Tag: human rights
Oppression is Not Peace
Within the last few days there has been a great deal of information coming out of Iran about the state-sanctioned beating and murder of a woman named Jîna Amini. It…
Read MoreCelebrating Women-Many Voices Striving for Equality
On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #Choosetochallenge. The IWD website challenges people to create videos that celebrate women and their varied voices. We can…
Read MoreHuman Rights Day – December 10
December 10 is Human Rights Day, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins “all human beings are born free and equal in…
Read MoreWorld Refugee Day
Now when they had departed, behold,( an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt,…
Read MoreThe Origins of Mother’s Day
It has been over 140 years since Mother’s Day first came into being, yet few people know that it was originally conceived as a day for mothers to protest injustice…
Read MoreThoughts While Fasting
by Bonnie Block I went hungry today, So I remembered of the men at Guantanamo who’ve been on hunger strikes protesting their unjust imprisonment. I went hungry today, So I…
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