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Rising with...Freedom
Fauziya Kassindja
Togo, Africa
Center for Gender & Refugee
Fauziya narrowly escaped female genital mutilation
by fleeing from her remote village in Togo under
cover of night and made her way to the U.S.
where, in December 1994, she sought ... and
finally gained political asylum.
Our Expert
Hanny Lightfoot-Klein
www.lightfoot-klein.com
Purchase her book: Secret Wounds
For the past quarter of a century, Lightfoot (as
she prefers to be called) has been speaking out
against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), violently
perpetrated on more than a hundred million
women in 28 African and Arab countries.
Rising with...Faith
Ngawang Sangdrol
Tibet
Amnesty International
Sangdrol is a Buddhist nun who believes that Tibet
should be independent from China. She had been
sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by the
Chinese authorities for shouting slogans such as
'Free Tibet", singing pro-independence songs and
participating in peaceful demonstrations. She was
first arrested in 1990 (when she was 10 years old)
in Lhasa after taking part in a pro-independence
demonstration lasting less than five minutes.
Our Expert
Mary Beth Markey, U.S. Executive
Director
International Campaign for Tibet (ICT)
Before Mary Beth was ICT's U.S .Executive
Director, she furthered Tibet's understanding and
ICT's influence in Congress and the Administration
as ICT's Director of Government Relations.
Previously, She was a staffer on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee where, for eight
years under then Chairman Claiborne Pell (D-RI)
with a variety of responsibilities including Deputy
and Acting Press Spokesperson and monitored
human rights and refugees issues, including those
of the Tibetan people. She also has worked for
Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party Mission in
the United States.
Rising with...Freedom
Fauziya Kassindja
Togo, Africa
Center for Gender & Refugee
Fauziya narrowly escaped female genital mutilation
by fleeing from her remote village in Togo under
cover of night and made her way to the U.S.
where, in December 1994, she sought ... and
finally gained political asylum.
Our Expert
Hanny Lightfoot-Klein
www.lightfoot-klein.com
Purchase her book: Secret Wounds
For the past quarter of a century, Lightfoot (as
she prefers to be called) has been speaking out
against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), violently
perpetrated on more than a hundred million
women in 28 African and Arab countries.
Rising with...Faith
Ngawang Sangdrol
Tibet
Amnesty International
Sangdrol is a Buddhist nun who believes that Tibet
should be independent from China. She had been
sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by the
Chinese authorities for shouting slogans such as
'Free Tibet", singing pro-independence songs and
participating in peaceful demonstrations. She was
first arrested in 1990 (when she was 10 years old)
in Lhasa after taking part in a pro-independence
demonstration lasting less than five minutes.
Our Expert
Mary Beth Markey, U.S. Executive
Director
International Campaign for Tibet (ICT)
Before Mary Beth was ICT's U.S .Executive
Director, she furthered Tibet's understanding and
ICT's influence in Congress and the Administration
as ICT's Director of Government Relations.
Previously, She was a staffer on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee where, for eight
years under then Chairman Claiborne Pell (D-RI)
with a variety of responsibilities including Deputy
and Acting Press Spokesperson and monitored
human rights and refugees issues, including those
of the Tibetan people. She also has worked for
Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party Mission in
the United States.
Rising with...Peace
Mariane Pearl
France
The Daniel Pearl Foundation
Purchase her book: A Mighty Heart
A memoir of her husband, Danny
Daniel Pearl, The South Asia bureau chief for The
Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and murdered
by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. The Mighty Heart
is being made into a movie starring Angelina Jolie.
Mariane shares the story of Al-Qaeda's involvement
in her husband's death.
Our Expert
Chantal and Michal Belzberg
OneFamily Fund Organization
OneFamily Fund began with a selfless act by one
twelve-year-old girl. Michal was preparing for her
Bat Mitzvah in Jerusalem when a suicide bomber
struck a crowded restaurant. The attack murdered
15 and wounded 130 Jewish men, women, and
children. It was the most deadly attack in
Jerusalem since the beginning of the Intifadah in
September 2000.
Michal felt she could celebrate. They cancelled her
Bat Mitzvah and contributed the party's funds to
victims. She encouraged friends and family to give
the victims everything they planned to give her.
Rising with...Joy
Erin Runnion
The Joyful Child Foundation
Samantha Runnion was a beautiful, bright and
joyful little girl. She approached each day as a new
adventure, eager to learn and play. On a summer
evening in July 2002, Samantha was abducted,
raped and murdered. Erin shares her grief of the
aftermath of Samantha's death and what
prompted her to help others through the Joyful
Child Foundation.
Our Expert
Connie Saindon, MFT
Survivors of Violent Loss Program
www.svlp.org
Connie is Founder of the Survivors of Violent
Death Program that has provided services to
survivors and caregivers since 1998. She provides
program development, clinical services, training and
supervision of medical personnel.
She is editor of The Survivors of Violent Loss
Network,www.svlp.org, that provides
informational and interactive stories, resources and
tips for members of the Survivors Club, “a club you
never wanted to be a member of.”
Mariane Pearl
France
The Daniel Pearl Foundation
Purchase her book: A Mighty Heart
A memoir of her husband, Danny
Daniel Pearl, The South Asia bureau chief for The
Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and murdered
by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. The Mighty Heart
is being made into a movie starring Angelina Jolie.
Mariane shares the story of Al-Qaeda's involvement
in her husband's death.
Our Expert
Chantal and Michal Belzberg
OneFamily Fund Organization
OneFamily Fund began with a selfless act by one
twelve-year-old girl. Michal was preparing for her
Bat Mitzvah in Jerusalem when a suicide bomber
struck a crowded restaurant. The attack murdered
15 and wounded 130 Jewish men, women, and
children. It was the most deadly attack in
Jerusalem since the beginning of the Intifadah in
September 2000.
Michal felt she could celebrate. They cancelled her
Bat Mitzvah and contributed the party's funds to
victims. She encouraged friends and family to give
the victims everything they planned to give her.
Rising with...Joy
Erin Runnion
The Joyful Child Foundation
Samantha Runnion was a beautiful, bright and
joyful little girl. She approached each day as a new
adventure, eager to learn and play. On a summer
evening in July 2002, Samantha was abducted,
raped and murdered. Erin shares her grief of the
aftermath of Samantha's death and what
prompted her to help others through the Joyful
Child Foundation.
Our Expert
Connie Saindon, MFT
Survivors of Violent Loss Program
www.svlp.org
Connie is Founder of the Survivors of Violent
Death Program that has provided services to
survivors and caregivers since 1998. She provides
program development, clinical services, training and
supervision of medical personnel.
She is editor of The Survivors of Violent Loss
Network,www.svlp.org, that provides
informational and interactive stories, resources and
tips for members of the Survivors Club, “a club you
never wanted to be a member of.”
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