Capitalism, Imperialism, Feminism: Monique Wilson & Agnes Pareyio |

Capitalism, Imperialism, Feminism: Monique Wilson & Agnes Pareyio | #GRITtv

Agnes Pareyio was named the United Nations in Kenya Person of the Year in 2005. She is the founder and director of two safe houses for girls in Kenya, established for young women and girls fleeing Female Genital Mutilation and early marriage. She has also been a candidate for Kenyan Parliament. Monique Wilson played the lead in the hit musical Ms. Saigon, she’s now the Director of International Affairs of the Gabriela Women’s Party, a national alliance of grassroots women¹s organizations in the Philippines. Monique is also director of the One Billion Rising campaign. We also look back in time at the women of the civil rights movement, and their direct action organizing against white supremacy. And Laura has some important words 

In celebration of International Women's Day, GRITtv featuring leaders of the global women's movement, Agnes Pareyio and Monique Wilson plus a look at women of color's fight for rights with Standing on My Sister's Shoulders and Hillary Clinton's White Feminism with Laura's F-Word. 

Follow the journey of a little wave as it travels down a watery trail, encountering creatures

Follow the journey of a little wave as it travels down a watery trail, encountering creatures along the way who explain mankind's careless misuse of natural resources. This beautifully illustrated environmental story, written in rhyme, teaches young and old that abusing the planet does not come without consequences, but even the smallest positive change in behavior can make a big difference.

By Stephen Lamoreaux • Properly educated children are the key to the future of environmental protection. Please review this children's book - The Little Wave: An Adventure in Earthly Care - Part One

To order from Amazon, click on the image or visit your local bookstore. Thank you.

Chief Arvol Looking Horse is the 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, and Spiritual Leader of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Oyate, known as the Great Sioux Nation. He has

Chief Arvol Looking Horse is the 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, and Spiritual Leader of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Oyate, known as the Great Sioux Nation. He has worked to reconcile traditional healing and western medicine since the 1970s, and admits it is still a struggle.

This is a brief story of the Pipe as included in the National Geographic special, Story of God narrated by Morgan Freeman.

Published on Sep 23, 2015