Search Results for: witness
Videos
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Witness: The Ongoing Military Junta Offensive Against Civilians in Eastern Burma
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Causecast featured organization Witness share the story of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through the voices of child soldiers, this video explores the complexity of the war, the issues confronted by girl soldiers including rape and sexual exploitation, and the importance of the International Criminal Court to end the rampant impunity reigning in Eastern DRC.
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I spent 6 weeks volunteering with different causes in New Orleans this summer and meeting some really amazing people. My friend Spencer has witnessed waste and an unfair distribution of charitable donations by homeless shelters, churches and agencies that
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Dave O'Brien, Head of Video Content at Causecast tells you his picks for stuff to check out on Causecast
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The eyes are the window to the soul... Please help give children back their soul
Witness the strength of a parent and child's testimony... This is science!
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The eyes are the window to the Soul
WItness the power of a testimony by a parent and child. We must help these children now
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Photojournalist Ron Haviv Speaks about Homelessness in the US for the Do1Thing Project
Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. A co-founder of VII, whose work is published by top magazines worldwide, including: Fortune, The NY Times Magazine, Time, Vanity Fair, Paris Match and Stern. He has published two critically acclaimed collections of his photography -- Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal, and Afghanistan: On the Road to Kabul ? and has contributed his wide-ranging body of work to several other books. With a special focus on exposing human rights violations, he has covered conflict and humanitarian crises in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and the Balkans. Most recently, he has documented wars in Darfur and the DR Congo. His often-searing photographs have earned Haviv some of the highest accolades in photography, including awards from World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year, Overseas Press Club, and the Leica Medal of Excellence. He regularly lectures at universities and seminars, and numerous museums and galleries have featured his work, including the United Nations, The Louvre and The Council on Foreign Relations. Haviv has been the central character in three films. National Geographic Explorer?s Freelance in a World of Risk explores the hazards inherent in combat photography. The Serbian-made documentary Vivisect explores Serbian reaction to the Blood and Honey exhibit. Eyes of the World, which has featured in film festival worldwide, examines Haviv as a witness to war. In addition, Haviv has spoken about his work on The Charlie Rose Show, NPR, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, MSNBC and The Best Damn Sports Show Ever. Haviv donated his time to photograph homeless teenagers for the Do1Thing project. www.do1thing.org
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Photojournalist Ron Haviv Speaks about Homelessness
Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. A co-founder of VII, whose work is published by top magazines worldwide, including: Fortune, The NY Times Magazine, Time, Vanity Fair, Paris Match and Stern. He has published two critically acclaimed collections of his photography -- Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal, and Afghanistan: On the Road to Kabul ? and has contributed his wide-ranging body of work to several other books. With a special focus on exposing human rights violations, he has covered conflict and humanitarian crises in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and the Balkans. Most recently, he has documented wars in Darfur and the DR Congo. His often-searing photographs have earned Haviv some of the highest accolades in photography, including awards from World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year, Overseas Press Club, and the Leica Medal of Excellence. He regularly lectures at universities and seminars, and numerous museums and galleries have featured his work, including the United Nations, The Louvre and The Council on Foreign Relations. Haviv has been the central character in three films. National Geographic Explorer?s Freelance in a World of Risk explores the hazards inherent in combat photography. The Serbian-made documentary Vivisect explores Serbian reaction to the Blood and Honey exhibit. Eyes of the World, which has featured in film festival worldwide, examines Haviv as a witness to war. In addition, Haviv has spoken about his work on The Charlie Rose Show, NPR, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, MSNBC and The Best Damn Sports Show Ever. Haviv donated his time to photograph homeless teenagers for the Do1Thing project. www.do1thing.org
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Causecast featured organization Amnesty International advocate humanity and human rights through protecting people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. Restrictions on Federal appeals have prevented Troy Davis from having a hearing in federal court on the reliability of the witness testimony used against him, despite the fact that most of the witnesses have since recanted, many alleging they were pressured or coerced by police. Davis remains on Georgia death row, and may be scheduled for execution in the near future. Take action at http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Articles
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WITNESS publishes "Video For Change"
WITNESS’s book Video For Change: A Guide to Advocacy and Activism is now available. Order it online or download chapters for free! -
Jaman and WITNESS.ORG Partner to Celebrate "Movies That Matter"
Starting today, Jaman will feature "Movies that Matter" - extraordinary films with a powerful message of social change.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Burmese Court To Consider Witness Appeal
A brief bit of good news for Aung San Suu Kyi: the divisional Burmese court has agreed to hear an appeal by her lawyers.
