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Doctors Without Borders - 0 views

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shared by Gemma Standley on 27 Feb 15 - No Cached
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  • Gemma Standley on 27 Feb 15
     
    Doctors Without Borders provides medical care to people in countries that need it, such as countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a humanitarian organization that does not discriminate against people when treating them, and saves lives threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. By providing medical care to people, they can have a longer and healthier life.This increases development by bettering the health of the country, which leads to more productivity, causing economic growth and better overall conditions in the country. Doctors Without Borders has a positive impact on a country and its HDI.
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"No Justice, No Respect": Why the Ferguson Riots Were Justified - The Intercept - 2 views

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shared by Gemma Standley on 17 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • When the St. Louis County Prosecutor, during a bizarre press conference, announced the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, I was standing 10 feet away from Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden. I, along with a few thousand other people, saw the hurt on McSpadden’s face before she collapsed in agony after weeping and complaining about the injustice of the criminal justice system.
  • White Americans who label the demonstrators criminals and thugs should think twice before uttering such poppycock. White privilege was neither produced nor maintained by peaceniks.
  • Those same people appear to be incapable or unwilling to see Brown’s humanity or the broader rationale behind the protests, which have spread across the country and even touched Europe.
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  • No justice. No respect.
  • If anything, Ferguson awakened some of us from the fatuous dream that America had morphed into a racial Shangri-La.
  • Gemma Standley on 17 Dec 14
     
    After the killer of Michael Brown was not indicted by the Grand Jury, riots in Ferguson began demanding justice for African-Americans. How does this relate to the distribution of ethnicities in the United States, specifically African-Americans?
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Ice Bucket Donations Reach $70.2 Million - The ALS Association - 0 views

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  • Gemma Standley on 24 Aug 14
     
    As of Sunday, August 24, The ALS Association has received $70.2 million in donations. Mobility is seen in the situation of the Ice Bucket Challenge as awareness is spread from region to region, across the nation. This expansion diffusion leads to a large number of people supporting and donating money to the ALS Association. How will awareness of ALS continue to spread?
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