My good friend Mallory is working for a non profit organization called Falling Whistles. Please read these beautiful words and help the Congolese children

http://www.fallingwhistles.com/splash/index.php




I want to share it with you.



A couple years ago a man named Sean Carasso was in Africa doing a shoe drop for TOMS shoes. When the mission was over, he and a couple buddies decided to explore Africa. They ended up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Here Sean stumbled along an illegal prison where he met five young boys. After talking with the boys. The boys were escaped child soldiers—whistleblowers.

Boys too small to hold a gun were given a whistle. Their sole objective was to blow the whistle to make enough noise to distract the enemy and absorb the first round of bullets with their bodies. In falling, they acted as a human shield for the other boys.



Through madness and tears, Sean wrote in his journal, “With falling whistles, their only choice is to feign death, or face it.” He sent out a blog entry with extreme urgency to his family and friends, who forwarded the story with the same urgency. Kids were dying. Read closely: children were dying. I can’t convey this properly, it’s something you kind of just have to think about I guess.

Returning to America, Sean didn’t have a fucking clue of what to do. All he knew were these kids were defenseless, women were being brutally, brutally raped, and that this was now the largest war in the world since WWII. And no one knew any of this.

Sean’s friend Marcus came to him with a whistle: a simple whistle, providing the unique opportunity to speak up for the whistleblowers in Congo. We now knew that their weapon could be our voice.

It has. We are working with 270 war-affected Congolese children in a Congolese founded, owned, and operated rehabilitation program.

That’s what we’re working for, slowly but surely. We are also educating ourselves. Here are some of the atrocities purposefully swept under the rug:

-Women are being raped. Not once, but multiple times. Many of the soldiers in the rebel groups, the extremists, the terrorists, ‘re-rape’ in order to prevent a woman from being able to reproduce, leading to the extinction of her lineage.

-Children are forced to the front lines with a whistle.

-Children are forced to the front lines with AK-47s.

-If they run, they are tortured. Brutally tortured.

-The ‘civilized world’ as we like to call ourselves, is the cause of the problem. The war exists largely due to ‘conflict minerals’ which are found in our electronics. Our -consumerism=their war.

-Children are cut open and injected with drugs to smuggle across borders.

I am at a loss for words. I just keep thinking. We said “Never Again” after the Holocaust. In the past 10 years, an documented 5.4 million Congolese have died, while countless other deaths go unreported. Many more will live, suffering from the affects of the war.



Never again?



I cannot justify the death of one child. I cannot defend those who turn a blind eye for their inaction. Frankly, I think it’s ridiculous.

What is the difference between a 5-year-old here and a Congolese 5-year-old? Is there not a common moral fiber running through the veins of every human being? My life is NOT more valuable. Neither is yours. These are humans dying. For me, this is not an Africa problem. It’s not an America problem. The blame game is over. It is childish and it is time for everyone to set aside their vendettas and look at the bigger picture.



If you can give me a reason about why these human-on-human atrocities are permissible, I welcome it.



For now, this is what we are up against. I would rather think you will not dismiss this letter, it has taken many drafts and many hours. I don’t like telling these stories. I don’t like telling them because they are not stories, they are truths. It’s so sick.

My request is simple. I want you to buy a whistle. It costs about $22 to feed one kid for the whole year in the program. To put one child through the rehabilitation for the year, it’s only $90. 100% of whistle sales goes to these programs in Congo.

Buying a whistle gives you the opportunity to share this story and use their weapon of war as a weapon of peace, and a tool to elevate common conversation. It shows your protest for whatever injustice you stand for.

Please buy a whistle and help me tell others what’s going on.

I love you, thank you.



Mallory

stumbled upon this...

"We have to get beyond the artificial division we've created between human community and the rest of the planet. There is only one community, and it lives and dies as a unit. Any harm done to the natural world diminishes the human world, because the human world depends on the natural world not only for it's physical supplies but for its psychic development and fulfillment. This is most important, because people talk about the need to destroy the natural world in order to advance in the human world. Well, anything that diminishes the wonder and fulfillment we receive from the natural world spoils the human enterprise."

"That is the tragedy of our children. They don't see the stars because of light pollution, they play on grass poisoned with pesticides, the experience the world as circumscribed by so much human made material. Our children have been taken away from any kind of normal human/earth relationship."

"Imagine a drink of water when you are thirsty. It is as a spiritual experience as it is a physical one. You see a river. You drink from it. The river takes care of you physically and spiritually. That is everything right there."

