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Please Stop the Cruelty

What we do not know exists, we cannot change. But, once we have information, we can embark on the journey to change. This is why we are bringing an issue to your attention that may not be comfortable, but is an ugly truth. We all have the power to do something about it. Every year [...]

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Support for Tommy and His Doll

by Moments Count

From Teaching Tolerance by Ted Palenski Camilla was drawing a doll she was planning to get with her parents over the weekend. She was talking to herself in sing-song tones as she drew the doll, some of her clothes and her own house. Across the table sat Tommy; he heard Camilla talking about the doll [...]

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Hungry For Change

by Valli Keller

I’m a life-long carb-o-holic. As a child, our house usually had home-baked cakes, cookies or pies hanging around. Homemade ice cream was a summer staple. I have always measured the holidays by what candy was my favorite for that [...]

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Trayvon Martin: thoughts from a white parent

by Thomas Norman DeWolf

I cannot stop thinking about Trayvon Martin. I can’t stop looking into his eyes in this photo which has become ubiquitous online. An unarmed, 17-year old boy in Florida walks to the store one night for some junk food. He’s shot to death because of the color of his skin. Oh, I know that some [...]

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What Can You Accomplish?

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

What can you accomplish when you combine your desire, effort and imagination? Well, just about anything. Your commitment, energy and intensity will pave the road to your accomplishment. For while the unique vista of from which each of us views the world is as individual as we are, causing each of us to interpret “accomplishment” [...]

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Becoming Stronger

by Paula O Sullivan

I was asked a while back, ‘How do we become strong?’ I just love being asked this kind of thing, it throws my mind into a mad swirl of questions! I would consider myself a very strong woman, but I hadn’t ever taken the time to analyse just how I got here! Until now that [...]

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NEWS!

by Alexandra Wallace

There’s a reason last year that I decided to take on the challenge of making a photograph each day – it motivates you to keep practicing your craft, whether you feel like it or not in the moment. This year, with the [fifty two weeks.] project I’ve taken some photos I’m pretty happy with, but [...]

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Lessons from Fukushima nuclear disaster: millions remain at risk

by Greenpeace

“While triggered by the tragic March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the Fukushima disaster was ultimately caused by the Japanese authorities choosing to ignore risks, and make business a higher priority than safety,” said Jim Riccio, Greenpeace USA nuclear policy analyst. “This report shows that nuclear energy is inherently unsafe, and that governments are quick [...]

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Relationships are like Flowers

by Adam J Pearson

Relationships are like flowers; they need to be watered if they are to grow. We water relationships with patience, clear communication, honesty, and care. When all else fails, return to the roots, the things that made you fall in love in the first place. Photo Credit: Wanderingnome @Flickr Please share this story!

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Holy Land tours provide a new tool in peacebuilding

by Moments Count

Jerusalem – Shira Nesher, an Israeli, stands alongside Fakhira Halloun, a Palestinian, as Nesher tells her story about life in a conflict zone to a group of American university students who are hanging onto her every word. “My family members are Holocaust survivors, and as an Israeli I grew up in an environment of fear [...]

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