Christina Taylor Green

Stars Align for Healing at Jane Seymour's "Open Hearts" Event

Cassandra M. Bellantoni | Posted 05.03.2012

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Jane Seymour was the picture of beauty, grace and kindness as she spoke passionately about rising above hatred and bitterness to do something meaningful for others.

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Remembering Tucson

Cliff Schecter | Posted 03.12.2012

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It is important that this week, one year after the tragedy at Tucson, we remember those who were senselessly slaughtered there, including a 9-year old girl.

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9-Year Old Killed In Tucson Shooting Continues To Inspire Change Through Her Foundation

Posted 01.09.2012

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Christina-Taylor Green was memorialized on the one-year anniversary of the Tucson, Ariz., shooting as a young girl with big plans to change the world....

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Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Scholarship Awarded To Emma McMahon

Posted 08.15.2011

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Six months after an assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords took the lives of six people in Tucson, Ariz., a scholarship has been awarded in ...

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WTC Steel Statue To Honor Youngest Tucson Shooting Victim

AP | By KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- A piece of World Trade Center steel is being molded into an angel in the memory of a girl who was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and died in a ba...

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Child Killed In Arizona Shooting Honored With Charity Baseball Game

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TUCSON, Ariz. — This was one spring training trip Ozzie Guillen and several other big leaguers gladly took. The Chicago White Sox and Arizona D...

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At-Risk U.S. Children Struggle To Just Be Kids

Huffington Post | Gregory Beyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cierra Jones does not invite her friends to sleep over. She would, if she had her own room, or her own backyard to play in. But the 9-year-old worries...

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The State of Whose Union?

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

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We all agree our government needs major restructuring: five agencies that handle housing problems? It's crazy! But an overhaul isn't achievable, and innovation and reconciliation are impossible, if we're all hunkered down feeling unsafe.

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Rep. Giffords and Christina Green: Inspiring Progress and Possibilities for American Women in Politics

Sam Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Giffords' career and Ms. Green's life cut tragically short provide something more potent than gender parity statistics: powerful examples of public leadership by women for women (and men) to admire.

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Winning the Future: Can Americans Put Their Passions to Work?

Curtis Valentine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Winning the future may not only begin with our children asking themselves what they want to be when they grow up, but also making sure America can actually work to make it so.

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Gun Violence Destroyed Christina's Dreams

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

How can President Obama tell us in his State of the Union that "the dreams of a little girl in Tucson... deserve the chance to be fulfilled," without talking about the gun violence that destroyed those dreams?

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Rep. Giffords Opened Her Eyes - Have Members of Congress? - Lessons From Tucson - Media Trust

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes. Have members of Congress? Have Americans? Have you? Monet painted "Water Lilies" with diffused colors be...

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"The President's Speech"

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Watching The King's Speech, I couldn't help but be reminded of President Obama. What was demonstrated by his speech at Tucson was the influence a leader can have during times of crisis.

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Charity In The Face Of Tragedy: Donation Funds Honor Arizona Shooting Victims

Posted 05.25.2011

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Philanthropy is playing an important role in helping people in Tucson -- and across the country -- respond to the mass shooting there. The family of ...

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The President, Christina-Taylor Green, and the Real State of the Union

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wouldn't the way to honor Christina be to care enough for all the children that are still alive but trapped in lives of quiet desperation, homeless, enrolled in dysfunctional schools, living in inner cities where random violence is a daily occurrence?

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Another Death in Arizona?

Patricia Ireland | Posted 05.25.2011

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No conversation about the death penalty was harder for me than the one I had in late 1994 with the families of Dr. Bayard Britton and clinic volunteer Jim Barrett.

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Revenge Murders and Mental Illness

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Instead of the focus being on which political party might have lit Loughner's final fuse, why didn't we -- why don't we -- concentrate more on the mental health of our fellow citizens?

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Corneas Of Youngest Arizona Victim Save Eyesight Of 2 Children

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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TUCSON, Ariz. — Donated corneas from the young girl killed in the Arizona mass shooting have saved the eyesight of two children, the girl's fath...

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The President's Speech: How Obama's Body Language Defies His Message

Judith Parker Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama struggled in Arizona with his speech impediment, while using words to comfort and strengthen a nation torn by violence, anger and bi-partisanship. And yes, I said speech impediment.

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Youngest Arizona Victim's Organs Help Another Girl

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The father of the youngest victim of the Arizona tragedy says some of her organs have been donated to a young girl in the Boston area. John Green tel...

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Friday Talking Points [151] -- Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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To honor the fallen this week, we're going to refrain from our usual heated political rhetoric here for a change. It's only fitting, really, after su...

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Christina Taylor Green's Organs Help Save Child

The Arizona Republic | Jaimee Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina-Taylor Green, the 9-year-old girl killed in Saturday's shootings in Tucson, donated her organs....

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Christina Taylor Green -- A Virgin Presence, With Expectations

Susan J. Cobb | Posted 05.25.2011

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In her physical absence, what 9-year-old Christina symbolizes is a powerful spiritual presence.

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Living Up to Our Kids' Expectations

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 11.17.2011

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As mothers, fathers, and grandparents we have a unique and powerful voice, and now is the time to make our voices heard in a united call for kindness, decency, and goodness in our democracy.

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The Ugly American Is Back

Simon Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Free speech needs its own discipline, however enforced. The best rebuttal of the politics of hate is a torrent of love, and if not love then at least of facts.

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