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Can you unscramble the following five words?
This Week’s Scrambled Words
DRAOB GNITEEM (2 WORDS)
RAEY DNE (2 WORDS)
KOOBECAF
LABOLG NAMOW RETTELSWEN (3 WORDS)
GNISIARDNUF SNGIAPMAC (2 WORDS)
Last Week’s Scrambled Words Last Week’s Unscrambled Words
ETANOD DONATE
NOZAMA ELIMS AMAZON SMILE
GNIVIG YADSEUT GIVING TUESDAY
ETIROVAF YTIRAHC FAVORITE CHARITY
SNOITUBIRTNOC CONTRIBUTIONS
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Survivor Resettlement Program
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Just4You Program
Important Contacts in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area to Keep Handy
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation 703-832-2642
National Child Abuse Hotline 800-422-4453
Fairfax County Office for Women 703-324-5730
Montgomery County Abused Persons Program 240-777-4673 (24 hours)
Prince Georges County Child Advocacy Center 301-909-2089
Baltimore City Child Abuse Center 410-396-6147
Frederick County Child Advocacy Center 301-600-1758
Howard County Listening Place 410-313-2630
Washington County Child Advocacy Center 240-420-4308
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police 202-727-9099
Arlington County Victim/Witness Program 703-228-7273
Loudon County Victim Witness Program 703-777-0417
Prince William County Victim/Witness 703-392-7083
National Hotline 800-994-9662
The month of November comes with the theme of gratitude, giving thanks, appreciation, sharing and giving. Everyone thinks of Christmas as the time for giving and exchanging gifts but Thanksgiving sets the theme a month prior to Christmas.
The question is asked, “Why do Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving?” Records show that the 1621 settlers went on a turkey hunting trip just before they sat down to eat with the Wampanoag natives. Since it is known that their meal consisted of foul and beef, it is assumed that the foul was turkey. After President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, the turkey became the American meal of choice for that day. But Thanksgiving is not only about a meal of turkey and trimmings. It is also about giving thanks for the accomplishments and blessings of that year. It is traditional for some families to have everyone around the table take turns in stating why he or she is thankful. The reasons for being thankful vary from each member of the family.
Recently, Global Woman Newsletter asked some young Virginia students what Thanksgiving means to them and why they are thankful this year. Here are some of their responses:
“Thanksgiving means eating turkey, pies, ham, and ice cream. I am thankful for my parents.”
“Thanksgiving is not only about a meal. It’s about giving and being thankful. I’m grateful for my dad.”
“It’s all about gratitude. I’m just thankful and grateful for everything.”
“I like Thanksgiving because we go to visit my grandparents, and my grandma cooks nice foods. I am thankful for my sister who always gives me her turkey leg.”
“I start getting excited about Thanksgiving when I go to stores and see Christmas decorations. That’s when I know Thanksgiving is on the way. I usually eat a lot for Thanksgiving because I’m too busy with my presents on Christmas Day to eat a lot. What am I thankful for? I’m thankful for having a nice home and everything I need. Many children my age in the world don’t have much.”
Well, you heard the children; it is all about being thankful and giving. Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation asks you this holiday season to help support their programs. They have four main programs; the Wholesome Organic Relief program, which covers the restorative surgery, counseling, and the support group. The Survivor Resettlement program facilitates survivors’ asylum applications, job applications and references, ESL education, and assimilation to American society. The Kids Reach Shield program educates law enforcement, school nurses, teachers and communities through the stages of prevention and protection. The Just4You program assists women and girls in Africa through a scholarship fund and the distribution of sanitary pads. Many girls in Africa miss up to 5 days of school each month due to lack of sanitary pads. Will you help a girl or young lady during this Thanksgiving season, as they strive to accomplish their goals in the coming year? They will be thankful for you.
When the Executive Director of Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation was asked for what she is thankful this Thanksgiving, she said, “Naturally, I am thankful for my biological family, but I am grateful for the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. family; the wonderful board members and the women who call me their mom, because they are a part of this GWPF family.” She continued, “I am also thankful that Kameel Ahmady, our 2018 Literary Awardee is free on bond, and is with his family, finally.”
