The Education Team recommends the following:‟...there have been moments where we reached out to one another as a nation, channeling what unites us rather than what separates us.” p. 103
Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner’s What Unites Us is a beacon of hope in what has been a fairly bleak 2020. Originally published in 2017, the current edition has been...
As a follow-up to the Education Team’s book discussion on Among the Maasai with author Juliet Cutler, J
uliet has reached out to the Maasai Girls School to solicit thoughts from the girls on their lives in and out of school. We are honored to share these thoughts with you. If you are inspired by Mary’s story and...
The name ‟Tanzania” was created from the names of the two states that unified to create the country: Tanganyika and Zanzibar. The name ‟Tanganyika” comes from the Swahili words tanga (‟sail”) and nyika (‟uninhabited plain,” ‟wilderness”), creating the phrase ‟sail in the...
The EndFGM Canada Network used the 2020 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence as an opportunity to shine light on the lesser known places where FGM is happening.
Your silence will not protect you. ~ Audre Lorde
Here are some summaries of the situation in Canada, Columbia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Oman, Philippines, Russia, Saudia Arabia, Singapore,
An authoritative looking man sharpens his knife, getting ready to halve a watermelon. In the distance, Christmas carols are sung in Swahili and young girls are being clothed with bright-colored dresses and fed with consistent food to give them strength. Raising his head, he says:
"Get someone she trusts to take her to the ceremonial location. Perform it, and if she...