We wish everyone a peaceful and safe holiday this week! Here’s what we’ve got from this past week: Via Indian Country, reading Charles C. Mann’s 1491 tops the American Indian College Fund’s recommended list of ways to observe Native American Heritage Month in November. Kyle Thiermann’s least-planned youtube video, on the trash epidemic …
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Bill Moyers profiles Annie Leonard and her Story of Solutions video. At GreenBiz, Stacey Malkan records her reflections on her activism after watching Annie Leonard’s Story of Solutions. Whether she’s fighting against cosmetic toxicity or toward labeling genetically modified ingredients in our nation’s food supply, Malkin found Leonard’s 9 minute video “leaves us with …
MPRnews features ‘Should we label genetically modified food?‘ with guest speaker Gary Hirshberg… The life of Arn Chorn Pond is highlighted in ‘Exploring the fiction of Patricia McCormick, crusading journalist and writer for young adults‘… Lilly Ledbetter continues to make headlines in, ‘Lilly Ledbetter Sends Open Letter to Mitt Romney Over Paycheck Fairness Act Stance‘… …
Arn Chorn-Pond along with Waterek Productions and CLA are working on Waterek Our Village Concert… Edith Widder explains the definition of Bioluminescence in the article “Bioluminescence lights up the creatures of the ocean.“… NASA & Federal Budget, hear what Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson has to say… Arsalan Iftikhar, “The Muslim Guy” latest novel reviewed in …
A degree in Economics got Daniel Seddiqui 50 Jobs in 50 States… Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on discusses “Grounding NASA?” with Martin Bashir. Check out his interview… Green Q&A: What’s the status of the proposed Safe Cosmetics Act? What does Stacy Malkan have to say… Rinku Sen shares “An Open Address to 2011 Graduates: It’s …
Our friend Arn Chorn Pond recently visited the University of Michigan (and this extremely old carillon) to give a profoundly moving speech about the Cambodian genocide and his path to becoming a human rights leader. Click here to learn more about Arn Chorn Pond’s inspirational story. [ Photo by Ken Fischer, President of Michigan’s University …
How was your week? Ours here at Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau was pretty good. We read some interesting articles and watched a few funny (and a few inspirational) clips. Oh, and we worked. See what our speakers have to say: – Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about his favorite NOVA episode here. And, since it’s Tyson, …