Dear Mr. Very Tall Homeless Man, You should know I’m pretty burned with you right now. Hurt, even. You know that I know of your existence on my construction project, after hours. I haven’t minded. You’ve been respectful. And I have only had to move your things into an unfinished closet a couple of times. [...]
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People do not enslave other people to be mean to them. People enslave other people for a profit. People are not even a capital purchase item – they are an disposable commodity. Kevin Bales, President and Co-Founder of Free the Slaves gave a TED talk in which he discusses how we can stop human trafficking if [...]
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iPhones use the Download link to listen How do we define who we are? How will we define what we are to become? How can we define what we will create? Now, where do we begin? Share
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Today, I happened to glance over at four women sitting at a table on the patio of a sidewalk café. They appeared to know each other well. They spoke casually as they began perusing their menus. Jauntily approaching their table was the waitress, stepping out of the café. She asked if they’d like something to [...]
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Melody Thacker looked out the window of her office in Phoenix, Arizona, USA each day to the disturbing sight of homeless women and men walking along the street and standing idly in the empty lot across the street. One morning as she watched homeless people shivering in the cold without any warm clothing she decided [...]
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A child is born a soft, beautiful innocent. Leaving forever their sleep of silence in the sensuous rhythms of the Sea of Nine, they will propel themselves ever forward. They look to us for safety. A child is born a moving, energetic force. Touching the air for the first time, their tender bodies shudder with [...]
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Zee Becket (3rd from left) In Gao, Sierra Leone “Zee Becket Watched a CNN Special – And Changed 14,000 Lives” September 20, 2009 In 2008 Zainab Beckett saw a special report on CNN. A small boy begged for his life before a group of soldiers. When the child turned, they shot him. They killed him. [...]
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About a decade ago my mother and stepfather, because of a series of unfortunate investments and dismal financial missteps, found themselves living in their motor home in a shopping mall parking lot. Different people approach the world and its circumstances in different ways. For my stepfather, well, it was a grand adventure. My parents were [...]
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