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Witness Confident: New UK Nonprofit Protects Witnesses
Launching this week, a new U.K. nonprofit aims to protect witnesses and help change cultural attitudes towards reporting crimes.
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Skinny Bitch In the (Vegan) Kitch
Rory Freedman, co-author of the bestselling series of Skinny Bitch books, recently began speaking out about why she, and her books’ heroine, are vegan vigila... -
Bishops In California Declare Same Sex Marriages Beneficial To Church
When people think of the official stance of churches on gay marriage, most assume they are against it. This isn’t the case when it comes to the six most se... -
Fighting HIV in Rwanda with (RED)
Since the beginning of the (RED) campaign, the Global Fund has wired more than $22 million of (RED) money to Rwanda.
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Afghan Sentenced To Death For Asking About Women's Rights
Parwez Kambakhsh, a 24 year-old student was sentenced to death in Afghanistan because he asked about about women's rights in one of his classes.
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Obama Wins. Human Rights Declares (un)Victory as Prop 8 Passes
Dave O'Brien blogs about election night and his reaction to California's passing of the gay marriage ban, Proposition 8.
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Memo to Our Parents: We Do Care
Naomi Hirabayashi is a social media marketer at Attention and organizer of the NYC ChangeBloggers/ChangeMakers network.
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"Gremlin" Creature Resurfaces After 80 Years
The carnivorous primate had not been witnessed alive since 1921, but three live specimens were found and tagged this summer.
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Black Friday! Restless and Ruthless Shoppers Kill Wal-Mart Employee
A Wal-Mart worker was killed today after an "out of control" throng of Black Friday Shoppers knocked down the doors, trampling over him en route to the aisles.
Events
- Focus For Change Gala Location: New York City
- Focus for Change Gala 2009 Location: Roseland Ballroom, 239 West 52nd Street, New York City
Organizations
People
- Brian Sirgutz
- dj_wahine Redondo Beach, CA
- James.Nachtwey
- Tenna Findal Lystrup, Denmark
- J Chris Newberg
- sayfun
- LiveGreen Van Nuys, CA
Blog posts
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WITNESS is holding Seeding trainings in Venice, Italy and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia August 22, 2008 Program Coordinator for Europe and the former Soviet Union Violeta Krasnic trains human rights ac...
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Sell out, Sell Drugs, or Cash In... A father at wits end. Autism hurts.
Well friend, neighbors, and countrymen I have about 30 days left. I am putting my soul up for sale. I am at wits end trying to survive within the system. I have followed the rule book. I have been ...
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A Silent Crisis: Elder Abuse and Justice in America - A New WITNESS Partnership
My grandmother’s life intersected squarely with the unprecedented rise in life expectancy for all elders. This rise has also led to one of our greatest silent crises: elder abuse. About same t...
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Ah, college. Academia at its finest. Mahogany halls lined with bright young minds sipping cappucinos while studying for philosophy exams. Those four years are the stepping stones to a diploma, righ...
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Team, its almost 4 AM and your humbled, weary eyed President is still flying high from a very, very monumental day that Causecast has just experienced. It was a defining point in this company'...
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Evan does not have the "Label" of Autism anymore because he is recovered. Jenny uses the example of being hit by a bus and having massive injuries. You will always feel the effects and know you are...
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Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me... This morning I have more sad news from the world of the Autism Vaccine Injury Debate. In case you did not know, Mothers were c...
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When I was looking for an internship, I would never have thought I stumble onto Causecast. After learning more about Causecast, I knew this internship was definitely for me. So why I choose Causeca...
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Karl Popper and Climate Science
(Thanks to Greenfyre's - I borrowed an idea or two) Karl Popper’s thinking was that scientists should work hard to disprove theories. If they don't succeed then it is a working theory until disp...
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Who says Autism Is not Fatal Dr. Julie Gerberding? Warrior Dad Gives Up FIght Takes Sons Life
This is where the tragic tale ends up folks. Two dead, many family members shattered, and society loses unknown potential. The headline could have just as easily read Tanners Dad ends the story. Ry...
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Secret Government bailout for Pharmaceutical Companies will cost Taxpayers trillions Autism Hurts
Did you know that the government has set us up for failure? The ecomomic impact of the Autism epidemic and crisis will be over $300 billion a year in about ten years. That is a conservative estimat...
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Meeting Ron Kovic (Born on the Fourth of July)
In Santa Ana, CA, at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCA), their curator decided to do one of the best damn things in the world, have an exhibit that showed politically charged Art....
