The 5 R’s – Five Simple Ways to Celebrate International Women’s Day

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1. Rights – Affirm today and every day that girls’ and women’s rights are inalienable human rights.

 

2. Respect – Model respect for women, and yourself, by not dissing, degrading or using demeaning language. Is it really so cool to call everyone “bitch?”

 

3. Renew – Dust [...]

The Egyptian Protests and Social Media

Wednesday, Malcolm Gladwell asked readers of The New Yorker “Does Egypt Need Twitter?” in light of the importance placed on the use of social media in organizing and documenting events as they’ve unfolded over the past week. Gladwell reasons the way we communicate between one another isn’t as important as why we do – [...]