the Trump campaign. The hope is the posters will flood the streets on Inauguration Day.

5. The Man Who Has Been Inaugural Parade Announcer Since Eisenhower Wasn’t Asked Back This Time. Now He’s Got a New Gig.

“’I was down, I was dissapointed and I thought I would be doing it for the next 100 years,’ Brotman said. ‘Now I’m not thinking about the old news, I’m only thinking about good news.’”

6. Congressional Republicans Look to Rein in Obama’s Actions on Sexual Assault

Republican Sen. James Lankford referred to the Office for Civil Rights as an “unchecked regulatory entity,” and the new chair of the House Education Committee said she wants “to see the department scaled back.” This would include regulations that mandate how sexual assault on campus is investigated. All eyes now on Betsy DeVos, Trump’s pick for education secretary, who supported a group that sued the administration to raise the burden of proof for sexual assault victims.

7. The Bush Sisters Wrote the Obama Girls a Letter

Read the heartwarming letter full of admiration and advice for the future.

8. Chelsea Manning Reportedly on Obama’s Shortlist to Commute Prison Sentence

“Time is running out for Manning, who has already been incarcerated for six years for leaking hundreds of thousands of war logs, embassy cables and videos that cast light on the nature of modern warfare. It is presumed that the incoming president, Donald Trump, would be unlikely to look favorably on her case and that under him her 35-year sentence would be left to run its course.”

9. Department of Energy Takes Steps to Protect Scientists from Trump

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz wrote an updated policy to “enshrine the independence of the scientific process for decades to come.”

10. WATCH: President Obama Surprises Joe Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom

In case you missed it, you must watch this. Bring tissues.

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