Sue Rock Originals Everyone, Inc. October 9, 2009
Posted by graceloveandpolitics in About This Blog, Women who change the world.Tags: Domestic Violence Month, Inc., Needlepoint Exhibit, Sue Rock Originals Everyone, Textile Arts
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Sue Rock Originals Everyone, Inc. is a textile and needlecraft charity that is committed to supporting the lives of domestic violence survivors through the donation of new and clothing. An unnecessary amount of women die as a result of domestic violence each year, this leaves a small percentage of women who actually leave domestic violence situations.
“Our goal is to provide support to the women who have made the courageous first steps toward changing their lives” says Executive Director, Susan Rock. As a creative nonprofit enterprise, Sue Rock Originals Everyone enlists the help of volunteers who design NEW clothing from donated fabric and yarn. Volunteers craft hand knit and crocheted sweaters, shrugs, bags, tops and so much more! Often, women leave the cycle of violence with only have the clothes on their back. To help, we distribute clothing to women living in transitional housing three times a year. It is our desire to do more! October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This October marks the 22nd official observance. It’s important now more than ever to get in
volved. 1400 women die as a result of incidents of violence each year. Close to one million incidence of violence occur against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year and three million women are physically abused by their husband or boyfriend each year. Sue Rock Originals needs your help. We are located at 1069 Bergen Street, between Rogers and Norstrand. Contact suerockoriginals@yahoo.com to donate or volunteer. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news and updates. acs
Modern Day Slavery March 26, 2009
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Modern day slavery is a life that most Americans cannot begin to imagine. For women in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, modern day slavery defines every moment of their lives. Cambodia, is known for its epidemic sex trade industry. 
Cambodian girls, as young as six years old are sold into prostitution, often by their parents for as little as $10.00. The poverty rate in Cambodia reaches toward one million people; most families exist on less than 50 cents a day. Selling children is a means of survival. In addition, girls are also lured into prostitution because they have nowhere else to turn or they are kidnapped. To ensure their cooperation, they remain drugged or are controlled through threats of physical abuse. Their lives are defined by harsh living conditions, discipline by rape and constant humiliation. The psychological damage is devastating. Their world, created in brothels and bars is defined by pimps, male and female. The hope of escape is impossible; the promise of more than 15 sexual partners each day is a reality.
Documentary photographer Jennifer Macfarlane has visited the brothels of Cambodia and captures the lives of women in the sex trade. She is a passionate advocate on behalf women living in Cambodia’s sex trade industry and is committed telling their stories. Jennifer’s photos reveal the despair that exists within this urgent situation. To help raise awareness, her photos will be shown in an evening of photography and music at the Chelsea Art Museum, in New York City on Thursday, March 26. The event, Dance for Freedom is sponsored by Janera.com and begins at 9:00 p.m. All proceeds will go to the Somaly Mam Foundation, an organization committed to ending slavery and preventing human trafficking. acs
March 3, 2009
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Where clean water is a pipedream
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website
For nearly one billion people, clean drinking water is still a mirage
If you want a graphic demonstration of the health impacts of poor drinking water, look no further than Zimbabwe. Three thousand people dead, at least 60,000 ill – all from a disease that is almost completely preventable.
In general, with very few exceptions, people simply do not get cholera when the water supply works. It is almost unknown in the west for that single, simple reason. As the World Health Organization (WHO) puts it: “Measures for the prevention of cholera have not changed much in recent decades, (more…)
Heartbreak and the War in the Democratic Republic of Congo February 5, 2009
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photo credit Lynsey Addario: Congo/Women Portraits of War
In a current exhibit: Congo/Women Portraits of War: The Democratic Republic of Congo, the legacy of war and violence against women is portrayed through a visual, spacial and audio approach. The exhibit featuring photography by Lynsey Addario, Marcus Bleasdale, Ron Haviv and James Nachtwey exposes the experience of women in the DRC through larger than life and emotionally charged photos. Each deeply affecting image informs viewers about the difficult, heartbreaking and most vulnerable moments in the lives of these women and the legacy of Africa’s worst war. Included in the exhibit is poetry created from interviews with the women and read by Chicago actor, Cheryl Lynn Bruce. The exhibit opens on Thursday January 5th, 2009 at Columbia College Chicago. The exhibit tour moves to Washington, D.C. and the James Cohan Gallery in New York in March, 2009. The exhibit is also scheduled to open in the United Nations Lobby in the Fall of 2009. Congo/Women Portraits of War is curated by Leslie Thomas, curator of the Darfur/ Darfur Project.
…all things are possible. january 20th, 2009 January 7, 2009
Posted by graceloveandpolitics in Uncategorized.Tags: 2009, allison sciplin, American Dream, Family, forever, grace, interpretation, love, online viewing, true, Tuesday January 20
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From President-elect Obama’s November 4th acceptance speech. “The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep”. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful that we will get there”. In three days we will have a new President, First Lady and first family. After the inauguration on January 20th, there will be many promises for our new President to keep. It’s an impossible task. A new economy. Tax reductions. More jobs. Relief. Hope. Change. Everyone says “it’s all going to get worse before it gets better”. This is probably true. But if we gain anything over the next four years, I hope it includes the presence of quiet and calm while we interpret our new lives and a true definition of family, the American Dream and love. Cause the old ways of thinking are raggedy and breathless. I love this photo…and from this interpretation it all begins. Here is information about the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. The swearing in ceremony begins at 11:30am est. For online viewing information visit this blog:NewTeeVee.com. acs
Toni Morrison’s “A Mercy” November 13, 2008
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“Bonds That Seem Cruel Can Be Kind”
NEW YORK TIMES By MICHIKO KAKUTANI Published: November 3, 2008
A horrifying act stood at the center of Toni Morrison’s 1987 masterwork, “Beloved”: a runaway slave, caught in her effort to escape, cuts the throat of her baby daughter with a handsaw, determined to spare the girl the fate she herself has suffered as a slave. A similarly indelible act stands at the center of Ms. Morrison’s remarkable new novella, “A Mercy,” a small, plangent gem of a story that is, at once, a kind of prelude to “Beloved” and a variation on that earlier book’s exploration of the personal costs of slavery — a system that moves men and women and children around “like checkers” and casts a looming shadow over both parental and romantic love. (more…)
What are you willing to sacrifice? November 8, 2008
Posted by graceloveandpolitics in Urban flight and an everyday girl, Women who change the world.Tags: Add new tag, American Dream, change, forever, life, love, vote, Women who change the world
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It’s over. Done. Whether you voted for President Barack Obama or Senator John McCain; there are still decisions to make. Big decisions. What if we admit that the American Dream may never exist in the way we imagined four months ago? 10.1 million people have lost their jobs. The unemployment rate is 6.5%. What will it take to find our way again? What are you willing to sacrifice to make this work? We can’t depend on the government. Our change is going to take a long long time. With this in mind, how creative and resourceful are you willing to be (to help) ensure change? acs
The rain does not recognize anyone as a friend; it drenches all equally. Ibo Proverb
November 7, 2008
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happy friday October 31, 2008
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Mom Bett and the Little Ones A-Glowing, an African American fairy tale. Mom Bett and her son, Jody, lived in a house at the edge of the fields where the woods began. the garden was shaded by a high, old tree. Mom Bett often said the tree had taken a leap out of the woods right into her heart. Jody said Mom Bett loved the tree mor than him. She laughed and teased back: “I love you both the same!” Every ‘fore dayclean, Mom Bett was there (more…)
October 30, 2008
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