Here’s Mallika with Alex at the North Star Fund annual gala last night where she was honored for her more than 30 years of work of advancing human rights for women and girls.
-Nadia
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Our friends at Australia’s family-run Yellingbo Olive Oil are offering Breakthrough supporters a special holiday gift that is not only delicious — We know! Jeremy brought us samples! (Or just ask Martha!) — but also supports ending violence against women.
Today through Saturday only, please enjoy 20% off your order of Yellingbo Gold Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Use code “BRK20” and select “Ending Violence Against Women” at checkout. With every purchase, $2 will go to help create safe homes for women and families worldwide.
Thank you and happy holidays!
The Breakthrough Team
P.S. Not shopping? Your gift of $25 — the price of one bottle of olive oil — can help create women’s-rights training materials for our new youth center in Uttar Pradesh.
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Neil Young is a longtime activist and advocate for human rights in the United States. Jimmy Fallon is a longtime, well, goofball. We love them both. So, just for fun, here’s Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young as Will Smith as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
The video has been making the rounds at the Breakthrough office today and we’re officially obsessed. And while we’re at it, why not check out Jimmy’s (er, Neil’s?) homage to the heiress to the Fresh throne herself, the fabulous Willow Smith and her feminist anthem, Whip My Hair.
-Katie
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At the Rights Working Group membership conference in Seattle, listening to an amazing keynote by digital multimedia artist, Hasan Elahi, who turned an FBI investigation of his identity into art.
Great way to kick off a conference about racial profiling and immigrant rights! Here’s more about his work.
- Ishita
Our own Mallika Dutt is currently holding it down at the World Economic Forum’s 2012 India Summit! Earlier this week she delivered a keynote on women’s human rights and the future of India, and you can follow her on Twitter to get the inside scoop on the rest of her time at the forum!
— Katie
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Bell Bajao global ambassador (oh, and secretary general of the United Nations) Ban Ki-Moon is used to doing the complicated dance of diplomacy, but who knew he was so good at invisible horse trotting?
Korean rapper and YouTube sensation Psy gave Ban a crash course in “Gangnam Style.” In return, the secretary general had some advice on using his pop culture prowess to change the world.
“I think the music can play a very important role. I hope that we can work together using your global reach … You have, I think, unlimited global reach…. You are so cool; I hope that you can end the global warming.”
Wise words, indeed! Watch the video here!
— Katie
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ALL HAIL LORRAINE AND KATHERINE! As far as we’re concerned, these fabulous women were the stars of last night’s presidential debate. (Though Candy Crowley is no slouch, either.) Their hard-hitting questions — on comprehensive immigration reform and equal pay, respectively — got Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to finally (finally!) start talking about these critical issues.
We think that the second debate was the best one yet, and here’s why: Real people got to ask real questions about their real lives. It’s as simple as that.
So, power to the people! And rock on, Lorraine and Katherine!
— Katie
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Breakthrough’s short film “The Call” premieres 10/1/12. Be there for the first screening. You wouldn’t want to let Ryan down, would you?
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Stephen King writes really good, really scary stories. But Steve King, the U.S. Representative for Iowa’s 5th congressional district, is just really scary.
So let’s all take a minute to get in touch with Steve and let him know that — contrary to his recent hateful remarks — our nation’s diversity makes us stronger. To say otherwise is pure fiction.
— Katie
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We love human rights here at Breakthrough. We also love The Muppets. (Human rights are basically the Camilla to our Gonzo, the cookie to our Cookie Monster … ) So you can imagine our delight when we saw how much The Muppets love human rights, too.
Jim Henson would be proud.
— Katie
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Model UN!
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“Chiddu chi fa beddu u disertu,” rissi u principinu, “è c’ammuccia ‘n puzzu a quarchi banna.”
“What makes the desert beautiful,” says the little prince, “is that somewhere it hides a well.”
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“I can’t choose…”
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I knew you put my name on this before I even scrolled down far enough to see it. I just KNEW.
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No, Migration Is Not Beautiful
Am I the only one that is annoyed with these damn butterflies? (just fyi this is not to criticize Faviana. It’s this one art piece. i am a fan of her women’s rights...
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