Social Justice Challenge

Did you read a book, watch a film or read an article this month as part of the challenge for domestic violence and child abuse?  Please add your direct link to the Mr. Linky below. We will round them up at the end of the month (coming up faster than I thought!)  Thank you so [...]

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A five-minute video in which actor Patrick Stewart talks about his personal experience with domestic violence with Amensty International:

A longer thirteen-minute video in which Patrick Steward talks about violence against women:

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Sorry about the late notice on this event, I’ve just found out about it myself this morning.
Mom It Forward hosts a twitter chat every Tuesday night and tonight’s topic goes hand in hand with this months social justice topic:  Ending Violence Against Women World Wide.  Chat begins  Tuesday, March 16, 9-11 p.m. EST (TONIGHT) with [...]

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I just saw this article via Twitter and after reading this beautiful essay on Glamour I knew that I needed to share it with you.
Scarred by years of sexual abuse, Maia Morgan could have given up, turned inward, self-destructed. Instead, she soared away from her haunted past. The story that won our sixth-annual essay contest [...]

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Welcome to the third month of the Social Justice Challenge.  This month’s focus is on Domestic Violence and Child Abuse.  A HUGE subject matter and sadly, one you won’t have any trouble finding any books, fiction or non-fiction, that address this awful plague.  Take some time and look around the page set up with book, [...]

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