Dignity

10 Conversations to Plan for Aging with Dignity and Independence

Dr. Bruce A. Chernof, MD | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Aging, Personal Health, Dignity, Advance Care Directive, Health, Long-Term Care, Independence, Financial Planning, Retirement Planning, Long-Term Services and Supports, Family, Fifty News

Aging with dignity and independence is the ability to live life to its fullest in the place you call home regardless of age, illness or disability. Wh...

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Building a Social Movement to Improve Long-Term Care in California

Dr. Bruce A. Chernof, MD | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Social Movements, Aging, California, Independence, Dignity, Choice, Health, Long Term Care, SCAN Foundation, American Society on Aging Conference, Fifty News

Messaging about growing older and creating a world that honors an aging America needs to be succinct and clear, not laden with insider language oriented to policy wonks.

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Simon Shaheen Performs Tribute To Arab Spring

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Oud, Songs of Arab Pride, Video, Simon Shaheen, Arab Spring, Tribute, Dignity, And Liberation, The Call, Cuny, Composers, Arts News

Simon Shaheen is a Palestinian composer and musician who has done more for bringing Arab music to the West than perhaps any other individual in recent...

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"Homeless Hotspot" -- Right Meets Wrong at 4G Speed

Tiziana Dearing | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Poverty, Homelessness, Dignity, Employment, Sxsw Homeless Hotspots, Unemployment, Homeless Hotspots, Bbh Marketing, Homeless Hotspot, Bbh Labs, Technology News

We should set the bar even higher for avoiding dehumanizing experiences for our neighbors in poverty. Life is doing it enough as it is.

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Aging With Dignity and Independence: The Who, What, Why, and How

Dr. Bruce A. Chernof, MD | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Aging, Baby Boomers, Social Security, Dignity, People of Color, Long-Term Care, Medicare, Health Care, Demographics, Aging Parents, Aging With Dignity, Elderly Assistance, Fifty News

Seventy percent of people over 65 will need some form of daily assistance. Yet in an aging America, just when these services will be needed by our loved ones the most, long-term services and supports is eroding due to budget constraints.

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Please Reconsider the Term "Arab Spring"

Maytha Alhassen | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Revolutions, Social Movements, Names, Arab Spring, Arab Revolutions, Dignity, World News

The irony of the Western invention of the "Arab Spring" is that regardless of citizenry remonstrations for "self-determination," we still continue to see the Arab region in our eyes and not through theirs.

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A Plan to End Bullying and Make Schools Kinder and Gentler

Meryl Ain, Ed.D. | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Education, Dignity, Bullying, Vengeance, Character-Education, Discipline, Harassment, Suspension, Education News

A plan that would virtually end school bullying and make school discipline kinder, gentler and more meaningful is being proposed for schools throughout the country.

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Out in the Cold, On the Inside

Carol Smaldino | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Esteem, Christmas, Fat, Hanukkah, Materialism, Dignity, Diversity, Bullying, Parents News

We are teaching our kids tolerance, fairness and kindness but I'm afraid, too little about the dignity about being different or just being.

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A Formal Call for a Politics of Dignity

Charlotte Hill | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Financial Crisis, Governance, Power, Dignity, Meritocracy, Rankism, Politics News

While others have celebrated freedom, we have celebrated money. While others, living under dictatorship, have celebrated choice, we have celebrated celebrity.

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Global Dignity and You

John Hope Bryant | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Global Dignity Day 2011, Global-Dignity, Ubuntu Concept, Ubuntu, Global Economic Crisis, Dignity, Impact News

Imagine what the world be like -- what would have happened in the global economic crisis, if everyone practiced one simple global golden rule -- digni...

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Occupy Wall Street and the Promise of Dignity

Charlotte Hill | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Dignity, Occupy Wall Street, Rankism, Wall Street Protests, Economic Inequality, Occupy Movement, Politics News

Occupy Wall Street is not, in the literal sense of the word, an egalitarian movement. No, Occupy Wall Street is a dignitarian movement.

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A Fast Car Following Rosa's Footsteps

Yashar Ali | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Manal Al-Sherif, Driving, Rosa Parks, Dignity, Saudi Royal Family, Saudi Arabia, World News

Manal al-Sharif was arrested this weekend for driving around her neighborhood. She wasn't speeding, she didn't run a red light and she didn't break any laws. She was arrested for being a woman with the audacity to drive a car in Saudi Arabia.

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A Digital Happily-Ever-After

Tijana Milosevic | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Royal Wedding, Pippa Middleton, Social Media, Fame, Robert Fuller, Bbc, Dignity, Media, Clay Shirky, Facebook, Rankism, Technology News

"The Pippa Middleton Ass Appreciation Society," which by now has over 200,000 Facebook fans, raises interesting questions of how we choose to use our spare time and the role of social media in this process.

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The Psychology of Revenge: Why We Should Stop Celebrating Osama Bin Laden's Death

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Dead, Politics, Celebrate, War on Terror, Dignity, Terrorism, Acts of Violence, Osama Bin Laden Killed, Psychology, Cycle of Violence, Revenge, Peace, Psychology of Revenge, Osama Bin Laden, Healthy Living News

While some consider bin Laden to have been the personification of evil, he was nonetheless a human being. A more appropriate response to his killing would be to mourn the many tragedies that led up to his violent death.

