The term “culture” has become something of a buzzword in the world of business. Many corporations and large companies like to talk about how they have “strong” or “innovative” and “modern” cultures, but what does this mean, exactly? An organization’s culture, personally, is defined by how the people within this organization behave and interact with one another. This includes management, mid-level management, team leaders and the people at the very bottom of the organizational … [Read more...]
What is Enlightenment?, Immanuel Kant
January 25, 2015 by
What Is Enlightenment? Immanuel Kant Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) "Have the courage to use your own understanding," ... is therefore the motto of the enlightenment. Laziness … [Read more...]
Children the Importance of Volunteering
December 11, 2013 by
“Teaching Children the Importance of Volunteering: Nannies and Children” As a primary caregiver, it is natural to want to raise a child who is focused on others and who has a sense of responsibility to society. Children, though, do not always naturally possess these traits, especially when living in a culture that caters to an “it’s all about me” ideology. Showing children how to be selfless versus simply telling them how to be selfless may be the key to unlocking the compassion within … [Read more...]
Lorre White celebrates China’s Art & Museum Ambitions
April 13, 2013 by
As China’s economy has risen, so has its appetite for art. As the New York Times reports, wealthy Chinese collectors are anxious to display their growing collections in a plethora of new museums, and also to preserve some of the nation’s most precious, ancient artworks that have long been abandoned. According to the Times, 390 new museums opened in China in 2011, and the acceleration continues. It seems that many are devoted to either very old or very new art, and the latter has been mostly … [Read more...]
A Doorway to Persia, narration by Peter Coyote and Ymani Simmons
July 12, 2012 by
A DOORWAY To PERSIA The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians. The synonymous usage of Iranian and Persian has persisted over the centuries although some modern Western sources use Iranic/Iranian as a wider term that includes the term Persian as well … [Read more...]
NEPAL: Women in Chhuaupadi – ADELE BUTLER
May 27, 2011 by
Nepali Women and Girls Isolated During Menstruation On the Violence is Not Our Culture site, I read about a ritual practice in Nepal called Chhuaupadi pratha which can cause prolonged depression and even death among girls and women. “Chhau” means menstruation and “padi” – woman. It is a ritual which banishes girls and women during their menstruation. It is dangerous because it also isolates women during and after childbirth. These women are banished fro up to eleven days away from … [Read more...]
ADELE BUTLER – Women of Spirit: New Delhi in Rape Crisis
March 28, 2011 by
The Women of New Dehli are in crisis; and the Women of our World are Taking Action! Imagine being raped because you are a working woman. Hard to believe but this is the nightmarish reality women in New Delhi face. I first read about this on the Care2 Make a Difference site. The New York Times reported that a couple was accosted by five drunken young men from a nearby farming village accosted a couple last month. They beat the young man and gang-raped the … [Read more...]
