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From Amnesty International USA (click on Defending Rights tab): Celebrate Human Rights Defenders Celebrate the work of human rights defenders around the world by taking our quiz to find out what kind of activism you embody.

Alright, is this the controversy we really need to have? Industrial Boulevard, is a major artery west of downtown Dallas that is due for a major face lift as the area around the Trinity River is redeveloped. Where currently we have a glut of bail bond offices, liquor stores, gas stations and some light industrial, there will be parks, a lake, trails and a toll road.

Washington, DC, _ As the country prepares for four plus months of presidential campaigning there was cause for pause this week as we remember “Bobby Kennedy 40 years later”.  As is the case with his brother JFK the country has long pondered “what would have happened if” Bobby had lived to become

Cesar, Cleopatra, Alexander the great, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Michelangelo are just a few names who made an impact on world history and on me. But all this didn’t happen in a classroom in school but thanks to a grandmother who understood the importance of growing up well rounded.

Someone finally said it. How many are actually paying attention to this? There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, etc. …..And then there are just - Americans. Some pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.

Weekend Boxing Results from around the World 03/29/03/30/08 Posted in Boxing, International Boxing Federation, International Boxing Organization, World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council, World Boxing Foundation, World Boxing Organization, World Boxing Union with tags Arthur Abraham, Bladimir

Atlanta, Georgia, January 15, 1974 – The first MLK Jr Peace Prize was awarded to Cesar Chavez at what used to be the Omni Arena in downtown Atlanta. That night as he made the announcement former U.N. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor and King aide Andrew Young said, “Cesar Chavez is the non violence heir to Dr.

     Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Progreso, like so many other churches along our walk, absolutely saw the sojourner in us and welcomed us like a Good Samaritan. We came asking only shelter, and Yolanda and Father Thomas fed us snacks.

    The beginning of today’s march was a pilgrimage. It was a pilgrimage from the beautiful river to the hot pavement of industrial parks south of McAllen, a pilgrimage through the small land-grant town of Granjeno past welcoming gas stations, a journey from our lowest numbers to our biggest turnout for the walk thus far.

Ten Esperanza! Have hope! Faith and hope are inextricably linked. Hebrews 11:1 states, “Faith is the evidence of things hoped for, the assurance of things unseen.” Marching alongside 30 energetic, positive people bent on the same purpose, hope can be seen brimming out of every smile and poster.