"We Will Rise" - Page 3

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:
@suzyQ3I couldn't disagree more.......

I know.:-)

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

ITA with everything SuzyQ said!

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@suzyQ3I agree with your post, and am thankful we have the Pope ,who speaks to world poverty, and our duty to help alleviate it

Caritas is the largest Charity in the world, and I am proud to call it ours

Greeneyedlady21 · ‎01-06-2015

@suzyQ3 I agree, very well said

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

mstyrion 1 · ‎09-18-2014

I also agree with @suzyQ3.

Very well said.

Being a global citizen is of the utmost importance to me.

The fortunes we as citizens of this immigrant-grown country have a lot to do with circumstances that many, many people in other parts of the world will never have a chance at. To turn our faces away and pat ourselves on the back is just evil IMO.

~Enough is enough~

Lila Belle · ‎01-24-2013

@Sooner wrote:
@Lila Belle wrote:
Oh, my. I hope that you are watching this on CNN. I really hope they repeat this. It's about girls and education in Africa and of course throughout the world.

As women we need to be reminded of of our strength and power to invoke change.
I think the most impowering thing that women can do is stop thinking "as women" but as people who have power and strength. I think the sooner we get over our differences of gender, race, or nationality as see one another as individuals and not divisive groups, change will come fast for the world.

We all have power to invoke change--in ourselves.

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Not every nation respects and empowers girls and women. Imagine being held down because of your gender. Our country did it by denying opportunities for women in educational endeavors and employment and the right to be an equal citizen.The voe that is.

To not support and empower our sisters, no matter where we live in this world, is a form of discrimonation, bigotry and backwardness that will impact on our daughters and our sons.

itiswhatitis · ‎05-27-2016

@suzyQ3 wrote:
Thank you so much for posting this, @Lila Belle.

I take exception to two oft-heard themes here:

1) The idea that there is not and never will be a level playing field but that somehow EVERYONE can rise if they really just want to badly enough.

This put the onus entirely on the individual, who might have not been born into a promising environment, who might be of an origin that has fought bias and discrimination for eons, and who might have missed a bit of luck along the way.

Yet this person, if he really wanted to, should just pull himself up by his bootstraps without a helping hand because, after all, his counterpart who did have the promising environment, did not face ugly hatred, and who had good luck made it just fine.

2) The idea that we should help only within the U.S. This flies in the face of morality and practicality. We are citizens of the world, whether we like it or not. We have moral duty to do what we can to help ease the undescribable misery that very few of us here in America have ever seen. On the practical side, the more educated, prosperous, and healthy people are in other countries, the less likely we are to see strife, repression, and less vulnerability to dangerous groups.

To that end, I highly recommend Friends of UNFPA, a foundation to which we have donated monthly for several years now. It supports UNFPA, which was founded in 1969 to promote women's health in more than 50 countries. What so many of these women endure is unfathomable to us in the U.S.

PREACH @suzyQ3.

*Call Tyrone*

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

@Lila Belle wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@Lila Belle wrote:
Oh, my. I hope that you are watching this on CNN. I really hope they repeat this. It's about girls and education in Africa and of course throughout the world.

As women we need to be reminded of of our strength and power to invoke change.
I think the most impowering thing that women can do is stop thinking "as women" but as people who have power and strength. I think the sooner we get over our differences of gender, race, or nationality as see one another as individuals and not divisive groups, change will come fast for the world.

We all have power to invoke change--in ourselves.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not every nation respects and empowers girls and women. Imagine being held down because of your gender. Our country did it by denying opportunities for women in educational endeavors and employment and the right to be an equal citizen.The voe that is.

To not support and empower our sisters, no matter where we live in this world, is a form of discrimonation, bigotry and backwardness that will impact on our daughters and our sons.

@Lila Belle, I think something got messed up here. That is not a quote from @Sooner but rather from @Maudelyn.

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@suzyQ3 wrote:
@Lila Belle wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@Lila Belle wrote:
Oh, my. I hope that you are watching this on CNN. I really hope they repeat this. It's about girls and education in Africa and of course throughout the world.

As women we need to be reminded of of our strength and power to invoke change.
I think the most impowering thing that women can do is stop thinking "as women" but as people who have power and strength. I think the sooner we get over our differences of gender, race, or nationality as see one another as individuals and not divisive groups, change will come fast for the world.

We all have power to invoke change--in ourselves.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not every nation respects and empowers girls and women. Imagine being held down because of your gender. Our country did it by denying opportunities for women in educational endeavors and employment and the right to be an equal citizen.The voe that is.

To not support and empower our sisters, no matter where we live in this world, is a form of discrimonation, bigotry and backwardness that will impact on our daughters and our sons.
@Lila Belle, I think something got messed up here. That is not a quote from @Sooner but rather from @Maudelyn.

I don't think anyone should be held back because of their gender; nor do I think they should be promoted because of their gender. I think people should be taken and valued for the individuals they are. I don't think we will ever get to equality if we look a the world because of gender, race, nationality, etc. I'd change it to "support and empower our brothers and sisters. . . "

Lila Belle · ‎01-24-2013

@Sooner wrote:
@suzyQ3 wrote:
@Lila Belle wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@Lila Belle wrote:
Oh, my. I hope that you are watching this on CNN. I really hope they repeat this. It's about girls and education in Africa and of course throughout the world.

As women we need to be reminded of of our strength and power to invoke change.
I think the most impowering thing that women can do is stop thinking "as women" but as people who have power and strength. I think the sooner we get over our differences of gender, race, or nationality as see one another as individuals and not divisive groups, change will come fast for the world.

We all have power to invoke change--in ourselves.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not every nation respects and empowers girls and women. Imagine being held down because of your gender. Our country did it by denying opportunities for women in educational endeavors and employment and the right to be an equal citizen.The voe that is.

To not support and empower our sisters, no matter where we live in this world, is a form of discrimonation, bigotry and backwardness that will impact on our daughters and our sons.
@Lila Belle, I think something got messed up here. That is not a quote from @Sooner but rather from @Maudelyn.
I don't think anyone should be held back because of their gender; nor do I think they should be promoted because of their gender. I think people should be taken and valued for the individuals they are. I don't think we will ever get to equality if we look a the world because of gender, race, nationality, etc. I'd change it to "support and empower our brothers and sisters. . . "

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Uh, you do realize that We Will Rise is about girls and women in Africa @Sooner. And it also applies around the world where women are not valued. Women who are empowered change the world. "The hand who rocks the cradle" and if "you want a job done ask a woman."

To get to equality, veiled views like yours ... well, it's just obvious where you stand.