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Tomorow is Humanitarian Day

By sarajean on 1/14/10 4:56pm
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Humanitarian Day is a holiday that honors the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by promoting unity, remembrance, and respect. Here are a few ways you might wish to celebrate.

Light a candle in your home for all of the freedom fighters who have passed on—Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Miep Gies, Mother Theresa, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Gandhi—any of your heroes who have fought for freedom. You could also light one for all of the victims who have suffered and died due to slavery, sexual slavery, and violence both in the past as well as those who suffer today.

Vow to be a humanitarian. Talk about what it means to be one with your family. Decide together how you’ll do this—by volunteering, spreading a message of peace, acceptance, and love, traveling to other areas to volunteer as well as expand your global awareness, etc.

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Teaching Peace: It’s Easier Than You Might Think

By sarajean on 7/14/09 1:22pm
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With so much world violence happening at every moment, and kids being exposed to bullying (both on and offline these days) at such early ages, it’s more important than ever to start teaching nonviolence and the importance of peace at an early age.

“Peace?” you might think, “Isn’t that a bit of a large concept for my toddler?” Not really. Consider all of the times you tell little Carson to not hit or to play nice, or remind young Sasha to share her toys or even to use her “inside voice.” Even preschool teachers who have “Keep your arms, feet and other objects to yourself” or some variation of that rule enforced in their classroom are teaching peace.

Whether you’re a babysitter, teacher aid, parent, or you simply have little ones in your life as neighbors or relatives, you can foster peace, too.

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My .2% Genetic Difference is Better Than Yours

By sarajean on 6/24/09 11:27pm
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There is a word the Greeks used that would suffice to define man’s assumptions of superiority, and that word is hubris—an overbearing arrogance that often resulted in punishment from the gods, as Arachne found when she boasted at being better at the loom than the goddess Athena and soon found herself to be a spider.

When humans assert themselves over other humans and claim superiority based on skin, class, race, gender, or other differences, injustice is the result—either in the form of unjust thoughts and assumptions made that trickle into the daily actions of humans like dirty tap water, or in outright violation of human and civil rights, such as owning property, voting, marrying, or even having the simple right to be alive or not be a slave.

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