- Thomas Berry

SATURDAY MARCH 6TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope that all of you want to be part of this!

Eastern Family Resource Center is a homeless shelter for mostly women and children located in Essex. On March 6th, we will be volunteering at this shelter for most of the day. Anyone who would like to be part of this has options! You can choose to cook
food, serve the food, play music with children, or make art with
children.

There will be anywhere from 120 - 170 hungry mouths to feed.
We need a lot of help with cooking and serving. I have been talking
with the Marketing Manager about getting healthy food into the bellies
of these people. No one should be deprived of healthy nutritious food.
If she can not manage, it would be wonderful if everyone spared $5. We
could then buy organic produce and much more for people who need it.

If you would like to make music or art with the children, please bring
your own supplies! Bring crayons, paper, paint, brushes, chalk,
guitars, drums, tambourines, shakers, bongos or anything you would like!!!

If you would like to make music and art come at 2pm!
If you would like to cook and or serve food come at 4:30pm!

If you have any more questions please ask me!
sadnessgardens@gmail.com

TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!!

March 6th 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastern Family Resource Center
9100 Franklin Square Drive
Baltimore, MD 21237-3903
(410) 887-0400

SAVE THE ORANGUTANS IN SUMATRA!!!!!!

http://abcnews.go.com/video/video?id=9262226

While Sumatra's Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest is prized as one of the biologically richest habitats on Earth, it is also one of the most threatened.
Endangered orangutans in Sumatra are taught to survive in shrinking habitat.

Nestled deep inside what is the last remaining lowland forest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are thousands of plants and animals. Until recently, the green foliage was a safe haven for these species, including the critically endangered orangutan.

In May 2009, the Indonesian government granted new logging concessions to one of the world's largest paper companies, Asia Pulp & Paper. As a result, a massive logging operation is underway and deforestation has devastated what was once a flourishing habitat.

"If you look at the island of Sumatra, as much as 70 percent of the forest has been lost," Annette Cotter of Greenpeace told ABC News.

Cotter, the non-governmental organization's forest campaign manager in Indonesia, is certain that the loss of forest is pushing the Sumatran orangutan to the verge of extinction.

"As you get further deforestation, you decrease the size of the habitat for your orangutan and they actually need a very large area to live in," Cotter said.

As a result, the number of orangutans is decreasing rapidly. "Fifty years ago, we must have had 100,000 orangutans in Sumatra, and now we are down to 6,000," Peter-Hinrich Pratje, the Frankfurt Zoological Society project leader in Indonesia, said.

Pratje's organization has found a way to fight back. The Frankfurt Zoological Society established an orangutan rehabilitation camp to try to save the red apes.

Sanctuaries for Orangutans

To get to this camp tucked in the middle of the jungle, ABC News' Bob Woodruff and his news team waded through knee-high mud and waist-deep, leech infested, river water.

At the sanctuary, the apes being held for rehabilitation were playful and gentle, although one managed to grab a handful of Woodruff's hair.

Their curiosity and intelligence can be a lot to handle, so they must be kept occupied at all times.

In between the playful interaction, Woodruff was able to teach the apes, with help from the trainers, a few of the core tactics they must learn to survive on their own in the rainforest.

Written by By CHRISTINE ROMO and STEPHANIE WASH

AYURVEDA!

Ayurveda is the oldest form of medicine(5,000 years old), but it is mainly a lifestyle. The word Ayur means life and the word Veda means knowledge. It is the science of life! These are both ancient Sanskrit words. Ayurveda began in India and had not been introduced to western medicine and culture until current times.

Ayurveda recognizes that all life, whether it be human, plant or animal, must live in harmony with nature in order to survive.

Body type, eating locally, seasonally, and organic, yoga, breathing exercises, and maintenance of the body are all incorporated into Ayurveda.

To learn more about Ayurveda please visit www.lifespa.com or www.ayurveda.com for more information.

Take control of your health and wellness!!!!!!

TALMAR GARDENS NEEDS HELP!

TALMAR is a nonprofit organization established to provide a therapeutic and recreational environment offering horticulture and other complementary modalities to the community.
TALMAR is located right in Loch Raven,MD, a beautiful, lush, green environment.

During the second blizzard of 2010 TALMAR has lost three cold frames that house greens for the Maryland Food Bank. TALMAR grows several vegetables and gives them away free of charge to the Maryland Food Bank and other businesses and individuals in need.

