ACT UP Event I will be singing/talking at….FOR GIRLS/WOMEN…YESSIRREE! Pun intended…
March 31, 2008
The 6th annual Conference For
The Spiritual Transformation of Women and Girls
Saturday April 12, 2008
8:30 a.m. -- 5:30 p.m.
St. Edwards University , Ragsdale Center
“THE KEYS TO HAPPINESS”
The Annual Conference for the Spiritual Transformation of Women and girls will include inspirational talks and practical workshops. There will be two programs running side by side, one for women and the other for young girls ages 10-15. The purpose of this conference is to gather women and girls together so that they may realize their unique spiritual station in the family and in society. Through recognition of their inner strength, they can be a source of enlightenment to each other, learn from each other's experiences, and share information about spiritual healing of mind, body and soul.
Keynote Speakers: Robin Rathe;r 'A life of Service to Humanity'
Jan Epton Seale and Avrel Seale; 'happiness is ... Creativity'
Workshops: Dawn Welch, (The Seven Keys to Vibrant Health)
Kimberly Smith Cavins, (Parenting from the Heart)
Joyce Beck, (Happiness is understanding, The Seven Levels of Consciousness)
Panel Discussion: JOY! A Practical Guide
The panelelist includes: Psychotherapist Gaea Logan and Richard Vogt (Richard From Texas of the book, Eat, Pray, Love)
Entertainment: “Sara Hickman” singer, songwriter, public speaker
“The Djembabes” twelve Austin drummers and singers
The 2008 ACT Girls Conference - 'Being the Change'
This year's ACT Girls Conference centers on Gandhi's exhortation to 'Be the change you want to see in the world.' Through inspirational and artistic workshops, the participants in ACT Girls will become empowered to explore their true selves, and to become the change that the world is so desperately awaiting.
Visit http://www.actwomen.com/speakers.html for further information and registration
posted by Sara Hickman at 09:29 am
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Speak out/Show up/Get involved and Support Human Rights!
I am Yichin Chen, the local coordinator for Global Human Rights
Torch Relay (HRTR,http://www.humanrightstorch.org) in Austin. I am
writing today to ask for your support in raising the public awareness
of and stop China's human rights abuses before the 2008 Beijing
Olympics.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime has over the years
intensified the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and other
religious groups. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens are held
as political prisoners without charge or trial. The CCP regime also
supports other totalitarian regimes in perpetrating slaughter upon
their own citizens‹in Darfur, Burma, Zimbabwe, and North Korea.
HRTR's founding premise: The Olympics and crimes against humanity
cannot coexist in China. The HRTR torch will come to Austin, Texas on
April 20 and a ceremony will be held at Capitol. To raise people's
awareness, my team is actively working with various groups and
individuals of The University of Texas at Austin to set up a rally on
April 4 on the UT campus.
We would love to have your support in any way you'd like. You and your
friends would be welcome to speak at the rally, sing HRTR theme song,
(http://www.humanrightstorch.org/news/theme-song), help to get the
word out in any way you're comfortable.
Thank you very much for your time. I look forward to your reply.
Regards,
Yichin Chen
512-266-9865
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Austin Coordinator
Global Human Rights Torch Relay
http://www.humanrightstorch.org
posted by Sara Hickman at 06:43 am
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All God’s Creatures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHoyB81LnE
I hope that she paints for the love of it, and not because she was forced or trained to do so.
Love,
Sara
posted by Sara Hickman at 06:26 am
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mady kaye, super pal!
March 29, 2008
posted by Sara Hickman at 07:40 pm
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And now…More response to George Will…
March 28, 2008
submitted in response to George Will's column (link provided to Mr. Will's column at the bottom of Rev. Young's response.)
Thank you,
Sara
To quote Benjamin Disraeli: "There are three kinds of lies: lies,
damned lies and statistics." In his column, March 27, George Will
used all three, but mainly statistics, to argue that conservatives are
more generous than liberals. Reading between the lines, what his
argument really shows is that religiosity correlates with charitable
giving. But since charity includes contributions to churches, there
is no direct correlation between the contributions one claims on a tax
return and the alleviation of suffering in society. Churches provide
wonderful spiritual, emotional and social benefits. But they're often
very inefficient conduits of human services. $100 that a
religious conservative sends to Bennie Hinn likely has much less
direct social benefit than $10 a secular liberal contributes to
the United Way. Is the conservative ten times more compassionate? I
think not. The conservative dogma that religious institutions should
supplant government in providing the social safety net is a cruel and
cynical farce. The famously erudite Mr. Will would do well to put down
that thesaurus and pick up a book on critical thinking.
Rev. Bill Young
Associate Pastor
Metropolitan Community Church of Austin
LINK TO GEORGE WILL'S ARTICLE:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1083043&srvc=rss
posted by Sara Hickman at 06:03 am
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