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Could Our Deepest Fears Hold the Key to Ending Violence?
by Frances Moore Lappéposted Apr 18, 2013 - Feelings of fear and powerlessness are driving the cycle of violence that surrounds us. To change that, we need to recognize that we need each other to thrive as individuals.
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Me Too: A Letter to Steubenville’s Jane Doe
by Kim Simonposted Apr 01, 2013 - After her essay on raising boys to respect women went viral, an incredible outpouring of support gave author Kim Simon the courage to tell the story she really wanted to share: how her own healing from rape came from knowing she wasn’t alone.
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Teaching Emotions: A Different Approach to Ending School Violence
by Katherine Gustafsonposted Mar 14, 2013 - A growing network of programs is teaching kids how to understand and express their emotions. Among their results: decreased aggression and violence.
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Dancing the World into Being: A Conversation with Idle No More’s Leanne Simpson
by Naomi Kleinposted Mar 05, 2013 - Naomi Klein speaks with writer, spoken-word artist, and indigenous academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about “extractivism,” why it’s important to talk about memories of the land, and what’s next for Idle No More.
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Global Day of Dance Connects Women around the Globe
by Katrina Rabelerposted Feb 15, 2013 - Eve Ensler’s One Billion Rising brought women into the streets in every country registered with the United Nations, plus a few places that aren’t. At the Seattle event, a dancing little girl seemed to represent the movement’s hopes for women’s lives.
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Today, One Billion Rise
by Christa Hillstromposted Feb 14, 2013 - Rise, strike, dance! Join the worldwide walkout for the end of violence against women and girls.
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The Power of Outrospection
posted Feb 07, 2013 - Video: Roman Krznaric on the concept of “outrospection” and how it could shape the 21st century—all illustrated with animated cartoons!
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From the Culture of Aloha, a Path Out of Gun Violence
by Poka Laenuiposted Feb 07, 2013 - Beneath mainstream culture runs a current of domination, individualism, and exclusion that is harming our children. We assume this is normal—but is it really?
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Bringing (Human) Diversity to America’s National Parks
by YES! Online Staffposted Jan 28, 2013 - Video: Take a journey to Yosemite National Park with the Amazing Grace 50+ Club, a Los Angeles-based church group that strives to bring more people of color to our national parks.
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Tomorrow, We March on Washington to End the Gun Violence
by Rev. Jacqui Lewisposted Jan 25, 2013 - Twenty-two times more children have been killed by guns since 1979 than military personnel in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. Rev. Jacqui Lewis on why all of us—from clergy to factory workers—must not be too sad, too busy, or too afraid to say, enough.
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In Rural Mexico, Student-Led Education Heals Old Wounds
by Mike Emilianiposted Jan 11, 2013 - Unitierra has no classrooms, no teachers, and no formal curriculum. Yet the school has successfully helped local people learn practical skills for years.
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4 Reminders of Human Goodness After Sandy Hook
by Jeremy Adam Smithposted Dec 21, 2012 - Following the heartbreak in Newtown, many Americans find themselves wondering—are people just horrible? Jeremy Adam Smith on why compassion, forgiveness, and resilience are everywhere, even in tragedy.
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In Wake of Factory Fire, U.S. Labor Groups Attempt Blockade of Walmart Imports
by Olivia Rosaneposted Dec 20, 2012 - A fire that killed 112 workers in a Bangladeshi factory that supplies goods to Walmart has inspired the next wave of actions demanding justice for workers along the company’s supply chain.
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How a Bus Full of Undocumented Families Could Change the Immigration Debate
by Marisa Francoposted Nov 30, 2012 - This summer, a courageous group of migrants risked deportation in a cross-country trip asking police, leaders, and the public to work toward humanization—not “Arizonafication”—of national policy.
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Book Review: Joy Harjo’s Crazy Brave
by Rebecca Leisherposted Nov 12, 2012 - Native American poet Joy Harjo declares, "I was not brave." But her memoir is a gift that urges us to enlist our own crazy bravery to step through the doorways in our lives.
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