Posted on December 28th, 2009 by armineh
Whenever you try to be someone you’re not in order to gain approval, you block yourself from your own light. What makes you different makes you special, even if it seems weird or wacky. By embracing what makes you distinct from others—including your “flaws”—you automatically excel at work and enrich your relationships, especially the one [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2009 by armineh
Using examples from President Obama’s legislative agenda, Craig Dunkerley, South Bay Coordinator for the California Clean Money Campaign, (www.caclean.org) will discuss why so many progressive ideas and programs that genuinely serve the public interest never come to fruition. Perhaps even more important, he’ll explain specific, proven steps we can take to fix this pervasive problem. [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2009 by armineh
The important story for me was the omni-absence of a personal God in so many stories about religion. God may not exactly be dead, but perhaps he, she, or it should be denied health insurance because of a strongly suspected pre-existing condition of nonexistence.
To read more, click here.
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Posted on December 21st, 2009 by armineh
It’s the winter solstice, and Silicon Valley’s atheists, agnostics and humanists want to extend their sincere, secular season’s greetings. While they reject the religious teachings behind Hanukkah and Christmas, the avowed nonbelievers aren’t against throwing parties, eating rich food or giving gifts.
To read entire article, click here.
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Posted on December 21st, 2009 by armineh
Inspiring program on the people-rich South Africa and Botswana tour of world travelers Barby and Vic Ulmer. What we can learn! Come and be inspired! The people of South Africa and Botswana have many of the same human struggles we have and some of their solutions might work for us. Slides (on DVDs) and discussion. [...]
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Posted on December 21st, 2009 by armineh
Fed up with war? Frustrated by the commercial frenzy that gets worse every December? In 1971, sixteen midwestern homemakers began “Women for a Peaceful Christmas” (WPC) in response to the ongoing war in Vietnam and the spending and waste that increasingly characterized the holiday season. Under the slogan “No More Shopping Days ‘Til Peace,” WPC [...]
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Posted on December 15th, 2009 by armineh
I’m reminded of my South Carolina experience when I hear that some folks in Asheville, North Carolina want to remove Cecil Bothwell from City Council. What he and I have in common is not just that we are atheists, but that we are open about it. The constitutions of both North and South Carolina bar [...]
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Posted on December 13th, 2009 by armineh
The Freedom Fighter series highlight individuals who have been dedicated to the power of music as a liberating force. They interview Austin Dacey, organizer of “The Impossible Music Sessions”, a performance series intending to showcase musicians who have been subject to exile and censorship in their native country. To read this fascinating interview click here.
Austin [...]
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Posted on December 11th, 2009 by armineh
One Law for All Campaign was established a year ago on December 10, 2008 to mark International Human Rights Day.
A year on, it has mobilised considerable support in opposition to Sharia and religious laws and in defence of secularism and universal rights. With nearly 21,000 individuals and groups having signed up to our petition calling [...]
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Posted on December 10th, 2009 by armineh
Current prison procedures have produced an unsustainable system where costs spiral out of control and ineffective structures make society worse rather than better.
However, new efforts at the Federal level are providing alternatives that not only drastically reduce costs, but are much more effective.
And, interestingly Texas is leading the way in prison reform and saving big [...]
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