Cold frames are large semi-circle, transparent structures used for agriculture and gardening to protect plants from the cold weather. Cold frames allow farmers to extend their growing season in the winter. At this time they are not able to replace these cold frames due to the cost. They are looking for support from our community. They need to raise $4,347.00 for three new cold frames. To donate,

please visit TALMAR online at
http://www.networkforgood.org/Partner/NFG/SearchLanding.aspx,
view their website cause page at http://apps.facebook.com/causes/causes/445742/ or call 410-825-2020.
Thank you so much for your continued support!

Nepal's Maoists Start Discharging Child Soldiers!!!!!!

SINDHULI, Jan 12 (IRIN) - Looking angry and emotional, 20-year-old former Maoist child soldier Suman Karki shook hands with fellow comrades as he bade farewell to life in one of Nepal's Maoist army camps.

"I don't know what I will do now. My future seems uncertain," Karki told IRIN in the main Maoist army cantonment in Sindhuli, nearly 150km southeast of Kathmandu, after being discharged from the UN-monitored camp.

Marking a milestone in Nepal's shaky peace process, around 200 former Maoist child soldiers from the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the Maoists' military wing, were discharged on 7 January after spending the last three years in the camp.

They are the first of around 3,000 young disqualified Maoist ex-combatants, a third of whom are female, to be released by mid-February from seven Maoist cantonments across the country.

The Maoists reportedly recruited thousands of children during their decade-long conflict with the Nepalese state.

The conflict ended in 2006 when a ceasefire and peace process were ushered in.

The 3,000 young ex-combatants being released were minors - under the age of 18 - at the time of the ceasefire. Their discharge was agreed under a December 2009 plan signed by the government, the Maoists and the UN.

At present, around 500 of them are still under 18, while about a dozen are under 16, according to the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), which is facilitating their discharge.

Rehabilitation options

The release of the child soldiers was repeatedly put off due to political turbulence, with welfare groups and NGOs expressing concerns the delays would hamper the integration of the young people back into society.

The government, with UN support, is offering a number of rehabilitation options for the former child soldiers.

Four main rehabilitation packages which provide vocational training, sponsor school education, health education training and support small business initiatives have been developed by UN agencies, including the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).

"We don't expect these young people to necessarily sign up next week," Robert Piper, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Nepal, told IRIN.

"They will go home, spend some time thinking, looking at options and reconsider our rehabilitation packages, and we hope they… talk to counsellors and think through what is the best option for them," he said.

The released soldiers have up to 12 months to enroll in the rehabilitation programme, after which the application process will be closed.

Experts say the young ex-combatants are vulnerable to recruitment by paramiliatary or criminal groups, a development the UN is hoping to avoid by using a team of monitors to keep track of the former soldiers' return to civilian life.

"We won't be tailing them but of course we will be staying in touch with them," said Piper, who also urged the Maoists, who are in dispute with the government, to maintain a break in the chain of command.

Free, but uneasy

Despite the rehabilitation packages on offer, a number of ex-combatants IRIN spoke to expressed frustration at their options.

"I joined the Maoist army for the sake of liberating my country from repression but now I am suddenly not qualified any more to be in the army," fumed Karki, who was only 15 when he joined the PLA and has been on the battlefield.

Many soldiers have been humiliated by the discharge process and will never accept rehabilitation assistance, he said.

"I always wanted to get into politics to liberate our repressed people. I'm not interested in making candles or baskets," said another teenager and former combatant, Sunita.

However, UNICEF expressed confidence about the take-up of rehabilitation programmes, citing its experience since 2006 working with children formerly associated with armed forces and armed groups in Nepal.

With implementing partners, UNICEF has provided community-based reintegration support to some 7,500 formerly associated children.

"This has worked incredibly well. About 80 percent have gone back to school," UNICEF Nepal representative Gillian Mellsop told IRIN.

"We hope these young people who have been discharged will be able to use the existing system so that they can access vocational training, and they can consider going back to school," she said.

The agency already has a network of communities and trained psychosocial counsellors throughout the country involved in the rehabilitation of ex-Maoist child soldiers outside of the camps.

"We found a lot of these young people have actually done very well once they've gone back to school. They've caught up on their years they've missed during the conflict," said Mellsop.

Article from Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)

The Global Peace Meditation Project!

