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A place to celebrate all the good the Mechanyx.gg community is doing!

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Supporting Creators and Communities

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Supporting Protection of Human Rights

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Supporting the Pursuit of Social Justice

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Supporting Wildlife and Animal Protection

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Supporting Climate Change and Conservationism

Supporting Creators and Communities

The biggest Area of Effect sometimes isn't across the world - sometimes it's across the street.

Creators and streamers (especially in the early days of their careers) are some of the most generous and altruistic people out there.

It's not a rare occurrence for one creator or community to raise money to cover travel expenses, help someone buy new equipment, cover medical or unforseen expenses, or any host of other charitable endeavors for another creator.

Protecting Human Rights
(Life, liberty, and security)

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person."
-United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Human rights are universal rights - this is because as humans we all have a universal and innate desire to help those in need around us; no matter the race, biological sex, gender, nationality, creed, language, religion, or other factors of the person in need. More specifically Human Rights efforts deal with meeting and upholding the basic needs of all humans and respecting the human dignities that are afforded to us at birth and stay with us until death. These dignities are:

A Right to Life

We all as humans by virtue of being born are given the right to life; meaning it's not for other humans to decide the mortal fate of you as a person. Nor should other humans make it obscenely difficult or unrealistically challenging to continue living a healthy and full life; regardless of your present circumstances, medical or physical needs, mental or spiritual condition, or any of a number of other factors.

The right to life protects humans from things such as:
  1. the death penalty
  2. inaccessible or prohibitively-expensive medial care
  3. "wrong place at the wrong time" slaying (such as collateral damage from war or conflict)
  4. genocide and hate killing
  5. other human-made threats to human life

A Right to Liberty

The right to liberty speaks to all humans' right to walk freely no matter where they (metaphorically) roam. The right to liberty affords to all humans their inherit freedom from things such as slavery and indentured servitude.

The right to liberty also speaks to certain protections under the law such as no questioning or detention without cause, access to competent, informed, and prepared counsel, a fair and speedy trial before a jury of peers, and presumption of innocence until proven guilty.

In the case of guilt those convicted are also afforded a right to just punishment in line with the magnitude of their offense.

In the case of incarceration prisoners have the right to standard and humane conditions during their detention. Every effort should also be made to help educate, rehabilitate, and eventually re-introduce those incarcerated into regular society - especially for smaller and non-violent offenses.

The right to liberty protects humans from things such as:
  1. Slavery and indentured servitude
  2. torture and inhumane interrogation
  3. arbitrary or unlawful arrest, detention, or exile
  4. misrepresentation in court
  5. under-prepared or incompetent public defenders

The right to liberty also works to give to all people things like:
  1. the right to political asylum from threats of oppression from another nation or regime
  2. Prison reform
  3. Rehabilitation of the incarcerated and prevention of recidivism
  4. Second-chance employment opportunities for felons

A Right to Security

We all as humans by virtue of being born are given the right to life; meaning it's not for other humans to decide the mortal fate of you as a person. Nor should other humans make it obscenely difficult or unrealistically challenging to continue living a healthy and full life; regardless of your present circumstances, medical or physical needs, mental or spiritual condition, or any of a number of other factors.

The right to life protects humans from things such as:
  1. the death penalty
  2. inaccessible or prohibitively-expensive medial care
  3. "wrong place at the wrong time" slaying (such as collateral damage from war or conflict)
  4. genocide and hate killing
  5. other human-made threats to human life

Pursuit of Social Justice

"I can't breathe..."
-George Floyd

Social Justice is closely intertwined with Human Rights. This is because Social Justice concerns itself not just with ensuring everyone has their basic human rights met but also seeks to hold accountable those who do not respect said rights (that's the "justice" part).

It's evident time and time again that court justice (that is, the kind of justice enacted and upheld by the written law) is slow and a work-in-progress.

In a case of tragic irony American attorney and Civil Rights activist Thurgood Marshall argued the case for "Brown v. Board of Education" in the US Supreme Court building - the inscription on the front of the Supreme Court building reading "equal justice under law".

Said another way Thurgood Marshall argued a case for education equality in a building which literally had a sentiment about equality written in stone on it's entrance.

It could be argued that social pressures and the wider Civil Rights movement played just as pivotal a role in seminal decisions like "Brown v. Board" as the actual arguments made in court.

It's not a stretch to think that the jury, judges of Appellate courts, and eventually Justices of the Supreme Court saw people marching, sitting in, speaking out, and sometimes even giving their lives for the pursuit of equality - in that way social justice had an impact on court justice.

When we mobilize and let our voices be heard in a respectful and non-violent way we can bring to account those involved with the oppression, abandonment, and slaughter of innocent people.

Further there are some very nuanced and modern issues that stand as obstacles to the universal human rights of life, liberty, and security. Issues such as police brutality (life and liberty) workplace discrimination (liberty and security) and prison reform (life and liberty) are approached differently based on where you live. Social Justice is more aware and germane to approaching these issues since people who are close to the issues and culture surrounding them are best suited to addressing the issue for their community and culture. Therefore it falls to the social groups of that area to work towards justice and equality for their people in lines with Universal Human Rights.

To (loosely) tie the two together Human Rights and a world where everyone has equal rights and protection is the destination - Social Justice is the trip we're on to get to that place!





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