UN Confirms First Delivery Of Aid To Starving Palestinians In Syria
NEW YORK -- The United Nations has confirmed that a batch of desperately needed food aid has finally reached some of the thousands of Palestinians refugees who have been without live-saving essentials...
View ArticleJanya Lilly, 13, Co-Captain Of Middle School Boys' Basketball Team, Is...
Most adults we know could take a lesson from 13-year-old Janya Lilly. She's only in seventh grade, but she knows what it means to go after your dreams. Lilly is the only girl who plays on the...
View ArticleYoung and Old Take on King's Unfinished Mission
No one told Martin Luther King Jr. he was too young to change the world. Even without the aid of today's digital tools, he led a movement when he was 26. Young and old joined his causes, marching...
View ArticlePTSD Service Animal Ad Will Make You Laugh, Cry, And Hug Your Dog A Little...
Guide dogs aren't only for people who have difficulty seeing, they're also for those "who have seen too much." That's the premise illustrated in a powerful new ad from the Royal Dutch Guide Dog...
View ArticleFulfilling MLK's Legacy of Coming Together to Move Forward
With MLK Day as a backdrop, I'm reminded of the inclusiveness of his leadership as he inspired and encouraged contemporaries like Cesar Chavez who was leading the farm worker's movement which also...
View Article3 Ways To See The True Self In Others And In Yourself
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. My first experience of seeing more of people than usually meets the eye was in medical school. After saying hello, the first thing we said to...
View Article5 Ways to Engage Youth in the Fight for Civil Rights
A few days ago, I placed my cell phone, keys, and wallet in a small plastic bin and slowly walked through a set of large metal detectors. After making my way through the machine, I was asked to raise...
View ArticleRichest 85 People Own As Much Wealth As Poorest 3.5 Billion: Oxfam
The world’s 85 wealthiest people hold as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion, or half the world population, according to a new report from global anti-poverty group Oxfam. That’s roughly $1.7...
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg On Battling Stereotypes Of Powerful Women At Work -- Even...
When Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg gave a TEDTalk entitled, "Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders," she wasn't without reservations. She feared that addressing the fact that she was (whisper) a "woman,"...
View ArticleYou Are A Loud
One lasting lesson of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday is that great injustice is usually defeated by very average human beings who act in unexpectedly bold ways. In 1955, a 42-year-old...
View ArticleObama Visits Soup Kitchen On Martin Luther King Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is honoring Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of service by helping a soup kitchen prepare its daily meals. Obama took his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and...
View ArticleAs an Actor, Bringing the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. to Life
LeVar Burton played Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 2001 film "Ali." The first time I was cast to portray Dr. Martin Luther King was in a school play. The role was little more than a cameo at the end of...
View ArticleSandusky's Son Hopes To Use 'Happy Valley' Documentary To Empower Abuse...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky participated in a documentary about his father's sexual-abuse case and hopes to become an advocate for...
View ArticleWe're Cheated When We Say We Can't Understand
I love people who don't do what's expected, especially when things go wrong. A little over a week ago Sam Berns died. He had just turned 17 in October. I didn't know Sam, though from watching his film,...
View ArticleA Diminished Man
A diminished man lives upstairs at my house. My long war with multiple sclerosis and two skirmishes with colon cancer have taken their toll on my body. I am less than I was. And my spirit has suffered....
View ArticleHarnessing the Drum Major Instinct Through National Service
As we reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is difficult not to wonder whether our nation today would be capable of bringing about the same kind of sweeping change as the civil rights...
View ArticleIn Child Protection, Easy Solutions Are Rarely Real Solutions
Working in child welfare in developing countries, or any country for that matter, isn't a particularly easy or simple task, in fact it's quite the opposite. Child welfare cases can contain a menagerie...
View ArticlePity Charity: Why It's Actually Abusive to Children
From the Executive Director of Friends-International, Sebastien Marot Over the last week two separate shocking stories emerged from Cambodia: A globally renowned organization was again accused of...
View ArticleThe Numbers Don't Lie
As President Barack Obama enters his sixth year in office, the image of a black man against the backdrop of grand marble and the stately appointments of the Oval Office has become quite unremarkable....
View ArticleIce Cube And Goodyear Blimp Bring Lyrics To Life For A Good Cause
GARDENA, CALIF. -- Today was a good day for rapper Ice Cube and A Place Called Home, an after-school youth center in South Los Angeles. Thanks to a savvy Internet fundraising petition to put Ice Cube's...
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