In the spirit of giving on this #GivingTuesday, Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation asks that you join them in that spirit by supporting them. When you shop again on Amazon, please choose Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. as your charity of choice. As you their supporters make your purchases from www.Amazon.com please do so by supporting them at: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/42-1690778 and Amazon will donate to Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation. Remember to use the hashtag, #StartWithaSmile at https://smile.amazon.com/ch/42-1690778. The organization appreciates your donations and wish you safe and happy shopping!
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation wishes you and your family a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!
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Can you unscramble the following five words?
This Week’s Scrambled Words
GNIVIGSKNAHT YAD (2 WORDS)
UOY4TSUJ
EMOSELOHW CINAGRO FEILER (3 WORDS)
ROVIVRUS TNEMELTTESER (2 WORDS)
SDIK HCAER DLEIHS (3 WORDS)
Last Week’s Scrambled Words Last Week’s Unscrambled Words
TROPPUS PUORG SUPPORT GROUP
GNIVIGSKNAHT TSAEF THANKSGIVING FEAST
ERAC DNA EVOL CARE AND LOVE
FOLOJ ECIR JOLOF RICE
AIBMAG GAMBIA
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Survivor Resettlement Program
Wholesome Organic Relief Program
Kids Reach Shield Program
Just4You Program
Important Contacts in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area to Keep Handy
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation 703-832-2642
National Child Abuse Hotline 800-422-4453
Fairfax County Office for Women 703-324-5730
Montgomery County Abused Persons Program 240-777-4673 (24 hours)
Prince Georges County Child Advocacy Center 301-909-2089
Baltimore City Child Abuse Center 410-396-6147
Frederick County Child Advocacy Center 301-600-1758
Howard County Listening Place 410-313-2630
Washington County Child Advocacy Center 240-420-4308
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police 202-727-9099
Arlington County Victim/Witness Program 703-228-7273
Loudon County Victim Witness Program 703-777-0417
Prince William County Victim/Witness 703-392-7083
National Hotline 800-994-9662
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Next Thursday, November 28th, Americans will celebrate a day of thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving is known to have taken place in the year 1621. It was a feast between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Tribesmen at Plymouth Colony. According to Wikipedia, that first Thanksgiving meal consisted of waterfowl, venison (deer), fish, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, and squash. The most popular item in next week’s Thanksgiving meal will be turkey. What sets this holiday apart from others is that it is non-religious and is not restricted to any one ethnicity. It is the one holiday in America that all religions and all ethnicities, regardless of citizenship come together to celebrate and give thanks. According to travel agents and airlines throughout the country, Thanksgiving is the heaviest traveled holiday in the United States. It is when everyone finds his/her way to families or friends to sit down to a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, regardless of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist or no religion at all.
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF) had barely recovered from their busy 2-day event last month, but they found the time to host a Thanksgiving Feast this past Saturday for their monthly Support Group of FGM survivors. The Support Group has met every 3rd Saturday of the month since January of 2018. To date, it is the only support group for FGM survivors in the Washington, D.C. metro area. GWPF demonstrates care and love for the young women and girls whom they service, by sharing a special meal with them and their families each year. Attending the feast were board members, Amie Jallah and Angela Peabody, Psychologist and 2019 Global Woman Awardee, Willa Jones, FGM survivors, and GWPF’s intern, Charbene Williams.
The menu comprised of a combination of conventional American Thanksgiving meal and a touch of West African cuisine. They had a baked roaster, stuffing, baked potato, stewed green beans and tomato, baked salmon and jolof rice. Jolof rice is a traditional West African dish, originated in the Gambia but most countries in that region have made the popular rice dish a favorite on their special occasion menu. Dessert was apple and pumpkin pies.
Executive Director, Angela Peabody told the group how when she first suggested a support group a few years ago, Amie Jallah, their Vice President asked her where would they find FGM survivors. She said, she told her, “If we start it they will contact us.” She was right; their phone began to ring with women who had experienced FGM. They realized how much in need of a support group the Washington, D.C. area was. Peabody told the group that they are now a family, not just a group of women that meet once a month. She said they are not just candidates for the restorative surgery and therapy. They make up the family of the organization. GWPF has gained the women’s trust, and it is vital to the organization that the women have confidence in them. Confidentiality and respect are key factors in servicing them. Therefore they are not shown in photograph without their approval, and their names are never mentioned without their approval.
The afternoon was pleasant and enjoyable. Prior to their meal, each person around the table said for what she/he was thankful. Everyone dined heartily together, laughing, joking and telling stories of years prior. Peabody said she hopes the support group can continue to give the women the love and care that they need in post-FGM years.
