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Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press
Activist Salon – Wednesday, July 17th
GWPF 2nd Quarter Board Meeting
– Saturday, July 20th
Support Group Workshop – Saturday, July 20th
Support Group / Vacances Sans Excision
Camp – Saturday, August 17th
Support Group Workshop – Saturday,
September 14th
GWPF 3rd Quarter Board Meeting
– Saturday, September 28th
Global Woman Awards – Friday, October 18th
Walk To End FGM – Saturday, October 19th
Thanksgiving Feast / Support Group –
Saturday, November 16th
GWPF Year-End Board Meeting – Saturday,
December 7th
We
will update this 2019 calendar as schedules come in
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Special Announcement – The Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) invites you to participate in the 2019 Activist Salon, with short simulating presentations discussions, networking, food and drink. There will also be the presentation of the WIFP’s 2019 Women and Media Award to Artist and Performer, Luci Murphy on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 6:30pm until 8:00pm EST, at 1940 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20009. They are featuring speakers, Lana Shaheen, Hiba Yazbeck, Margaret Flowers, Thawra Abukhdier, and Angela Peabody.
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This Week’s Scrambled Words
EIKCIV
DRAW (2 WORDS)
ATNAF
EDNAS
YTEICOS
OBERG
HSUB (2 WORDS)
DEGNARRA
EGAIRRAM (2 WORDS)
Last
Week’s Scrambled WordsLast Week’s Unscrambled Words
OIHO OHIO
SASNAKRA ARKANSAS
OHADI IDAHO
HATU UTAH
AWOI IOWA
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Happy upcoming Fourth!
The one commonality which all immigrants to America share is that either
they or their ancestors all came from another country, in search of a dream; and
that includes the very first settlers to the U.S. According to Wikipedia, the Pilgrims arrived
in the United States in the early 1600s, in search of religious freedom, while
other arrivals sought economic opportunity.
Whether you came to the U.S. through Ellis Island, J.F. Kennedy Airport,
Miami International, Dulles International, L. A. International, or swam or
walked across the border, you or your ancestors came due to a reason and with a
purpose. According to the American
Library, more than 12 million people entered the United States through the
Ellis Island Immigration Center from 1892 to 1954. Did your ancestors enter during that time
frame, or was it earlier or later?
America’s Independence
Day, more commonly referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth is observed
as a Federal holiday in the United States.
Although the day is associated with fireworks, family reunions,
concerts, parades, carnivals, barbeques, etc. the day actually commemorates the
signing of the declaration of independence.
Two Hundred and Forty-Three (243) years ago on July 4th, thirteen
colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York,
North Carolina, and Rhode Island) decided they no longer wanted to be a part of
the British Empire, declared themselves a nation of the United States of
America.
As immigrants arrived in the United States, they
brought with them traditions and cultures. Some of those traditions brought by
the early settlers are what are known today as the American traditions and
culture, such as hot dogs and hamburgers, rodeos, race cars, football and
basketball, blue jeans and plaid shirts or turkey at Thanksgiving. Immigrants tend to bring with them what they
know, and it is what they practice, regardless of where they settle. As time progressed, the faces of immigrants
changed from the look of the early settlers to Africans, Asians and Middle
Easterners. The faces are not the only
thing that changed; those more recent immigrants brought their influence of
music, foods, dances, clothing, etc.
However the traditions were not all music and clothing or dances.
We should be mindful that the early settlers practiced
certain traditions which were later banned and lawfully discontinued. Some of those traditions helped to spawn the
American Civil War between the North and the South, such as slavery. The settlers declared their independence from
the British Empire in 1776. According to
Webster, the meaning of independence is sovereignty, liberty and freedom. It is what Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin
Franklin and the other signatories of the Declaration of Independence had in
mind; sovereignty and freedom for all immigrants, regardless of their place of
origin. Although some despicable
practices happened during slavery and during the civil rights movement, it is
doubtful that Jefferson and Franklin would have condoned the practice of female
genital mutilation (FGM) in this country.
They wrote in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to
be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and
the Pursuit of Happiness.” Notice the
line, “That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights”. All girls and young women in
these fifty states are entitled to those unalienable rights, and that includes
the immigrant women and girls of immigrant parents.
America is 243 years old this Thursday, and the
population celebrates it in many ways.
The practice of FGM is more than 5,000 years old, and the need to
continue to criminalize it, and make those who practice it accountable is even
more critical. Only two years ago, the
Virginia and Michigan laws, criminalizing FGM went into effect. In January of this year, there were only 28
U.S. states with laws against FGM. Since
then more than 5 U.S. states have had the practice of FGM criminalized. They are Ohio, Arkansas, Idaho, Utah, Iowa
and Pennsylvania.
Culture and traditions are poor excuses for this
outrageous practice. This Thursday while
Americans fire up their grills and load them up with hotdogs, hamburgers and
skewered seafood, they will not think about the thousands of girls that are
subjected to the wrath of the cutter’s vicious blade, daily around the world. They must hope that here in the U.S. cutters
and parents of little girls will pause from their cutting and mutilation to
observe the Declaration of Independence.
They must hope that the parents and excisers will remember the phrase in
the Declaration of Independence, “That they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights.” They must
remember that the little girls are indeed entitled to unalienable rights, to
not have any parts of their bodies altered, cut, or mutilated in any way
whatsoever, unless it is for medical reasons.
FGM is done for no medical reason at all. It is something to ponder and consider while
Americans relax at their barbeque grills and tables this Thursday afternoon.
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation wishes you a Happy and Safe Fourth! Remember, the campaign continues against FGM.
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In your charitable contributions and donations in 2019, please consider Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation by either through the DONATE BUTTON or by sending a check to Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation, 14001A Grumble Jones Court, Centreville, Virginia 20121. Your generous donations are tax deductible. Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
Do you enjoy playing with
words? This is a fun way to see how well
you can unscramble the following words.
We will reveal the unscrambled words in next week’s edition of the
newsletter. If you enjoyed this, write
and give us your feedback to info@globalwomanpeacefoundation.org.
Can
you unscramble the following five words?
This Week’s Scrambled Words
OIHO
SASNAKRA
OHADI
HATU
AWOI
Last
Week’s Scrambled WordsLast Week’s Unscrambled Words
KLAW
OT DNE MGF WALK
TO END FGM
REBOTCO OCTOBER
NOTGNIHSAW,
C.D. WASHINGTON,
D.C.
YROTSIH HISTORY
HTXIS
RAEY SIXTH
YEAR
We give you five scrambled words each week. We hope you enjoy playing.
