This is from a Facebook note that I wrote:
Society has built us to think that we need all these great things, that are killed and plundered for. Right? You need your phone. Right? How could you help that poor Palestinian if you didn't have your IPhone? It helps you organize events and communicate information so quickly. Read More »
In Africa, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has captured children, brainwashed them, and forced them to become brutal soldiers–or die. The LRA defines army training as killing another child, and they murder the children who refuse to comply.
Humanitarian organization Invisible Children wants to rescue these abducted children. Invisible Children started the Rescue, an event to raise awareness about the LRA abductions in Uganda, the DR Congo, and South Sudan. On April 25, 2009, participants in 100 cities around the world will abduct themselves in honor of the LRA’s child soldiers. Supporters will circle themselves in a family photo and leave the photo at the abduction site to symbolize their capture. They’ll march 1-3 miles, linked by a rope, to the “LRA camp” where they’ll stay overnight. Read More »
While living and working in downtown Buffalo, I quickly noticed the amount of homeless people roaming the streets. Every day while walking to or from work to the bus stop I was asked, "Ma'am, do you have any change? Read More »
By Stewart N. Thorpe (Ramognino) of Citizen Press Revolution
Darfur, ladies and gentlemen, as the public knows it, is a hoax, a great, giant, big, freaking big hoax.
The Save Darfur Coalition spent $15 million in 2006 and none of that $15 million went to aid groups on the ground in Darfur. None. Read More »
