Urgent S.O.S. : #ConnectRefugees
It’s 2016, and in the age of interconnectivity and mobile phones, refugees should not be relying on sending out an S.O.S. via – “Message in a Bottle” as in the…
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Let Us Come Together as “One” – #Eid al Adha
At a time in history of enormous challenges – man-made, environmental, and beyond our control — sacrifice for the common good calls for dedication to the cause of peace and…
Happy 100th Birthday #NationalPark Service
Celebration is in the air for the August 25, 2016 Centennial birthday of the the National Park Service. Special programs and festivities are planned at the 58 parks in the…
First #Drought, now Flood in Africa’s Second Most Populous Nation
Rich in history and situated in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country and its second most populated. However, Ethiopia needs international support as the effects of…
The #Indigenous, Educators & Custodians of our Future
There are more than 370 million Indigenous people living in more than 90 countries across the globe. (Rainforest Action Network) The theme this year at the United Nations for International…
A Call for “HELP!” from #SouthSudan !
The ongoing food crisis, rampant child hunger and sexual assault permeates the lives of the innocent in South Sudan’s ongoing civil war. Well over a month ago, UNICEF, World Food…
Coffee with the Souls of #Srebrenica
For most, the Srebrenica Genocide has become a footnote in history once again linking horrific crimes against fellow man that many thought could “Never Again” occur after the horrors of…
Hats Off to Sweden, Bolivia, Ethiopia & Kazakhstan!
History was again made in the UN General Assembly this week when four new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council – Sweden, Bolivia, Ethiopia, and Kazakhstan were selected for…
Fictional Protagonist Fantine of Les Miserables as Real Life Goodwill Ambassador
Academy Award-Winning actor Anne Hathaway is an accomplished artist who has spent a lifetime of achievement in films featuring the plight of women in the workforce or motherhood. In fictional…
#Yazidis – Victims of #Genocide, Slavery, & Sexual Slavery
Yazidids may be an ancient people, but they are modern-day victims of genocide and ISIL targets for hatred, slavery, and sexual slavery. They are an Iraqi ethnic minority, primarily Kurds,…