Forget that
you are alone;
forget, for a moment,
that you are alone.
Forget that
what keeps you
from the night
is the small comfort,
tiny glow,
of lamp light.
Forget that
you are alone;
forget, for a moment,
that you are alone.
Forget that
what keeps you
from the night
is the small comfort,
tiny glow,
of lamp light.
\”When Cynthia Koenig, a young social entrepreneur from New York, learned that millions of girls and women around the world spend hours each day collecting water from distant sources, she decided to create a new way to help people in poor communities transport water and it’s called the WaterWheel. Koenig’s WaterWheel allows people to roll water in a 50-liter container versus carrying it in 5 gallon (19 liter) jugs. Koenig estimates that the WaterWheel can save women 35 hours per week in water transport time, as well as prevent the physical strain that comes from balancing 40 pounds of water on top of their heads for hours each day.
When the Going Gets Tough…
These days, the rough patch we’re navigating has turned into a very long haul. I believe we’ll weather the changes. I believe we’re strong enough to do so. Still, it’s easy to fall into despair and wish that our journey wasn’t so rife with trouble.
Right now, we’re in a thick soup of changes that rival any changes we’ve weathered in human history. The shit’s hitting the fan — environmentally, economically, emotionally — and everywhere we look, people are losing it. Shooting up the joint. Setting themselves on fire. Totaling their cars. Blowing up their personal lives.
via Breadcrumbs in Dark Times: Any minute now, everything will change. | Rebelle Society.
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Establishing a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault
The prevalence of rape and sexual assault at our Nation\’s institutions of higher education is both deeply troubling and a call to action. Studies show that about one in five women is a survivor of attempted or completed sexual violence while in college. In addition, a substantial number of men experience sexual violence during college. Although schools have made progress in addressing rape and sexual assault, more needs to be done to ensure safe, secure environments for students of higher education.
Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard just became the first woman from her country to advance to the semis of the Australian Open in over three decades. Way to go, Eugenie! What do you want to know about her history-making game? How she prepped before facing Ana Ivanovic? What she thinks put her over the edge in this match? How high she thinks she can rise in this tournament? Duh, of course not, you want to know what man she’d date if she could date any man in the whole wide world. Because that’s so relevant to tennis!
I love watching people dance, especially when they love dancing.
via Dance like Nobody’s Watching. — Tale of a Modern Ballerina. | Rebelle Society.
Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: “What I Will” and “break (clustered)” — meditations on war and peace, on women and power.
Wait for the astonishing line: “Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded.”
In her poems and plays, Suheir Hammad blends the stories and sounds of her Palestinian-American heritage with the vibrant language of Brooklyn to create a passionately modern voice.
Suheir Hammad is the author of breaking poems, recipient of a 2009 American Book Award and the Arab American Book award for Poetry 2009.
Her other books are ZaatarDiva; Born Palestinian, Born Black; and Drops of This Story. Her work has been widely anthologized and also adapted for theater.
via Suheir Hammad Performs Poems of War, Peace, Women & Power | Amazing Women Rock.
It looks like the propaganda battle between Putin and Pussy Riot has germinated the ultimate merger of politics and protest, celebrity and fashion. Back on the streets after serving 21 months of a two year prison sentence for performing a protest song, band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, in alignment with NOOR’s gifted photographer, Yuri Kozyrev, use youth, beauty, glamour, shopping, culture, earnest conversation, dancing, landmark cityscape, citizen journalism, social freedom, of course, and new glossy pastel iPhone 5c’s in TIME’s almost-frolicking slideshow to refashion activism as allure.
As target, antagonist but otherwise classic backdrop, the Kremlin must regret letting go of that prison garb. Because what signifies uniform submission has here been turned inside out, the woman using the garments for martyrdom credit and the material of repudiation. The jacket as conscience couture, resistance is now what’s in vogue.
via That Pussy Riot – Yuri Kozyrev Shoot: Fashion as Defiance — BagNews.
Women Helping Women is seeking a part-time (20 hours per week) School and Community Educator to join our Education and Prevention team. The School and Community Educator is responsible for providing prevention programming in middle and high schools, assisting with maintaining the Education and Prevention team social media sites, and providing community awareness presentations. Successful candidates will have strong public speaking skills, experience in curriculum development, and an understanding of violence prevention. Expertise in sexual assault and teen dating violence are required. This position is primarily weekdays with occasional weekend and evening hours. Flexible schedule, team approach, and access to reliable transportation are necessary.
Bachelor\’s degree in Human Service or Education related field or equivalent education and/or experience plus 1-2 years experience in the field of sexual assault/domestic violence is required.
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