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Inspiration: Celebrate Good Deeds Day

Posted on 10/03/2013 | 39 Comments

“I believe that if people will think good, speak good and do good, the circles of good will grow and our world will be a better one.” Shari Arison

Inspiration: Celebrate Good Deeds Day... pledge page

Inspiration: Celebrate Good Deeds Day… pledge page

Goodnet – A Gateway to Doing Good, is a media platform that aims to help you activate your goodness. Connecting between people, organizations and initiatives, Goodnet offers everyone a direct path to finding the opportunity that best suits them for doing good.

In 2007, Businesswoman and philanthropist Shari Arison, owner of the Arison Group, initiated Good Deeds Day; the main idea behind the initiative was that each of us can do something good to help/benefit others. Shari’s wish was to inspire people to make a commitment to do good.  The first gathering in 2007 was organized by Ruach Tova (NGO), the philanthropic arm of the Arison Group, and part of The Ted Arison Family Foundation. Since that first gathering of 7,000 committed souls, it has become a huge success as people around the world (50 nations in 2012) continue to sign up to perform acts of kindness towards others in their communities. To encourage greater participation, Shari and her team also created the website Goodnet, to provide participants with a portal to help them gather and connect with others interested in activities that exemplify doing good.

Good Deeds Day Shari Arison via wikipedia

Inspiration: Celebrate Good Deeds Day… Shari Arison via wikipedia

Recently, I came across Shari Arison’s organization on Facebook and when I found out that March 10 was the designated date for International Good Deeds Day, I signed on. When you join in, you are guided to a page to fill out a form with data and make a pledge to perform specific actions. Your created profile with your name and location is then added to a huge Participant board or pledge page showcasing many others active members. They even offer a toolkit to help you create an activity/event for the day. For this assignment, I pledged to send out daily virtual hugs: Here’s one {{{HUGS}}}  for you! However, you can pledge anything that tickles your fancy and it’s never too late to join. More below!

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International Women’s Day: End Violence Against Women

Posted on 08/03/2013 | 60 Comments

“Remember the dignity of your womanhood. Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel. Take courage, join hands, stand beside us, fight with us.” Christabel Pankhurst

International Women’s Day: End Violence Against Women

International Women’s Day: End Violence Against Women via IWD.com

UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet – discrimination and violence against women and girls have no place in the 21st century.

16 Steps to end violence against Women - UNO
Invest-in gender equality and women’s empowerment
Enhance women’s economic empowerment
Increase public awareness and social mobilization
Engage the mass media
Work for and with young people as champions of change
Mobilize men and boys (1-6) Contd Below

Today is International Women’s Day, 8 March 2013, and the United Nations theme for this year is: “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women.” The goal of this year’s theme is to encourage communities globally to stand firm and put an end to violence against women. Even with all the progress women enjoy, acts of violence against women remain a stumbling block in our fight for equality. According to the UN, 603 million women live in nations that have not criminalized domestic violence. About 70% of women, globally, have experienced physical or sexual violence.

“My campaign, UNiTE to End Violence against Women, is playing its part in spreading the message: violence against women and girls is a gross human rights violation that must be punished.” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

International Women’s Day: End Violence Against Women

International Women’s Day: End Violence Against Women via IWD.com

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International Women’s Day 2013 Google Doodle [HQ]

16 Steps to end violence against Women – UNO
Donate to the UN Trust Fund to end violence against women.
Provide adequate public resources
Train providers of frontline services
Ensure universal access to critical services
End impunity towards conflict related sexual violence(7-11) Contd Below

This year’s focus on ending all forms of violent acts against women is an important theme because it encourages all of us to pay attention to the women around us and take collective action to end it. To help spur us on to action, the UN has offered 16 actionable steps to end violence against women. If we are able to act on a few steps at a time, it would make a huge difference in the lives of abused women. I divided the steps into 3 segments and put them in block quotes  above and below. Please read them and choose which ones you’d like to share with your friends, family and community. More below!

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Black History Month: Eunique Jones Divine Transformations – Kids As Historic Icons

Posted on 28/02/2013 | 44 Comments

“We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.” Carter G. Woodson

Black History Month: Eunique Jones Transforms Children Into Historic Icons

Black History Month: Eunique Jones Divine Transformations – Kids As Historic Icons

Eunique Jones Divine Transformations - Kids As Historic Icons

Black History Month: Eunique Jones Divine Transformations – Kids As Historic Icons

Harriet Tubman                                              Carter G. Woodson
Madame C.J. Walker                                      George Washington Carver

Every year, during the month of February, we celebrate Black History Month(BHM) by showcasing the accomplishments and contributions of historic figures in the African American community. This year, I came across a brilliant photography project/campaign that has created a lot of media buzz online and off. I was so impressed by the original, creative approach to celebrating BHM that I reached out to the campaign creator, Eunique Jones, on Facebook and asked permission to share some of her photos with you. I’m grateful that she agreed as this is the perfect wrap up to a month of celebrations and recognitions; a month that I was thinking flew by so fast.

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington

Eunique Jones Divine Transformations - Kids As Historic Icons

Black History Month: Eunique Jones Divine Transformations – Kids As Historic Icons

Rosa Parks                                                       Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Frederick Douglass                                         Mary McLeod Bethune

Eunique Jones Divine Transformations - Kids As Historic Icons

Black History Month: Eunique Jones Divine Transformations – Kids As Historic Icons

Angela Davis                                                   Dr. Ben Carson
Run-D.M.C.                                                     Josephine Baker

In honor of BHM, Eunique Jones, a talented Photographer, blogger, and happily married mom, decided to launch a fabulous campaign “Because of Them, We Can.” Each day in February, she has released a new photo featuring one of the divine nine kids she selected for the project.  Each black child is cast as either a historical or contemporary black icon who helped pave the way for the rest of us. Because of these icons, we can believe in our ability to accomplish our dreams. because of them, we can freely choose what we want to be. I was fascinated by Eunique’s original idea and by her careful selection of kids and quotes for the icons represented in her campaign. I knew her remarkable work had to be shared, enjoyed and exposed to more people. Eunique has generously created posters of all the photos featured, and they can be ordered at Becauseofthemwecan.com Use the code: FREESHIP at checkout for free shipping! More Below!

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