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Welcome to my advocacy blog. My goal is to post relevant information that will spark action, discussion and interaction, creating a catalyst for solutions and ideas to impact the challenges we face in our society. We welcome comments, suggestions and submissions in support of those seeking a voice. "…Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear…"

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Tag: Courage

Walking Around the World

Paul Salopek has been out for a walk — a very long walk — since 2013. His route stretches from … More

adventure, Advocacy, Courage, Education, environment, fortitude, history, Judy Woodruff, Nature, Out of Eden Walk, Paul Salopek, PBS, truth, walking around the world

What Leadership Looks like – Governor Galvin Newsom

Brian interviews California Governor Gavin Newsom about Ron DeSantis’ authoritarian moves and his recent trips to the South to meet … More

Advocacy, California Governor, clear thinking, Courage, Education, environment, Governor Gavin Mewsom, history, political courage

Senator John Fetterman Speaks About Depression. Video Included.

In an interview days before his release from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Pennsylvania Senator talked with “Sunday … More

Courage, Depression, Education, health, Health Care, John Fetterman, truth, US Senator, Walter Reed

The Vienna Agent

The American heiress who risked her life to help people escape the Nazis—and pioneered the refugee assistance movement  Katy Congeal … More

bravery, Courage, Education, history, Holocaust, Katy Coneal, Muriel Gardiner, Research, true hero, truth, WWll

“Stay strong, my love.” Video Included.

Aljazeera – 13 March Academy Award Winning Documentary. Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalnaya added: “Alexey, I am dreaming of the day … More

2023 Academy Awards, Advocacy, Alexi Navalny, Courage, Education, fortitude, history, honor, persecution, political prisoner, Putin, Russian invasion of Ukraine, truth, Ukraine, Yulia Navalnaya

When a deadly disease gripped an Alaskan town, a dog saved the day—but history hailed another

The movie Togo recounts an act of heroism in the midst of a frightening outbreak. Here star Willem Dafoe describes … More

1925 Serum Run, Alaska History, contagious bacterial infection, Courage, Disney film, Education, environment, Gunnar Kaasen, history, Iditarod, Nature, Research, Simon Ingram, Togo the film, truth, William Dafoe

Meet the women who risked everything to be the first to fly – Photos Included

As one female pilot wrote, “A woman who can find fulfillment in the skies will never again need to live … More

Amelia Earhart, aviation, Bessie Coleman, Courage, Education, Frontier airline, Harriet Quimby, history, Research, tenacity, truth, Women pilots

An Interview with PT Hirschfield

PT Hirschfield is an Ocean Art Winner and World-Renowned Underwater Photographer An Interview with PT Hirschfield PT Hirschfield is not … More

Australia, Courage, Education, Endometrial Cancer, environment, Friends, Great Australian Spider crab, Interview, joy in living, Nature, PT Hirschfield, Queensland, Research, Science, truth

Ukraine’s Secret Resistance – Video

Feb 25, 2023 One year after Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine, Richard Engel is on the ground, speaking with ordinary civilians … More

Advocacy, bravery, Courage, Education, fortitude, Friends, history, Richard Engel, Russia, Ukraine war

Góyą́ń – Chiricahua Apache

Gouyen was born in 1857, into the Chihenne band of Chiricahua Apache. Her Indian name was Góyą́ń meaning the one … More

American genocide, American Indian history, Chihenne band, Chiricahua Apache, Courage, Education, Fort Sill, Góyą́ń, Geronimo, history, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Research, truth

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