There is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, 'Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.' I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow … [Read more...]
ANGEL SUMMIT – YOU Can Still Register Now !!!
September 26, 2011 by
Hello Beautiful Ones You're going to LOVE this exciting FREE Angels & Energy Telesummit Tour: A Passport to Healing Your Body, Financial Flow & Relationships, from September 26th through October 8th at 1:00pm PST/4:00pm EST. A stellar ensemble of 11 renowned Angel and Energy "tour guides" (including me!) will share road maps with specific tools, strategies, and mindsets about angelic support and energy medicine. This Telesummit Tour is dedicated to Archangel … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Celebrating Women Now Allowed To Vote!
September 26, 2011 by
Hooray for Women! Saudi Arabian Women Now Allowed To Vote Saudi Arabian King Abdullah has granted women in his country the right to vote and run for public office. Not so much hooray- in order to participate in public life, women still need permission from a male relative. They also won't be able to start participating in the democratic process until the next election cycle, which won't happen until 2015. Despite the delay in implementation, Saudi Women … [Read more...]
Economic and AIDS Crises in Zimbabwe Force Elderly Women ..
September 25, 2011 by
Economic and AIDS Crises in Zimbabwe Force Elderly Women to Live in Poverty FILABUSI, ZIMBABWE– Lydia Banda, 70, came to Zimbabwe from Zambia in the 1960s in search of a better life. As a young newlywed, she moved here with her husband, who had a better chance of getting a job in the region’s industrial hub. Banda never had any children, so when her husband died in 1998, she was on her own. But she says in Sindebele, the local language, that she did not despair because she and … [Read more...]
Council on Women & Girls: A Global Focus
September 23, 2011 by
Friday, September 23, 2011 Weekly Women's Update Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! President Obama has been traveling the country and talking about his plan to create jobs and strengthen our economy. On Thursday, the President spoke in front of the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati,Ohio about the urgent need to fix America's infrastructure. The American Jobs Act includes a $50 billion investment in much needed infrastructure enhancements … [Read more...]
Avaaz.org – Urgent: Hours for Palestine
September 23, 2011 by
Dear Amazing Avaaz community, Emergency -- within hours, President Abbas will decide whether to stand up to US pressure and let the world vote on Palestinian statehood, or leave New York with nothing achieved. Let's flood our governments with phone calls and messages telling them to stand behind Abbas, and send a massive wave of support to him to stand strong -- it will be delivered by an Avaaz flotilla of ships that will sail past the UN tomorrow morning: Today, Palestine's … [Read more...]
IWHC, International Women’s – 7 billion, what power do women have?
September 23, 2011 by
Washington, DC we co-sponsored an event with UNFPA, National Geographic, government agencies and non-governmental organizations focusing on women and girls as critical engines of change in the new reality of 7 billion people. In late October 2011, world population will reach 7 billion people. It is critical that we unleash the power of women and girls to alleviate poverty and accelerate progress on all of our global development goals. Check out this video, featuring Lois Quam, Executive … [Read more...]
Affordable Care Act, One Million More Young Adults Have Coverage!
September 21, 2011 by
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 One Million More Young Adults Have Coverage Thanks to the Affordable Care Act A report, released today, finds that as of March 31, 2011, approximately one million more young adults have health coverage, compared with one year ago. This significant drop in the number of uninsured young Americans is thanks to a provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows them to stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26. The CDC’s National Health … [Read more...]