GWPF wants to share with you why the organization is thankful this Thanksgiving. They are thankful for all of the survivors of FGM who are willing to stand with them in the campaign to end the practice. They are thankful this year for the success of the 6th annual Walk To End FGM. They are thankful for their many supporters, partners, donors and sponsors; they are also thankful for each person who stops and takes the time to listen as they explain what FGM is. They are thankful for the continued partnership of the Milken Institute for Public Health of George Washington University. They are thankful for the Commonwealth of Virginia and Senator Richard H. Black for supporting their efforts against FGM, and passing legislation year after year against FGM. They are thankful most especially for you.
As families gather around their dinner tables next Thursday, what will they be grateful for this Thanksgiving? Has it been a fruitful year for them? Has it been a year of drought, unemployment, or violence for them and their families? Or perhaps they overcame a terrible illness, and they’re thankful. Whatever the reason is for being thankful, let’s think about the injustices around the world that women and girls suffer every day. Let’s think about the little girls that will be hauled off into the remote bushes on that very day and parts or all of their external genitalia will be excised. Please think about the more than 200 million women and girls in the world that have been violated through female genital mutilation.
Peabody said that beginning in 2020 the support group will strive to implement various ways to expand its service to additional women in other regions of the U.S. During this year the support group asked the women to complete a feedback form to help the facilitators of the support group know how to improve their services. GWPF has taken some of those responses into serious consideration for its 2020 plans. The group is excited at the prospect of the plans for the upcoming year.
December 3rd is #GivingTuesday. GWPF asks that you join them in the spirit by supporting the organization and the support group. When you shop this season on Amazon, please choose Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. as your charity of choice. As you, GWPF’s supporters make your purchases from amazon.com, please do so by supporting the organization at: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/42-1690778 and Amazon will donate to Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation. Please use #StartWithaSmile. We appreciate your donations and wish you happy shopping, and a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
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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, 14001-C St. Germain Drive #453 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
TROPPUS PUORG (2 WORDS)
GNIVIGSKNAHT TSAEF (2 WORDS)
ERAC DNA EVOL (3 WORDS)
FOLOJ ECIR (2 WORDS)
AIBMAG
Last Week’s Scrambled Words Last Week’s Unscrambled Words
GNIVIGSKNAHT THANKSGIVING
KCALB YADIRF BLACK FRIDAY
SREPPOHS SHOPPERS
REBYC KEEW CYBER WEEK
YTIRAHC CHARITY
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Here are some of the ways you can help and support our programs in 2019:
Our Programs to Support
Survivor Resettlement Program
Wholesome Organic Relief Program
Kids Reach Shield Program
Just4You Program
Important Contacts in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area to Keep Handy
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation 703-832-2642
National Child Abuse Hotline 800-422-4453
Fairfax County Office for Women 703-324-5730
Montgomery County Abused Persons Program 240-777-4673 (24 hours)
Prince Georges County Child Advocacy Center 301-909-2089
Baltimore City Child Abuse Center 410-396-6147
Frederick County Child Advocacy Center 301-600-1758
Howard County Listening Place 410-313-2630
Washington County Child Advocacy Center 240-420-4308
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police 202-727-9099
Arlington County Victim/Witness Program 703-228-7273
Loudon County Victim Witness Program 703-777-0417
Prince William County Victim/Witness 703-392-7083
National Hotline 800-994-9662
The Friday after Thanksgiving is referred to as Black Friday. It is when most Americans take to the stores to capture the countless discounted items for the upcoming holiday season. Black Friday has become so popular in recent years; some shoppers shorten their Thanksgiving dinners and risk missing the excitement of the traditional football games, only to camp out in the cold for hours. They want to be the first in queue or line when the doors of the stores open.
Many shoppers prefer to skip the madness of Black Friday and shop online. If you are one of such shoppers, and there are items you select from Amazon, please go to Amazon Smile & donate to Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF): As you make your purchases from Amazon.com, please do so by supporting GWPF at: AmazonSmile and Amazon will donate to Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation. #StartWithaSmile at AmazonSmile; Amazon will donate a percentage of what you spend to Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation, when you select GWPF as your favorite charity.
