Bisila Bokoko llama a fomentar la capacidad empresarial de las mujeres. — MARY CALVO

Originally posted on Stigmatis: La filántropa Bisila Bokoko llama a fomentar la capacidad empresarial en las mujeres https://youtu.be/BkFnwXLDg18 Ane Amondarain | Madrid – 3 noviembre, 2022 Bisila Bokoko, exdirectora de la cámara de comercio de España en Nueva York y miembro de la junta asesora de los programas de mujeres EMPRETEC de Naciones Unidas, ha…

Bisila Bokoko llama a fomentar la capacidad empresarial de las mujeres. — MARY CALVO

Good People Doing Good Things — Mama Rosie — Filosofa’s Word

I almost never redux good people posts.  There are enough good people out there who deserve the spotlight that I don’t need to revert back and redux them.  However … on occasion my attention is drawn elsewhere and rather than let you down, I do redux some of my favourites … I try not to […]

Good People Doing Good Things — Mama Rosie — Filosofa’s Word

Illiteracy is Like a Ball and Chain

From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: MasterTux

Something that limits one’s freedom or ability to do things is known as a “ball and chain.” Visuals of this are commonly seen around the ankles of prisoners or slaves.

Illiteracy is like walking around with a ball and chain around your ankles. In my book, “We Are Poetry: Lessons I Didn’t Learn in a Textbook,” I allude to illiteracy as an educational disease that shackles positive growth and opportunity, which I deem our nation’s Achilles’ Heel.

November is National Family Literacy Month. Parents play a vital role in the education of their children. This nationwide celebration seeks to spread awareness and foster family literacy by encouraging parents and caregivers to read to their children.

According to ThinkImpact.com,

Nationwide, on average, 79% of U.S. adults are literate in 2022.21% of adults in the U.S. are illiterate in 2022. 54% of adults have a literacy rate…

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A Holiday story to read before you make your gift list: In Thomas More’s « Utopia », published in 1516, gold and precious stones have no value. Indeed, they carry the weight of blood, slavery and human madness -The ART of GREENWASHING by the MERCHANTS of GOLD – in their own words… — Barbara Crane Navarro

What will you choose?  Photo montage:  “Pas de Cartier” series – Barbara Crane Navarro – with advertisement for Cartier, photo of gold mining site in indigenous territory by João Laet and Cartier® LOVE gold ring In the decades-long continuity of greenwashing the gold jewelry, watches and accessories company that created and underwrites them, the Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art presents […]

A Holiday story to read before you make your gift list: In Thomas More’s « Utopia », published in 1516, gold and precious stones have no value. Indeed, they carry the weight of blood, slavery and human madness -The ART of GREENWASHING by the MERCHANTS of GOLD – in their own words… — Barbara Crane Navarro

Lula reduziu desmatamento da Amazônia em 70%; aumento em anos de Bolsonaro é de 73%! — — Barbara Crane Navarro

O governo do petista pegou uma das maiores taxas da história quando assumiu o primeiro mandato, em janeiro de 2003, mas entregou índice em queda vertiginosa para a sucessora Dilma Rousseff. Já Jair Bolsonaro assumiu o mandato em janeiro de 2019 com uma tendência de alta e, com a paralisação e retrocesso de medidas contra […] […]

Lula reduziu desmatamento da Amazônia em 70%; aumento em anos de Bolsonaro é de 73%! — — Barbara Crane Navarro

Outubro registra 13.911 focos de queimadas na Amazônia! — — Barbara Crane Navarro

O mês também encerra com a marca de 101.215 focos de queimadas no acumulado do ano, número 33% maior do que foi registrado em todo 2021 O Greenpeace realizou sobrevoos no sul do Amazonas e no norte de Rondônia para monitorar o desmatamento e queimadas na Amazônia em julho de 2022. © Christian Braga / […] […]

Outubro registra 13.911 focos de queimadas na Amazônia! — — Barbara Crane Navarro

Streetart – Toon Van Ishoven @ Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium — Barbara Picci

Toon Van Ishoven @ Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium Toon Van Ishoven @ Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium Toon Van Ishoven @ Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium Title: Packed for the future Location: Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium Artist: Toon Van Ishoven For: Gemeente Sint-Pieters-Leeuw USEFUL LINKS: Toon Van Ishoven in this blog | Instagram | Facebook

Streetart – Toon Van Ishoven @ Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium — Barbara Picci

Streetart – Ernesto Maranje @ Northampton, Massachusetts, USA — Barbara Picci

Ernesto Maranje @ Northampton, Massachusetts, USA Location: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA Artist: Ernesto Maranje (Spain) For: Thornes Marketplace USEFUL LINKS: Ernesto Maranje in this blog | Website | Instagram | Facebook

Streetart – Ernesto Maranje @ Northampton, Massachusetts, USA — Barbara Picci

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