Recently, there has been a huge shift in Western culture. Consciousness and global awareness is growing rapidly. We have the power in our hearts and our minds to change the wavelengths of the universe, solely on our own. Imagine what we could do if we came together in larger numbers and meditated on global peace.

This is the basic blueprint for The Global Peace Meditation Project. The major goal of this project is to shift consciously the Earth's (Gaia's) environment tune-up or the tune-up of concrete regions through the unification of thoughts force at the collective meditations, which we affect normally unknowingly. If people around the world all pray/meditate for global peace at the same time, the outcome will be enormous!

If you have never meditated before, now is the best time to start. It is a wonderful way to still your mind, become more in touch with your body and self, and i great way to send positive energy into the environment! All you have to do is sit upright for x amount of time. Still your thoughts and still your mind. Imagine beautiful waves of peace and love diffusing gradually with the time lag all over the planet. Visualize these waves leaving your body and reaching everyone in your house hold, your community, your town, your city, your state, your region, your country, across the ocean, and eventually all over the world. I would suggest sitting and meditating for roughly 15 to 30 minutes, or whatever feels comfortable for you.

Right now, EVERY SUNDAY @ 9PM people all over the world are participating in this gorgeous attempt to raise consciousness and peace.

Get your friends together and have a group meditation at 9pm every Sunday!


Try reading this before or during your meditation:
I feel myself in my inner center.
It is the center of my inner peace, my godlike brightness.
I feel radii rising from my inner center to all of the directions and joining with center of all the people who participate on this meditation.
I perceive luminous peace net spreading on the surface of the whole Earth.
This luminous net gives in motion, begins to rotate and creates the continuous sphere of light around the whole Earth. This light is the light of peace.
This rotating and opalescent peace sphere pulsates and extends in pulses to the whole universe. Thus Earth is the center and source of the unlimited peace. My center, my heart is the center and source of the world peace.
Spreading waves of peace are finding an answer by the cosmic entities and come back to Earth like a flood of love and wisdom.
These waves of love and wisdom purificate all the human hearts - also those disordered and confused one’s - and carry the last remnants of fear away of them thus they can shine by the light of peace too.
Thus I feel the light of cosmic peace rising from my heart and from all the people‘s hearts.
I perceive warm of love and wisdom descending on the Earth.
I keep this image and feeling for a while.
I realize again my center and persisting feeling of inner power and protection. I thank for that.

Global Meditation - [1] Intro from Intruessence.com on Vimeo.

LOCAL HARVEST!

http://www.localharvest.org/

This website is for people who enjoy fresh, organic, healthy food that is grown locally. Local Harvest finds family farms, farmers markets, and sustainably grown food in your area. You can order organic fruits, veggies, meats, seeds, herbs and tinctures, dried fruits, nuts, and many other goods.

Farmers who sell direct to local consumers need not give priority to packing, shipping and shelf-life issues and can instead select, grow and harvest crops to ensure peak qualities of freshness, nutrition and taste. Eating local also means eating seasonally, a practice much in tune with Mother Nature.

Local food is much safer as well! The CNAD says,“Even when it’s not organic, small farms tend to be less aggressive than large factory farms about dousing their wares with chemicals. Small farms are also more likely to grow more variety ,protecting biodiversity and preserving a wider agricultural gene pool, an important factor in long-term food security."

Eating local can also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions because most produce takes 1,500 miles to get to grocery stores and restaurants. Buying locally produced food eliminates the need for all that fuel-guzzling transportation.

COMMUNITY GARDEN!

Community gardens promote healthy communities and provide food security for many low income persons. They are also the best way to get in touch with the earth in its purest form! As soon as the Europeans came to the America's in the 1500 to 1600's, we lost our relationship with the Mother Earth. We do not think of the earth as a life form or an entity anymore. The thought of living in harmony with the earth does not even cross most American's minds. Humans feel that we have control or superiority over the earth, when it is really much greater than humans physically and spiritually.

There is a community garden currently cultivating at CCBC Essex! This is a wonderful opportunity to become involved in a fundamental and necessary form of giving. All of the food produced in this garden will be donated to a homeless shelter less than a half a mile from the campus. This garden is going to be a huge help to the community! Putting your hard work, determination, and love into this garden will yield an enormous amount of benefits in your life and the life of people who are far worse of than yourself.

