The message keeps repeating itself: When the police pull you over, pull over. When the police say get out of the car, get out of the car. When the police ask you questions- answer them. Don't run. Don't drive away and get…
IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BUSY YEAR! The project began as a one-on-one portrait project and has expanded to include many new Healing and Empowering activities and creative opportunity for Arachnoiditis Survivors. NOW, Year 2 of the…
Hillary Clinton just announced a bold plan to counter the influence of money in politics: automatic voter registration. This plan would completely cut off Republicans attacks on the voting rights of young people, poor people…
The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative provides research for critical challenge alerts, and support for collaborative problem solving and community education initiatives which seek to…
"I hope I live to see the day that survivors are more than the sumof our traumas. I hope I live to see a world in which survivors aretreated as the sum of our triumphs."—Lauren Frei
Today the internet is the big traffick area for communication it is how we can connect and in most case do.People of all ages , cultures , countries can come together and share their lives and their stories. We can also find…
http://dide22.wix.com/diane-devillers Books written about the Oregon wilderness of the Wallowa Mts in Eastern Oregon for the book "From the Waters of Coyote SPrings", then to Gold Beach for "Felix and Eve", then to Eugene…
What an extraordinary week in the political and spiritual life of this nation. It was a week in which President Obama found the voice that so many of us hoped we discerned in 2008; a week in which two Justices of the Supreme…
What an extraordinary week in the political and spiritual life of this nation. It was a week in which President Obama found the voice that so many of us hoped we discerned in 2008; a week in which two Justices of the Supreme…
Quelle extraordinaire semaine dans la vie politique et spirituelle de cette nation . Ce fut une semaine où le président Obama a trouvé la voix que beaucoup d' entre nous espéraient nous avons discerné en 2008 ; une semaine…
"Through my work as a global women’s rights activist, countless American women have shared their stories of abuse, violence, discrimination, and misfortune."—ZainabKhan
http://www.inquisitr.com/2220693/amy-schumer-opens-up-about-fathers-ms/ Another article about the funny Amy Schumer and how their family got through her fathers diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, and how humor can help any…
Guest Authors Fatima van Hattum and Arianne Shaffer, Kindle Project A recent report from Pro Publica reveals that the American Red Cross raised half a billion dollars for Haiti after the earthquake of 2010 and built just six…
I can no longer hold back my opinion about how much our country needs fair gun control. I think that mentally ill people should not own a gun. Look to the news, at just another gun incident in a movie theatre, really?…
I know many people might not like this idea and may even look down upon it or harass me about it but this is an idea that could change the the health of millions of people all around the world every mammal Gets what it needs…
I know many people might not like this idea and may even look down upon it or harass me about it but this is an idea that could change the the health of millions of people all around the world every mammal Gets what it needs…
By Guest Author Stephanie Rearick Stephanie Rearick is founder and project coordinator of Mutual Aid Networks . She is also founding co-director of the Dane County [Wisconsin] TimeBank , and former co-chair and former…
Femgineer , an educational company aimed at primarily helping advance the careers of women innovators, has launched a series of fun yet informative episodes on YouTube with tips and tricks of the trade! Its founder, and host…
One in three women will experience violence in her lifetime. So much time, talent, and effort have been committed to changing this terrible statistic, to recognizing the life and humanity in each one of those women.…
Ruby, a woman that when I heard her story it made me very sad. A mirror filled with stories of many hurting women, that’s what I saw. Sad because she was used and abused by her husband Nick, people of her island, the justice…
Faces of violence have indeed evolved and not for the betterI’d often hear“If you see the man, you’d never think his the kind of man that would abuse his wife” or if you see the woman, you’d think she’s not the type to be…
For the first time since 2010, 7 North African entrepreneurs (Egypt-Tunisia-Morocco) out of 47 extraordinary leadership women Joined AWEP. In 2015 the African women's empowerment year , 47 African women entrepreneurs…
On August 3, 2015, Meridian International Center welcomed a group of women from Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt for speed-mentoring sessions with members of theMeridian Council on Women’s Leadership (CWL). The seven women were…
According to the United Nation's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons estimates that 97% of those who are trafficked for sexual exploitation are women, and that over one million children are being trafficked every year.…
The Human Rights and Justice Group (HRJG) is offering a one-monthOnline Certificate Course on Gender-based Violence to begin on August 21 till September 20, this year. The HRJG says that "GBV has been recognized as a cross-…