If you ever wondered about the origin of Black Friday, it dates back to as early as the 1800s. The day after Thanksgiving was not termed Black Friday in that century. The name was associated with September 24, 1869 when two speculators, Jay Gould and James Fisk created a “boom and bust” in gold prices. The first recorded Black Friday was not applied to holiday shopping, but to financial crisis, most especially, the crash of the gold market in the United States on September 24, 1869. Then gold market crashed, and those two men left Wall Street’s barons bankrupt on that day. In the early 17th century, Black Friday was known to be a slang term used by students, in the sense that examinations were held on Fridays.
Almost a century later, the day after Thanksgiving earned the name, Black Friday due to the volume of shoppers that created traffic accidents, and sometimes even violence. In the 1950s, employees began to call in sick the day after Thanksgiving, to give themselves a four-day weekend for shopping. The term became even more common in the 1960s, as it was referred to the congestion created by shoppers; it was later explained that the day after Thanksgiving was the day when retailers’ accounts went from being ‘in the red’ to being ‘in the black’. The earliest evidence of the phrase Black Friday applied to the day after Thanksgiving in a shopping context suggests that the term originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where it was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic that would occur on the day after Thanksgiving.
Now in 2019 in the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving (Friday) is known as Black Friday. It has almost become a national holiday, as it is even marked on some calendars. The day was once unofficially or officially the start of the holiday shopping season. However revenue-wise, it is reported that Black Friday is not the biggest day for stores. It is reported that in recent years, the biggest sales day include the actual Thanksgiving Day, Green Monday (the online retail industry term – the second Monday in December), and Cyber Monday (the day after Thanksgiving). Green Monday was coined by eBay in 2007 to describe the best sales day in December, usually the second Monday of December. EBay christened it Green Monday for two reasons. First, green meant revenue for their company. Second, eBay markets online shopping as environmentally friendly, or greener than brick-and-mortar stores. However Green Monday is no longer considered the busiest day, as shoppers are attracted to deals throughout Cyber Week.
Whether it is Black Friday, Giving Tuesday, Cyber Monday or Green Monday, Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF) asks you to keep them in mind during this holiday season as you spend in physical stores or online. Please remember that with each dollar you spend on these days, a percentage could go to your favorite charity. Would you inform the clerk at checkout that you would like to donate a percentage of your payment to your favorite charity? Would you make GWPF your favorite charity this holiday season? When you do, please feel free to inform the organization that you have chosen it as your favorite charity, and you will be provided their tax identification number.
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation is a registered 501c3 not for profit organization with the Internal Revenue Service, and as such 100% of your donation is tax deductible. Thank you and have a safe and pleasant shopping on Black Friday.
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Can you unscramble the following five words?
This Week’s Scrambled Words
GNIVIGSKNAHT
KCALB YADIRF (2 WORDS)
SREPPOHS
REBYC KEEW (2 WORDS)
YTIRAHC
Last Week’s Scrambled Words Last Week’s Unscrambled Words
AIRAM ALOIV ZEHCNAS MARIA VIOLA SANCHEZ
YROSIVDA DRAOB ADVISORY BOARD
EHT AIRAM ZEHCNAS WOHS THE MARIA SANCHEZ SHOW
EVITAN NAINROFILAC NATIVE CALIFORNIAN
YGOLOHCYSP PSYCHOLOGY
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Here are some of the ways you can help and support our programs in 2019:
Our Programs to Support
Survivor Resettlement Program
Wholesome Organic Relief Program
Kids Reach Shield Program
Just4You Program
Important Contacts in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area to Keep Handy
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation 703-832-2642
National Child Abuse Hotline 800-422-4453
Fairfax County Office for Women 703-324-5730
Montgomery County Abused Persons Program 240-777-4673 (24 hours)
Prince Georges County Child Advocacy Center 301-909-2089
Baltimore City Child Abuse Center 410-396-6147
Frederick County Child Advocacy Center 301-600-1758
Howard County Listening Place 410-313-2630
Washington County Child Advocacy Center 240-420-4308
District of Columbia Metropolitan Police 202-727-9099
Arlington County Victim/Witness Program 703-228-7273
Loudon County Victim Witness Program 703-777-0417
Prince William County Victim/Witness 703-392-7083
National Hotline 800-994-9662
It is a rarity when Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF) welcomes a new Advisor to their Advisory Board. However in the last year, they have welcomed two new Advisors. In early 2019, they welcomed Sherelle Carper, President of the National Association of Negro, Business and Professional Women’s Club, as an Advisor. In October of 2019, GWPF welcomed another new Advisor, Radio Host veteran, Maria Viola Sanchez.
