Saturday, May 20, 2006

World on Fire

I have been away for a long time. It's not because I haven't had things going on, actually, I have had too many things going on to post. But back once again. Things that really caught my attention recently:
The Amazing march of the millions of immigrants all over the USA for legalization Rights:


Jan 16, 2006: The first woman president takes office in Liberia, Africa
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a graduate of Harvard University who worked as a waitress here in the US to pay for her education becomes the example that the world needs to follow. How a low income self educated african woman can overcome obstacles and become a leader in women's rights in a continent with the highest rape and violence towards women and children in the world. Her first action: making rape illegal in a country that saw it simply as " men misbehaving".


And in an act that should be followed by many other artists in the world, Sarah McLachlan creates a video with $15 and distributes the rest of the estimated cost of it to charities around the world.
Watch the video here:
http://www.worldonfire.ca/

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