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Anthony Cirilo Talks about Poetry of Witness
By
Loren Kleinman
, Contributor
Author, This Way to Forever
AC: Poetry of Witness has screened in Phoenix, Buffalo, Baltimore, and NYC. We're hoping our representation, Circus Road
IMPACT
Paris and the Power of Empathy
By
Mandy Hitchcock
, Contributor
Bereaved mother, cancer survivor, and recovering lawyer
I had no idea that on the morning of the Paris attacks, a suicide bomber killed 19 people and injured almost 40 others who were all attending a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq. This is what I get for relying on Facebook for almost all of my breaking news, a habit I clearly need to change.
WOMEN
Bearing Witness
By
Annie Lascoe
, Contributor
Co-founder, Conscious Period
Until that February evening, I had never known of the pain that screams from the earth in that small village in the mountains of Caucasia.
WELLNESS
Solving the Problem of Grief: The Solution Is Not What You Think
By
Megan Devine
, Contributor
author of "It's OK That You're Not OK"
We need to develop some skillful means both to witness grief, and to live in grief. We need to learn how to support rather than to solve. We need to practice being in there with grief, rather than getting out of it. And we need to hear the distinction between the two.
TECH
iPhone in the Warsaw Ghetto
By
Stephen D. Smith
, Contributor
Finci-Viterbi Executive Director, USC Shoah Foundation, UNESCO...
Would photographic evidence and video testimony have made any difference to the wall of indifference that greeted Karski?
WELLNESS
The Power of Bearing Witness
By
Rose Kumar M.D.
, Contributor
Founder and CEO, The Ommani Center for Integrative Medicine
Life presents us with so many ways to bear witness to each other every day. We must embrace these opportunities for loving.
NEW YORK
Stitched Into the Day: Remembering September 11, 2001
By
Nicole Brittingham Furlonge
, Contributor
Writer, teacher, scholar, mother
We remember how far we've come to have the ordinary join this date again. And we bear witness largely by living intentional lives, created anew from the rubble.
WELLNESS
Watching the World Become Water
By
Deborah Schoeberlein David
, Contributor
Author, 'Living Mindfully" and "Mindful Teaching and Teaching...
We're used to seeing images of death and destruction in the movies because death and destruction Hollywood-style is comfortably fictionalized. But, today, the footage is documentary, and the death and destruction is real.
WELLNESS
Honoring the Memory of a Deceased Loved One
By
Judith Johnson
, Contributor
I am an author, mentor and speaker who helps others to raise t...
Bearing witness to a deceased loved one is about doing whatever it takes for you to feel that you have done your part to preserve and honor his or her memory.
WELLNESS
The Power of Bearing Witness
By
Judith Johnson
, Contributor
I am an author, mentor and speaker who helps others to raise t...
When we bear witness, we lovingly give our attention to the other without judgment. When we allow another to bear witness to us, we give ourselves the freedom to be known.
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NEW YORK
Sabrina Greenwood, Mother Of 4, Laid Off From MTA
By
xxxxDamiano Beltramixxxx
The Bronx mother is not only upset about her new, unstable financial situation. She is also disappointed because she loved
IMPACT
Middle Class No More, Families Struggle to Fight off Homelessness
By
Laura Bassett
Struggling to pay the rent and support her two children, Admire invited her cousin and her two children to move in. While
MEDIA
Ann Curry Focuses On 'Hidden America': The Impoverished (PHOTOS)
"America Now: Friends & Neighbors" was produced from nine months of original reporting in the region, documenting those who
NEW YORK
Special Terry, Laid-Off City Employee, Struggles To Get Health Care For Teenage Daughter
By
xxxxDamiano Beltramixxxx
For Terry, who had never experienced unemployment before, the most humiliating aspect of her new life was applying for food
IMPACT
The Lower Middle Class Crunch: Too Rich To Qualify For Government Assistance
By
Laura Bassett
"The cutoff for childcare assistance is outrageously low," Angulo said. "Some people I know go through migrant programs, where
IMPACT
Middle Class No More: New Jersey Family Scrapes By On Half Its Former Income
By
Laura Bassett
Despite all of their financial challenges, the Aginses seem to be hopeful about the next few years -- Ben says his wife is
IMPACT
Former Corporate Controller Now 'Couch Surfing' To Stay Afloat
Armed with college degree and an MBA, Brown, 49, built a solid resume over three decades as a corporate controller for several
BUSINESS
Why the Fight for Financial Reform Needs to Get Much More Personal
By
Arianna Huffington
, Contributor
Founder, The Huffington Post; Founder and CEO, Thrive Global
When it comes to the fight over financial reform, Democrats are making the same mistake they did with health care: failing to put the effect reform would have on the lives of real Americans front and center.
IMPACT
Satu Immermann, Widow With Breast Cancer, Struggles With Finances, Possible Foreclosure
"She witnessed her husband die in front of her small children," Suzi Schwartz said. "She's an unbelievable person to be dealing
IMPACT
Georgia Grandmother Sells Candy To Get By While Unemployed
By
Jonathan Daniel Harris
As HuffPost continues its coverage of Americans struggling to recover from the recession, we are asking for stories from
BUSINESS
Washington Post Profiles Neel Kashkari As Recession-Era Victim [UPDATED]
By
Jason Linkins
This weekend's Face Of The Recession is Goldman Sachs's own Kashkari, late of the U.S. Treasury's Office of Financial Stability, where he was in charge of the implementation, such as it was, of the TARP.
BUSINESS
Mother Sues Indiana Social Services For Cutting Off Daughters' Medicaid
By
Julian Hattem
********* As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories
BUSINESS
Widow Stuck With Bill After Insurer
Approved
Husband's Treatment
By
Julian Hattem
********* ********* John Goucher, 34, would have died after his heart attack were it not for paramedics. "I died twice in
BUSINESS
Requests For Heating Aid Up 20 Percent In Northern Georgia
By
Julian Hattem
"After our first hospitalization our doctor was basically going to send us home to die without any treatment. And that's
BUSINESS
Family Of Veterans Evicted On Veterans Day
By
Julian Hattem
A pit bill who spends two days a week helping therapy patients, and the rest of her time as a service dog, is being saved
BUSINESS
Father Joins Military To Give Family Home For Winter
By
Julian Hattem
Laura Byrnes, of Ocala, Fla.'s Star Banner, reports that local food pantries are running out of food as many of the people
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