On January 24, 2017, we first brought you the heartwrenching story of Lisa Spencer, a US Navy Veteran who was stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana, for boot camp and after, for seaman apprenticeship classes, when just three weeks in, she was sexually abused in 1998. Rape is becoming increasingly prevalent among women who serve — […]
In 2001, Kate Walsh’s eldest son was diagnosed at age two-and-a-half with PDD-NOS, an Autism Spectrum Disorder. “Our journey with autism began when I took our daughter to the pediatrician for her six-month check-up,” Walsh told Westchester Magazine. “I had just dropped off James, two-and-a-half, at daycare and noticed that his classmates were speaking in sentences. […]
On Saturday, March 9, 2019, around 600 people descended upon Union Station in L.A. for Gather Everyone In 2019. Their mission was clear: To help to bring an end to homelessness in Los Angeles. Approximately 50,000 people are experiencing homelessness in and around L.A., according to the latest count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. […]
Last Sunday (March 3, 2019), women, men, and, children in Los Angeles slipped on their running shoes for a good cause — the annual Women Run LA (WRLA), which seeks to empower women in the community. Over 300 people descended upon Hansen Dam (Lakeview Terrace Recreational Center) for the historic event, which benefited Safe Passage […]
In 2007, Siobhan Neilland founded OneMama, a non-profit that brings prosperity and health to people all over the world by empowering women as caregivers, mothers, businesswomen, and agents of change for their rural communities. Siobhan employed her mission of empowering women, families, and communities to be successful through sustainable health, education, and economics in Uganda, […]
In her heyday, supermodel Nastasia Urbano was reportedly banking a million dollars a year for just 20 days of work, and she was rubbing shoulders with the uber echelon of celebrities during the ’80s, from Andy Warhol and Jack Nicholson (she almost went to Maddona’s nuptials to Sean Penn but her boyfriend at the time was […]
In 1966 in a New York City studio, James Brown recorded the song “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”, with one of the lyrics noting that it would be “nothing without a woman or a girl”. How right he turned out to be, and the past few years, we have witnessed women becoming more of a […]
Saying goodbye to a loved one, whether they’re headed off on a far-flung adventure, or a romance that has gone sour, a friendship falters, is never easy, as with all matters of the heart. Saying your final goodbye, however, as you wage the war for your life after being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, is […]
His infamous “I Have a Dream” speech delivered from the steps of Washington, D.C’s LincolnMemorial in front of approximately 250,000 people on August 28, 1963, is forever etched in history. Today marks the birthday of the revolutionary civil rights movement leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, King was pivotal in ending the legal […]
On March 3, 2019, women from all over Los Angeles will descend upon Hansen Dam (Lakeview Terrace Recreational Center). for the historic event, Women Run LA (WRLA). The run benefits Safe Passage Heals, whose mission is to help break the cycle of domestic abuse by healing and empowering women and their children, enabling them to […]
They may only be youngsters, but this group of children is already making a huge difference to those whose life entails sleeping on the streets day in, day out. With the help of After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles, Share Hope USA collected and assembled over 500 Hygiene Kits for the homeless on November 17, which will be […]
In recent years, Chicago has been known more for his bloodied, soaring crime levels than for its homeless population. But while the numbers of those out on the streets in Chicago seems minuscule compared to Los Angeles, there are still a total of 5,657 people, according to the 2017 Homeless Point-in-Time Count and Survey Report […]
With the death toll of “Camp Fire” currently estimated at around 48 and 80 people missing — most of them senior citizens, the California Wildfires are now considered to be the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in the state’s history. 100,000 acres of land have been destroyed in Northern California by Camp Fire, and in Southern California, 94,000 […]
By Samira Abrar I crawled into the car with my 6 sisters and parents in the middle of the night. The house across from our home in our town of Taluqan had been hit by a rocket. The Taliban had invaded and taken over our town. The ground was shaking from anti-Taliban coalition tanks. The […]
With Mother’s Day literally around the corner, now, more than ever, is the time to cast your eyes towards the underprivileged moms out there, who largely go unnoticed — and lacking the prerequisite gift of love. Thankfully, due to the efforts of The Ark, a non-profit based in Athens, Georgia., which seeks to empower the […]