Rude jokes, hate mail and violent threats—for climate experts, it’s all part of the job. That’s especially true for the women. By Chris Turner, Chatelaine, March 5, 2020 https://www.chatelaine.com/news/women-climate-change-attacks/ Just months after the Alberta NDP’s surprise 2015 election win, Shannon Phillips, the province’s new environment minister, travelled to Paris for what would turn out to […]
This Young Chess Champion is ‘Not Scared of Anything on That Board’
Long and heart-warming. . . By Elizabeth Blair, NPR, March 12, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/12/813699921/this-young-chess-champion-is-not-scared-of-anything-on-that-board The story of how 9-year-old Tani Adewumi became a chess prodigy begins nearly five years ago, in a print shop in Abuja, Nigeria. Tani’s father, Kayode Adewumi, owned the shop, and printed textbooks, manuals, flyers – whatever his clients wanted. But one […]
Head of U.S. Soccer Resigns Amid Pay Dispute with Women’s National Team
By Scott Neuman, NPR, March 13, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/815272925/head-of-u-s-soccer-resigns-amid-pay-dispute-with-womens-national-team Carlos Cordeiro, the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, announced late Thursday that he was stepping down as head of the governing body after a controversial court filing in a lawsuit over equal pay for the women’s national team that appeared to disparage the athletic abilities of […]
What Happens When We Send LOVE?
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Witnessing daily life on Earth can be disturbing — from femicides to war and mayhem. What’s going on? And why on Earth would anyone in their right mind act in such violent ways? As our heart consciousness expands and the frequency surrounding our planet increases due to energy sent from the Divine Mother, the […]
Thomas Hübl: What Does the Coronavirus Tell Us?
https://thomashuebl.com/ “Dear All, I am writing these lines from my 14 days home quarantine in Israel because of the Coronavirus. On the day I returned from the US, an international travel restriction was issued by the Israeli government, stating that all travelers attending gatherings of 100 people or more in the U.S. must be in […]
Eileen Barker, The Path of Forgiveness: FEAR NOT
http://thepathofforgiveness.com/ As news mounts daily about the coronavirus, unfortunately many people are being thrown into panic. It feels like there is a secondary epidemic – of fear. In short, there is a huge opportunity right now to be swallowed up by fear. Or Not. I’m reminded of these lines from Kipling’s famous poem (which I’ve […]
A New York Church Has Gone Viral For Its Brilliant Signs
By Katerina P, Thinking Humanity, March 3, 2020 https://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2019/10/a-new-york-church-has-gone-viral-for-its-brilliant-signs.html Religion has a very different place in our lives than barely half a century ago. In the past, it used to be commonplace to go to church every Sunday and barely a soul grumbled about it. Nowadays, though more and more individuals are acting like Homer […]
💛 Gratitude for 💛 Marianne Williamson 💛
Marianne Williamson ups the ante with a meditation and prayer for the Coronavirus below. (This site does not endorse vaccines.) Also below, a look at her courageous campaign as a Democratic nominee in the 2020 US Presidential election. Thank you, Marianne, for Who You Are. Our task is to generate a massive wave of energy, […]
Mexican Women Stay Home To Protest Femicides In ‘A Day Without Us’
By James Doubek, NPR, March 9, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/09/813699719/mexican-women-stay-home-to-protest-femicides-in-a-day-without-us What would happen if all the women in a country simply disappeared? Mexico got a preview Monday, when women across the country stayed home as part of a 24-hour strike to protest staggering levels of violence against women. Calling it “a day without us” or “a day […]
UN Chief Calls Gender Inequality Biggest Human Rights Challenge
The Associated Press, March 8, 2020 Gender study finds nearly 90% of both men and women hold some kind of bias against women A woman in a gas mask attends a protest demanding equality on International Women’s Day in Paris on Sunday. The placard reads ‘Patriarchy virus. We are the antidote.’ (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters) Calling himself […]
Positive Money: Bank of England to Exclude Fossil Fuels from Bank’s Assets
www.positivemoney.org Hannah, Zack and the Positive Money team wrote this in their most recent newsletter: Andrew Bailey, the next governor of the Bank of England, has declared that excluding fossil fuels from the Bank’s assets will be a “priority” when he takes over next week. Getting rid of investments in companies like Shell and BP […]
This One Simple Strategy could Eliminate the Gender Pay Gap
This one simple strategy could eliminate the gender pay gap Scott Torrey Fast Company,. March 9, 2020 https://www.fastcompany.com/90473520/this-one-simple-strategy-could-eliminate-the-gender-pay-gap Research from PayScale discovered that the gender wage gap closes completely with increased pay transparency. Here’s why. Pay equity has been making headlines recently. There was a class-action lawsuit against Nike for example. Yet research from the […]
How Big Oil and Big Soda Kept a Global Environmental Calamity a Secret for Decades
How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, March 3, 2020 https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/plastic-problem-recycling-myth-big-oil-950957/ Every human on Earth is ingesting nearly 2,000 particles of plastic a week. These tiny pieces enter our unwitting bodies from tap water, food, and even the air, according to an alarming […]
Activists Appear Unveiled in Tehran on Women’s Day
Activists Appear Unveiled in Tehran on Women’s Day Michael Lipin, VOA Persian service, March 08, 2019 https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/voa-news-iran/activists-appear-unveiled-tehran-womens-day Small groups of Iranian women celebrated International Women’s Day by appearing publicly unveiled in Tehran and calling on Iranians to support their defiance of mandatory veiling in the Islamist nation. VOA Persian received and verified a video clip […]
Women’s Day Spurs Femicide Protests Across Mexico & Turkey
Please join our Collective Meditation, with the Mother and Archangel Michael where we say “Enough” to gender violence. Collective Meditation: 8 Minutes @ 8 AM and/or PM – Holding Love and Sending Love Mexican Women to March Against Gender Violence By Associated Press, March 07, 2020 https://www.voanews.com/americas/mexican-women-march-against-gender-violence MEXICO CITY – Protests against gender violence in […]
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