Posts Tagged: Rwanda

40 Million for Gold, Redefining Victory in London Olympics

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All the hype of the summer games paused for a brief moment when Kirani James, Grenada’s only Olympic Gold winner, reminded the world of what true sportsmanship was all about. At the completion of James semi-final run against Oscar Pistorius, a South African world-class double amputee sprinter, he insisted the two trade name tags. It was clear, at least in this race, there was more going on than just a sprint. This is the kind of humility we should see in all the Olympic competitors, especially those who have had the benefit of world class training facilities and coaches.

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Never Again

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In 1994 over one million men, women, and children died in the Rwandan Genocide.  Two weeks into this mass atrocity a journalist, aware of the slaughter, called congress woman Patricia Schroeder.  The journalist asked Schroeder point blank, why is our country not responding to this travesty?  Why is this not on the front page of the New York Times?  Schroeder responded honestly, “I have had over 100 phones calls to my office about the endangered ape population in Rwanda, I have had zero about the people.”   We have organized frequently and effectively to fight for the rights of … View Full Post