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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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Virgo 09 - The Climate Change Issue

Jana Dean Speaks to the United Nations About Teaching in a Time of Global Environmental Crisis

janadean3_104A teacher and writer in Tumwater, Washington, Jana Dean accepted a fellowship to study climate change at the edge of the arctic with the Earthwatch Institute. She embarked last February with a Canadian research team in Churchill, Manitoba to measure snow depth,…

Cancer 09 - The Home Issue

Home Visiting Programs Reduce Child Abuse in Difficult Times

ruth_schubert_138The stress of a newborn baby can be difficult for any family. Poverty, youth, depression or isolation can make that stress overwhelming.

Home visiting programs, like the Nurse-Family Partnership funded in President Barack Obama’s proposed budget, were designed to help families like these—the…

Gemini 09 - The Summer Reading Issue

Read About Women Who Are Changing the World

ayaanhirsialism_107If you don't know who Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Wangari Maathai, and Nina Disesa are, then you have some reading to do this summer!

Women like Ms. Hirsi Ali are taking a strong stand against female oppression and changing the world. (read…

Aries 09 - Spring Break

Spring Letter from the Editor

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Spring is finally here! Why not celebrate with a Spring Break right where you are by taking a moment each day this week to focus on being yourself and being in your body? These “mindful” moments could be a…

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