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Education is key. The jails of the world are not filled with college graduates. Extremism too is fueled by ignorance. It is the people that can think, reason and solve problems who reject crime, violence and extremism and have the tools to earn their living and support their families. Our goal is to highlight educational inequities by challenging the Producers of Slumdog Millionaires to support education in India. While Slumdog made millions, almost none of that passed down to the people who worked in the film and whom the film was about.

GOAL:  Challenge Slumdog Director Danny Boyle and writer Simon Beaufoy as well as the producers to use part of their $300 million to commit to building and maintaining two new schools in Mumbai now.

ACTION: Create your own POP page or if you are already a member, join the Back to School Group then:

1. Sign the challenge that POP will be sending directly to the crew from Slumdog Millionaire

2. Donate. If your school would like to get involved in raising money for water and sanitation projects in Africa, please email us.

3. Volunteer to go to Mumbai to help build the schools - please email us.

 

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A Personal Tribute to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: Happy 92nd Birthday

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I was not yet born when Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment. I did not hear his name during my early childhood growing up under the apartheid regime. I was not sure why he was imprisoned in that tiny cell on Robben Island. And I did not know then, that one day, he would unequivocally be my hero. While I have not had the honor of meeting Nelson Mandela, he has been a powerful and real part of my life journey over the past 20 years. I am profoundly humbled by his capacity to forgive and deeply motivated by his spirit and strength.
Submitted by daijapop on Sun, 07/18/2010 - 05:54.

The Positive Use of Culture in the Classroom

  I define culture as a specific set of beliefs that are inherent to a population and expressed through such modalities as religion, artistic expression, oral tradition, education and common goals and values. I define ethnicity as a connection based on common hereditary or cultural ties. I define diversity as the distinction that is made from one thing to another. I am a part of many different cultures: I am a working MOTHER
Submitted by Biotink on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 14:23.

MY HOPES AND DREAMS FOR THE NEW DECADE:

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I dream of a world where children everywhere will put their heads on their pillow at night and not worry about food, shelter or abuse. I hope President Obama finds his footing, plants his feet on the ground and earns his Nobel Peace prize. I dream of forgiveness and reconciliation between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians. I hope the day comes when we recognize that cultures that repress women are almost uniformly impoverished and subject to disease, famine and war.
Submitted by daijapop on Fri, 01/01/2010 - 10:48.

N.Y. Times Author Looking for Ideas to Reduce Youth VIolence

Steven Levitt - author of "Freakonomics" - posted a blog entry on his N.Y. Times site looking for out-of-the-box suggestions for reducing youth violence (http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/looking-to-blog-readers-for-good-ideas-to-reduce-teen-shootings/). He was motivated by the recent beating death of a teenager in Chicago.
Submitted by tednunn on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 16:09.