November 2010
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Oct 28th
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The Middle Class in Africa
  “Do the middle classes really exist in Abidjan? With between 1 and 7€ per person [about $1.30 to $9.75]  per day, their income could seem pathetic to the occidental standards. However, they live far better than the poor (1€ or less a day) and can not be compared to the rich minority. Often coming from numerous and rural families, their education brought them in town and allowed them to...
Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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Supergrannies is a photo exhibition about a group of grandmothers who are showing extraordinary grit, care for others and even humour, despite the heavy burdens they carry. The grannies in the exhibition are among the many who have formed a support and activist group called Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS. This organization, they say, “is keeping us alive”.
Oct 27th
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Listentheafricatheynevershowyou: Congo Princess The...
Oct 24th
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Oct 22nd
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TED prize: A man who gives slums a human face →
afghanipoppy: J R, a mysterious worldwide “photograffeur” (graffeur is French for graffiti artist), travels to slums around the world and paints “colossal photographs in downtrodden neighborhoods.” Aside from winning a highly renowned philanthropic prize, TED also grants the winner a chance to make a “wish”: to devote the $100,000 in funds to a humanitarian project that will almost...
Oct 22nd
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“We want an angry generation.. We want a generation that will farm the horizons...”
–  Nizar Qabbani
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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you know what else will help besides wearing...
take a stand against the bullying of queer youth everyday. sistargirl: ridding your daily speech of the “no homos” and “that’s gay.” the simplest things are great help towards the bigger picture.
Oct 20th
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Oct 19th
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“By creating a new mythos – that is, a change in the way we perceive reality, the...”
– Gloria Anzaldua                               
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Oct 13th
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Los Mineros Chilenos
1) Florencio Avalos, 31, who recorded the videos - sent up to the surface - that showed the world what conditions inside the mine have been like; 2) Mario Sepulveda, 40, who has served as a narrator in the videos; 3) Juan Illanes, 52, an electrical mechanic; 4) Carlos Mamani, 23, a Bolivian and the only non-Chilean in the mine; 5) Jimmy Sanchez, 19, the youngest in the mine; 6) Osman Araya, 30; 7)...
Oct 13th
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Africa gains power at World Bank →
WASHINGTON — Sub-Saharan Africa gained a louder voice at the World Bank Friday, with the election of a third representative to the institution’s governing panel. Governors elected Renosi Mokate to the 25-member panel — which approves aid packages and oversees the bank’s projects — giving developed nations a majority of seats for the first time. “The election of Dr Mokate is very welcome as it...
Oct 12th
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Oct 11th
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“Do you really want to celebrate the legacy of a man who committed heinous crimes...”
Oct 11th
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thinkmexican: No Man’s Land: The Women of Mexico Emigration is dividing families and changing social structures in rural Mexico. As the men seek work in the United States, they leave behind the women, children and elderly. Women are doing the jobs of men and acting as both mother and father to sons and daughters. Due to riskier and more costly border crossings, the men stay in the North … some...
Oct 10th
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“I will respect both French law and Muslim law by taking off what I have on my...”
– Cennet Doganay A 15-year-old French Muslim girl who beat the ban on Islamic headscarves in schools by shaving her head.                                                                
Oct 9th
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Oct 9th
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ConquistaDORA the Explorer explains what Columbus Day really means.
Oct 8th
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“Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.”
– Native American Saying
Oct 8th
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Oct 8th
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happy disability history month!
“I would like to challenge movement leadership to grow, support, and create space for disabled people of color. I do not mean this as a platform for encouraging simple diversity or one-dimensional multiculturalism, but as a push for us to rethink and revision what we understand as disability community and history. I want to talk about why disability looks white. I want us to understand how...
Oct 8th
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“We often see poverty as an economic and social issue, but we must have a deeper...”
– Gustavo Gutierrez (via azspot)
Oct 8th
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Oct 7th
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“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our...”
– Bob Marley — Redemption Song
Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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