This garden is just beginning so if anyone wants to volunteer there time and there hands or if anyone has any words of wisdom, donations, references, or contributions of any kind please contact:
Robin Van Meter @ Rvanmeter@ccbcmd.edu
Aliza @ AlizaGhaffari@hotmail.com
Jaime @ Jhacker@student.ccbcmd.edu

COMPOSTING

Here is the link to a wonderful zine with everything you need to know about compost...
http://zinelibrary.info/files/compost.pdf

350!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Staging the world's largest grassroots "open-source" campaign, 350.org calls on the world to organize actions incorporating the number 350 in order to emphasize its importance to our survival.

350 parts per million is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. This number is currently at 390 ppm, meaning that drastic action is necessary in order to avoid major climate change. World leaders will be meeting in Copenhagen this December to discuss a new climate treaty that currently is too weak to affect the amount of change the world needs.



350.org invites everyone to create an action using the number 350 that will help get the world's attention and influence the upcoming leaders meeting. Planned actions include everything from giant banners displaying the number to church bells ringing 350 times to 350 trees being planted 10 times over. The site lists suggestions for people of all walks of life and provides the tools to create an action of their own.

To organize an action in the place where you live, or connect with others already planning something go to http://www.350.org/

Written by: Zachary Koval

This is happening world wide on OCTOBER 24TH! Lets be a part of this!

TEN FACTS ABOUT HAITI!

Here are ten things you need to know about Haiti:

1. The entire country of Haiti is roughly the size of the state of Maryland and has a population of approximately nine million people. Three million people live in Haiti’s capital of Port-Au-Prince.

2. The consequences of colonialism have left the nation marred by remnants of environmental degradation, cycles of extreme poverty and political instability. These factors make Haiti the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere.

3. In 1697, Spain ceded the western third of the island of Hispanola to the French, establishing Haiti. The French colony developed an industry based on the island’s rich natural resources and quickly became one of wealthiest Caribbean colonies, largely due to the heavy reliance on imported African slaves.

4. In the 17th century, Haiti’s nearly half million slaves revolted against the French under Toussaint L’OUVERTURE. In 1804, following a long struggle, Haiti declared independence from France and was established as the first black republic.

5. For thirty years Haiti suffered under the dictatorship of the Duvalier regime. Voodoo physician Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier declared himself “president for life” in 1956 and remained in power until his death 1971. Papa Doc’s tyranny was followed by his son, Jean Claude “Baby Doc” from 1971-1986. The Duvaliers were ousted in the mid-80s and replaced with a string of elected leaders, most of whom would be ousted and replaced; including Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Aristide took office and was removed on three occasions from 1990-2004.

6. Political unrest and an underdeveloped economy have contributed to the poor infrastructure in Haiti. Lack of funding has left the majority of the roads in Port-Au-Prince with little or no maintenance for decades.

7. Haiti also lacks adequate health care, which leaves the country with a startlingly high mortality rate. Children are susceptible to malnutrition and diarrheal disease, both of which can be life threatening if left untreated. HIV/AIDS is prevalent among the adult population and has orphaned more than 200,000 children. The average life expectancy in Haiti is 61 years of age, versus an average of 77 years in the United States.

8. Sixty percent of Haiti’s population is under the age of 25. Nearly one million youth are expected to enter the job market in the next five years.

9. Eighty percent of Haiti’s population lives below the poverty line, earning less that two dollars a day. More than half of the population lives on less than one dollar a day. Two-thirds of the total labor force do not have formal jobs.

10. One percent of Haiti’s population owns nearly half of the country’s wealth, while the overwhelming majority lives in gravely impoverished conditions.


******I am currently collecting supplies from people who are willing to give. If you have any supplies that you want to send to Haiti but are not sure how to get it there, send me an email.

I have a friend who is going to Haiti in 4 weeks and he will take as many supplies that i give to him. This assures the supplies going straight to the people, rather than going through an organization.

Also Please pass the word that if people want to give money to Haiti, here is a way to get the most bang for your buck! Alison Thompson, will be going to Haiti. Go to: www.thethirdwavemovie.com to learn all about the 14 months Alison spent rebuilding a ...village in Sri Lanka post-tsunami. She also spent 9 months at Ground Zero post-9/11. Alison will take every penny with her to Haiti on Sun Jan 16 and will use it to buy water, food, and medical supplies. She'll work 18 hours/day. You can tell your friends to go to Paypal, enter her address:alisonthompson123@yahoo.com, then they can pay with credit cards if they don't have a PayPal account. Thank you! This is much more direct than Red Cross-no red tape!