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Woe to You, Legislators!

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Record Profits, Profligacy, President Obama, Fiscal Conservatives, International, Children, Taxes, Dignity, Welfare Payments, Teachings of Jesus, Prophet Isaiah, Political Clout, Food Stamp, Hypocrites, Deficit Reduction, Federal Budget, Washington Post, America, Ayn Rand, Republican, Government, Conservative, Rand, Isaiah 1, Housing, Congressman Paul Ryan, Paul Ryan, Campaign Contributions, Subsidies, Budget Cuts, Money, Politics, Education, Community, Medicaid, Choice, Corporations, International Assistance, Faith Community, Vulnerable Members, Medicare, Republicans, Military Spending, Conservatives, Religious Community, Michael Gerson, Budget Proposal, Politics News

The president's fiscal message this week was on point, and will have to be repeated over and over again in the months ahead against all the pressures to compromise.

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From Mexico to the Middle East: The Oppressed Oppressors

Karen Berg | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Karen Berg, Mexico, Mexico Drug War, Peace, Middle East, Kabbalah Centre, Human Rights Violations, Dignity, Mexico Drug Cartels, World News

The poverty and human rights violations we see are in fact a result of years of our collective and repeated lack of respect for human dignity. We need to change our ways, before they kill us.

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A Day Without Dignity: A Counter Campaign

Tom Murphy | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Dignity, TOMS Shoes, Campaign, Counter Campaign, Shoes, Advocacy, Toms, One Day Without Shoes, A Day Without Dignity, Charity, Aid Work, Impact News

Does TOMS provide lasting assistance to the people who get the shoes? Or, have they found a way to make money off of good intentions and a poorly informed public?

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Japan: The Psychology Behind Dignity

Tijana Milosevic | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Japan Earthquake, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Tsunami, Dignity, Japan, Death With Dignity, Grief, Japan Suicide, Japan Dignity, Healthy Living News

I wonder whether dignity and pride, as perceived by the Japanese, might underlie seemingly disparate reactions to life hurdles.

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The Importance of Dignity: Commencement Address Thoughts for Anyone Who Wishes to Use Them

Martha L. Wellington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commencement Speeches, Humility, Pride, Dignity, College News

At about this time of year many impressive and accomplished people have agreed to deliver commencement addresses. If you are one of these folks, star...

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The Dignity Movement Finds Its Feet

Robert Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nobodies, Predation, Indignity, Dignitarian, Dignity, Humiliation, North Africa, Movement, Indignities, Middle East, Sexism, Predatory, Unrest, Racism, Justice, Somebodies, Rankism, World News

The weak are not as impotent as they once were. Using weapons of mass destruction and strategies of mass disruption, the disenfranchised can bring modern life to a stop. Humiliation is a time bomb.

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The Dignity Revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia -- and America?

Carla Seaquist | Posted 05.25.2011

We Americans might, for a switch, take a cue from the Arab street. The whole world would benefit incalculably by embracing what those lion-hearted protesters are demanding: Dignity.

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Choosing Naivete About Egypt

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Egypt, Social Justice, American Exceptionalism, Dignity, Democracy, Mahatma Gandhi, God, New York, America, Foreign Policy, Education, Revolution, India, Teachers, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Separation of Church and State, Politics News

If Americans are so "exceptional," do we need to examine whether or not the stated values of American society are being lived at all?

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Finding Your Inner Royalty

Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Royalty, The King's Speech, Inspiration, Lionel Logue, Dignity, Honesty, Service, King George VI, Nobility, Kabbalah, Moses, Integrity, Egypt Protests, Healthy Living News

To be true to others, you first need to be true to yourself. Denying your truth and not standing in it leads to a loss of power, lies, and self-disgust.

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Dignitarian World Emerging: Arianna's Blog Predicts the Future

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Politics, Leaders, Global Community, Dignitarian, Dignity, Global Leadership, Chile, South America, Bangladesh, Future, Brazil, Arianna Huffington, Dignity for All, World News

With the arrival of 2011, we would do well to recognize the future when we see it. For this reason, Arianna's recent blogs, South American Diary, Chil...

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Obama Restored Honor and Dignity to the White House. He's the Real Thing.

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bikini Graph, Dignity, Right-Wing, Elena Kagan, Morning Joe, Violence, Jobs, Dover AFB, Integrity, Sarah Palin, Ideology, Infrastructure, Joe Scarborough, Character, Tax Cuts, Candidates, The Daily Show, Professional Left, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Valerie Jarrett, Karl Rove, Humor, Xenophobia, Science, Lilly Ledbetter Act, Health Care Legislation, Barack Obama, Election, Nobel Prize, Stoking Fear, Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart, Sonia Sotomayor, Birther, Fox News, Nazi, Politics News

Watching President Obama on Jon Stewart's Daily Show last night reminded me of why I think so highly of him. In no particular order, my incomplete lis...

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