Monthly Archives: July 2009

4th Celebrity Auction for Darfur Launches Today

Posted on July 27, 2009 by admin

For the fourth year in a row, Waxploitation is holding an auction to benefit Darfur–as well as other human rights efforts–through the work of Doctors without Borders, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America. 100% of sales will go to these nonprofit organizations. Continue reading →

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Playing for Change Promotes Peace

Posted on July 24, 2009 by admin

If you’ve seen any of the Playing for Change videos circulating around the web, you know what an amazing group this is. Their rendition of “Stand by Me,” for example, is perhaps one of the most moving versions of any song played, ever. Continue reading →

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Child Soldiers Freed in Nepal

Posted on July 17, 2009 by admin

In what was perhaps the most wonderful news story of the week, the BBC reported that thousands of child soldiers are being freed from former Maoist traning camps in Nepal. Continue reading →

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Twitter Up for Nobel Peace Prize?

Posted on July 9, 2009 by admin

While the global community of journalists could only helplessly stand by, shrugging in bafflement as they were kept at bay deliberately by the Iranian government, it seemed that we would never truly know what was happening inside the tumultuous country following its hotly contested recent election. The world simply waited, wondering what we would hear once the chaos reached its peak, and when we would hear it. And then along came Twitter. Continue reading →

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