Social Justice
Selected Writings
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Family-Friendly Center for Civil and Human Rights Opens in Atlanta
My children were among the "skimmers." Buzzing on sugar from the all-you-can-drink tasting room at the World of Coca-Cola next door, they stood gazing up at a life-size "villain"...
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Advice for Parents
“To all the parents in the room — really, this is important for everyone — any child who feels they have been truly loved, even by just one person,...
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What Does It Take to Change the World?
What does it take to make the world a better place? Three young change makers shared their stories at Peace Week, a public symposium hosted by New York City’s...
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Dr. Mukwege of DR Congo Wins Two Peace Awards
While the world focused on the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Denis Mukwege, who was widely considered a top contender along with Pakistani activist Malala, was selected to receive two...
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The Impossible Will Take a Little While
When Barbara Becker’s strategic communications class decided to help Afghan women and children afflicted with a disfiguring disease, they focused their campaign on another group in the community—the men.
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Near Forgotten MLK Comic Gains Fans in the Middle East
In 1958 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the real-life superhero of a comic book that inspired disenfranchised American youth to take action against segregation. Today, the comic is...
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Surviving the Unspeakable
I first met Consolee Nishimwe two years ago at a commemoration of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda. I was working on an initiative begun by Gloria Steinem...
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Colombia: Attempted Shooting of Rights Lawyer Raises Questions of Political Will
Mónica Roa did not think twice when the lights went out in her office at 5:00 p.m. last Monday. Power outages are a common occurrence in Bogotá, so Roa,...
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