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For the Want of a Home

Thumbnail image for For the Want of a Home by Moments Count February 5, 2012

From Bronwyn Harris for Teaching Tolerance: Like many of us, I sometimes overuse the word “need.” I have a tendency to say that I need the new iPhone or I need a pedicure, even though those are clearly things that I want, rather than need. My greatest lesson on distinguishing between a want and a [...]

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A Post About Empathy

Thumbnail image for A Post About Empathy by Catherine Ryan Hyde January 28, 2012

Years ago, I was doing a lot of business travel. And I do mean a lot. I was supplementing my writing income as a public speaker. It got out of hand, at least by my standards. I was on the road for about a third of the year. One day I was exhausted and trying [...]

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Red Tails – the film even George Lucas almost couldn’t make

Thumbnail image for Red Tails – the film even George Lucas almost couldn’t make by Thomas Norman DeWolf January 26, 2012

George Lucas, producer director of some of the most profitable films in Hollywood history (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc), has been working on Red Tails, an action-packed, special effects-laden World War II movie for 23 years. He paid for it himself. He figured a studio would eventually come in and pay for distribution and publicity. [...]

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Portraits from Kathputli Nagar

Thumbnail image for Portraits from Kathputli Nagar by Shoot 4 Change December 18, 2011

(Text and Photos by: Isaak J. Liptzin ) I arrived in Jaipur intending to stay only for a few days, but I ended up meeting a group of people who lived in the Kathputli colony. (click to see the photogallery) I visited their home, and spoke to them about the school they were trying to [...]

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Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal a Nation

Thumbnail image for Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal a Nation by Thomas Norman DeWolf December 6, 2011

Sharon and I both love cemeteries. One important aspect of the work we’ve committed ourselves to along our healing journey involves burial grounds. We both turn our heads to check them out when we pass them in our cars. We’ll walk through them and read headstones whether we have relatives buried there or not. Over [...]

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Himba

Thumbnail image for Himba by Shoot 4 Change September 13, 2011

A hydroelectric dam threatens ancient tradition of the Himba in Namibia. Click to see the entire photo gallery The history of the Himba, a nomadic ethnic group located in northern Namibia, known for the distinctive red ocher of their body, is a story of human tragedy.  Periods of severe drought took turns with armed attack [...]

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The Problem We All Live With

Thumbnail image for The Problem We All Live With by Thomas Norman DeWolf September 1, 2011

Thank you to my Coming to the Table friends Sharon Morgan and Edie Lee Harris for sharing this story. In 1960, a 6-year old African American girl named Ruby Bridges was escorted by federal marshals into an elementary school in New Orleans after integration became the law of the land. In 1963 Norman Rockwell captured [...]

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Buy Her Bag, Not Her Body

Thumbnail image for Buy Her Bag, Not Her Body by Shoot 4 Change August 12, 2011

- A story told by Yelena Posniak/S4C New York City – I recently had the honor to interview Supei Liu and Diana Mao, the co-founding members of the Nomi Network based in New York City. By utilizing their knowledge of fashion design, marketing, business and with great creativity, Nomi Network is making a tremendous difference [...]

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Denis Mukwege helps women ravaged by Congo war

Thumbnail image for Denis Mukwege helps women ravaged by Congo war by Moments Count July 13, 2011

A woman arrived at the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a few years ago weighing just under 62 pounds. Armed militants had murdered three of her eight children and her husband. The gunmen had repeatedly raped the woman, who as a result had become incontinent and infected with HIV. For Denis [...]

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Too Young to Wed – The secret world of child brides

Thumbnail image for Too Young to Wed – The secret world of child brides by National Geographic June 1, 2011

By Cynthia Gorney for National Geographic Please share this story!

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