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Another day. Another year.
I’m thankful for many things in life and above all for the freedom to stand up against injustice, discrimination, abuse and violence against women. For the opportunity to use my talents and skills to educate, raise awareness and support a groundbreaking music campaign that will use the power of music to unite young people to stop violence against women together.
This past year has been a...
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There’s no right to take freedom away from anybody. I like to be a voice...
– Sarah Carpio
Child laborers in the US pick your veggies -- and...
“Under current US labor law it is illegal for a 12 year-old to work in an air conditioned office building or to bag groceries or serve fast food.”
“But it is not illegal for those same children to work a 10 hour day in 106 degree heat in the fields putting food on our tables.”
Read more here: http://ow.ly/1OpkSo
-NBCBayArea
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Children work full...
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All human beings, whatever their cultural or historical background, suffer when...
– Dalai Lama
July 2012
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The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no...
– Carl Sagan
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In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I...
– Anne Frank
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June 2012
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What is: Violence Against Women?
VAW defined
“Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.” -VAW
Read more here: http://www.thepixelproject.net/vaw-facts/about-violence-against-women/
Violence against women...
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Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or...
– Tom Wolfe
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May 2012
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Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is...
– XIVth Dalai Lama
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Slavery Footprint: Human Trafficking in U.S.... →
slaveryfootprint:
We often think human trafficking only happens worlds away but in reality, it happens in our very own neighborhoods. Cases of human trafficking have been reported in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and some U.S. territories. This crime has enormous impact but luckily, the U.S. Dept. of Education…
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Clooney on arrest: ‘I’m on the right side of... →
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After his arrest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington D.C., actor George Clooney told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, “it’s a humiliating thing to be arrested no matter what you do, but I’m proud to be standing here with my father.” The…
Clooney on arrest: ‘I’m on the right side of history’ #Sudan #HumanRights #Nuba http://video.msnbc.msn.com/mitchell-reports/46761259/...
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We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are...
– Author Unknown
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