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Rebecca Lolosoli Provides Safe Haven for Vulnerable Women in Kenya (read the article)

polaroid_rebecca_lolosoli_181Rebecca Lolosoli is much more than the matriarch of Umoja Village, an all women's community located in the Samburu District of Kenya. She put herself on the line for others…her life has been threatened for going against the indigenous Samburu traditions and culture. What started in 1991 as a group of 16 raped women, denounced and outcast by their families, on a patch of sun-dried, neglected land, granted to them by the Kenyan government at the behest of Rebecca is today a unique group of 50 flourishing, happy women and girls, orphans and widows and even a few beloved goats. (read more)

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Aquarius 09 - The Change Issue

Yoga Therapy Can Help Us Embrace Change

Had you told me ten years ago, when I was still a graduate student in Modern Literature that I would move to Vermont, start a journey of personal growth and healing, and train to become a yoga therapist, I would have smiled incredulously.

Capricorn 08 - The Career Issue

How I Became a Production Coordinator for REM’s Latest Tour

nataliedrillings_150I work as a touring production coordinator for large-scale concerts. When I started out, I had no idea where I was heading in my career. I literally just walked down my own path. Ideas, actions, and big leaps of faith led me…

Scorpio 08 - The Money Issue

My Peace On Money

cdmoriarty_129In October we had one of the most tumultuous months on Wall Street ever recorded. We are in uncharted territory as far as investing and government involvement. I have repeatedly heard, “What can we do?” This is not the…

Leo 08

Victoria Rowell Writes About the Amazing Women who Raised Her

vickygreen_150As a ward of the state in Maine, Victoria Rowell was raised in foster care for 18 years. At the age of eight, she received the Ford Foundation scholarship to the Cambridge School of Ballet. After dancing professionally…

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