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Category: Justice

Justice Posted onOctober 14, 2015April 19, 2016

Justice :: Fair Trade

October is Fair Trade month! When I posted about justice earlier this year, I said that one of the points made to me was, if […] Read More

Justice, Out and About Posted onMay 16, 2015December 31, 2015

Justice :: Nail Salons

Years before I heard Beth Cossin talk about human trafficking and the prevalence of it in nail salons, I contemplated the business viability of my […] Read More

Justice Posted onMay 5, 2015December 27, 2015

Justice :: In Action

A few years ago I blogged about a short film called The Candy Shop. Whitestone Motion Pictures wrote and created the film – a fairy tale-style storytelling […] Read More

Justice, Movie Reviews Posted onNovember 10, 2010July 6, 2018

STOP the Candy Shop

Approximately 500 girls age 14 or younger are raped for profit every month in Atlanta. This is one of the facts that, according to Brandon […] Read More

The Handmaid's Tale
Book Reviews, Justice Posted onJune 9, 2010July 30, 2018

Book Review :: The Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood’s award winning The Handmaid’s Tale is the type of novel that is so full, so rich with material, it is almost hard to […] Read More

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