DUMPSTER DIVING!

Dumpster Diving is a wonderful way to save money and eliminate waste. Dumpster Diving is a sport or lifestyle. It involves jumping into dumpsters to retrieve object of value. You can dive for a wide variety of things(food, furniture, computer parts, dvds, etc). Other reasons people dive include a means to survive, fighting against capitalism, environmentalism and numerous other reasons.

Make sure you wear decent shoes(not sandals), gloves, dark clothes(it may be illegal depending on the city and state). You will want a flashlight as well if you choose to dive after dark.

Places to Dive:

Apartments & Dorms are the best. The dumpsters outside of dorm buildings and apartment complexes are packed with basically everything you could think of, other than safe food. I do not like to make assumptions about people, but from my own experience, college kids tend to be very wasteful. They will throw away items that are in perfect condition.

Grocery Stores,Bakeries, & Markets are messy but worth the mess and stench. Grocery stores will throw away enormous amounts of fruits and veggies if they do no look presentable. I would assume we all know the difference between a ripe and health plant. PANERA BREAD AND EINSTEINS BAGELS!!!! Everyday, both of these restaurants throw away at least a full trash bag of perfectly good bagels and bread. It keeps for a looooong time before mold grows and it is filling. Everyday they throw this out! EVERYDAY!!

Best Buy, Pier 1, Ikea, Office Max, Bookstores and other stores like these are great to dumpster dive as well. You will be surprised at the items these companies throw away. So will be in perfect condition!!!

Here is the Dumpster Diving Live Journal Online Community : http://community.livejournal.com/dumpsterdiving/

OJIBWAY PRAYER

Grandfather,
Look at our brokenness.

We know that in all creation
Only the human family
Has strayed from the Sacred Way.

We know that we are the ones
Who are divided
And we are the ones
Who must come back together
To walk in the Sacred Way.

Grandfather,
Sacred One,
Teach us love, compassion, and honor
That we may heal the earth
And heal each other

FOOD RESEMBLES OUR ORGANS AND HELPS THEM FUNCTION!

This is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CORN!

Monsanto is an agricultural company that claims to apply innovation and technology to help farmers produce healthier foods, better animal feeds, and more fiber while also reducing agriculture's impact on our environment, but earlier this month The Huffington Post featured an article about a study conducted by the International Journal of Biological Studies (IJBS) which concluded that Monsanto's genetically modified corn is linked to organ damage in rats.

IJBS’ study presented data that strongly suggests these GM maize varieties induce a state of hepatorenal toxicity that can cause rapid kidney deterioration. As pointed out in the study: “These substances have never before been an integral part of the human or animal diet and therefore their health consequences for those who consume them, especially over long time periods are currently unknown."

The corn was approved for consumption in the U.S. and in Europe after a 90-day study made by Monsanto, who responded to the study, stating that the research is "based on faulty analytical methods and reasoning and do not call into question the safety findings for these products." The IJBS study's author Gilles-Eric Séralini responded to the Monsanto statement on the Food Freedom blog, "Our study contradicts Monsanto conclusions because Monsanto systematically neglects significant health effects in mammals that are different in males and females eating GMOs, or not proportional to the dose. This is a very serious mistake, dramatic for public health. This is the major conclusion revealed by our work, the only careful reanalysis of Monsanto crude statistical data."

Written by Kyle Davis

NEW LENS

New Lens is a youth driven social justice organization working to assist youth in making art and media about often-underrepresented perspectives. The work is used to address systemic problems, facilitate dialogue, shift perspectives and stimulate action.

New Lens is staffed by a team of 20 youth and several adults who are the core artists, media-makers and instructors for our projects. We serve approximately 200 public school youth throughout each year through classes and workshops.

New Lens is an outgrowth of the Kids on the Hill arts-based after school program. As the program evolved, a group of youth leaders emerged who were ready for the next step of art and media production and activism. This entity was created informally in 2006 and officially in 2009 under the fiscal sponsorship of Fusion Partnerships. The project has allowed youth to create commissioned videos, to learn job readiness skills, proficiency in the field of video production and instruction, to create a venue for earned income for the organization and to partner with organizations that could use video to enhance or create a social justice message.

Contact:
rebeccayenawine@newlens.info
Phone: 410-383-7200


Support this wonderful effort to get children that live in Baltimore to participate in productive and positive after school problems, rather than running around the streets and being exposed to negative activity!!!