Helpful Organization

Meet Leila Chirayath Janah, the founder of Samasource (sama means “equal” in Sanskrit).

Samasource is an organization that outsources simple data-entry and media-tagging tasks for companies like Google to people in low-income countries. Since 2008, Samasource has hired more than 1,200 workers, but “my dream is to show that we can become a $100 million organization with tens of thousands of workers. And do it as a nonprofit.”

Great Job, Leila!

The Meth Project

Finally, a gut wrenching drug commercial that shows the reality of substance abuse.

http://youtu.be/M6kCJSN9MTY

Twitterworld

I've been trying to contact the following on Twitter, just to answer a few questions. Sadly, no one has "tweeted" me back.

http://twitter.com/#!/DianeSawyer

http://twitter.com/#!/anncurry

http://twitter.com/#!/fernandaNYT

Motherhood

Me entire life changed when I gave birth to my son. It is an amazing, exciting, tiring experience being a mother. My heart swells with love when I see both of my boys, that is why I do not understand stories like this:

 http://www.themonitor.com/articles/villa-56233-edinburg-year.html

It sickens me. 

Nicaragua: 'We Women Want to Be Heard'

On the night of Jul. 25, 2009, Fatima Hernández, 24, was raped and beaten by Farinton Reyes, one of her co-workers. In a country where sexual violence is at immense levels and often goes unreported and unpunished, Hernández was determined that her attacker be brought to justice.

The young activist, who hopes to complete her law degree, established an organisation last year, the Association of Women for Critical Thinking (Asociación de Mujeres Forjadoras 'El Pensamiento') to support other women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence.

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/10/25/11651

Joyful Heart Foundation

The actress Mariska Hargitay, moved by so many real life victims who would approach her on the street and praise the character she portrays on television , decided to create an organization to help victims of abuse and violence.

The Joyful Heart Foundation works to foster a community that turns toward the issues of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. Such a community, empowered with knowledge, courage and compassion, can support survivors of this violence and engage in an open dialogue about how to collaboratively end the cycle of violence and abuse.

http://www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/

Bossypants

Someone I look up to for her wit and writing skills is none other than Tina Fey. From her work on SNL, writing the film Mean Girls, the television show 30 Rock, and now the delightful book Bossypants, she can do no wrong in my eyes.

The book is a delicious blend of reflection, humor, critical thinking.

Read an excerpt here: http://bibliofeminista.com/post/4643660732/excerpt-from-tina-feys-bossypants