A native Californian, Maria Sanchez graduated from Fielding Graduate University in August 2019 with a Master’s degree in Media Psychology. Maria also graduated from Pepperdine University with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, with emphasis on Marriage & Family Therapy in June 2017. She was a presenter at the American Psychological Association’s annual convention in August 2019, and has spoken on a three-member panel, “Giving Psychology Away: Using Media to Your Advantage”. Having found her calling as an interviewer, Ms. Sanchez transitioned from being the producer of the highly rated “Mark and Kim Show” to the most listened to talk radio station in America – KFI AM 640, Los Angeles. During her stint at KFI, she was a permanent weekend host and often served as the substitute host for such talk radio favorites as Bill Handel, John & Ken, Phil Hendrie and Wayne Resnick.
Maria has been a talk radio host for over 25 years. She started at KFI AM 640, the most listened to talk radio station in the United States. Subsequently, after numerous iterations of the “Maria Sanchez Show” she evolved into daily podcasts which were released on The Maria Sanchez Show website every weekday as the interviews with her live guests were completed. The show consisted of her latest podcasts and there is an archive full of both earlier podcasts and videos on YouTube which Maria recorded when she worked with KADY-TV.
Following an invaluable professional experience in the largest market in the country, it was only a matter of time before Maria developed “The Maria Sanchez Show.” A topical, sometimes controversial, occasionally eclectic, always listener-friendly, audience-pleasing talk show heard on TALK 650 KSTE in California. It was not long before “The Maria Sanchez Show” was considered Sacramento’s must hear radio from 9am to noon, Monday through Friday.
Maria has served on the Board of Trustees as a full voting member, and Student Body President, since she was elected in September 2018, at Fielding Graduate University. As though she is not sufficiently busy, Maria is also currently working on her dissertation that concerns itself with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). She has become an avid activist in the eradication of the procedure, which affects 200 Million girls and women in the world, according to the World Health Organization. She became so passionate about ending the practice of FGM, that she attended a two-day conference in the U.K. in April of this year about the excision of the genitals of girls. She later attended a United Nations event in June this year, and is currently traveling within the U.K. this month to attend, “Working Together to End FGM.” During her trip, Maria is wasting no time in her role as an Advisor to GWPF; she has arranged to meet with partners of GWPF and former Global Woman Award recipients to discuss the future of ending FGM.
Sanchez had planned a special trip to Washington, D.C., just to attend the Global Woman Awards and the Walk To End FGM on October 18th and 19th respectively last month. Although she had hosted GWPF’s Executive Director on her radio show prior to her trip to Washington, it was the first time she and any of the members of the organization had met. The ByLaws of Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation state, “The Board of Directors shall establish an Advisory Board to be a support for the foundation. The members of the Advisory Board are expected to contribute their expertise and thoughts to the current and future work of the foundation. They are asked to be available for possible telephone calls from the Board of Directors seeking advice. They are also asked to help raise funds for the foundation, serve as an Advisor for at least one term, but not limited to five years, be an ambassador for the mission through engagement and communication, an advocate for public policy, and introduce the organization to new opportunities for their programs.” The Advisory Board does not meet in person as does the Board of Directors, but if they find it necessary; they can convene via teleconference at their discretion.
She set up a fundraising team on the Walk To End FGM registration site, and within less than two weeks, Maria had raised enough money to take first place among the teams. Her team did indeed end the race in first place by Walk Day. She said, “I did not expect to receive a prize for helping to raise funds for such a worthy cause.”
Maria teams up with Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator, Michael D. Brown on the show, “Shadow Politics”. She said, “The Senator and I talk about politics, current events, newsmakers, and visit with our guests as a part of our weekly program. ‘Shadow Politics’ is a grassroots radio talk show. For more than 200 years the people of the Nation’s Capital have ironically been excluded from the national political conversation. With no voting member of either house of Congress, Washingtonians have lacked the representation they need to be equal and to have their voices heard. ‘SHADOW POLITICS’ provides a platform for them, as well as the millions of others nationwide who feel politically disenfranchised and disconnected, to be included in a national dialog”.
When Maria was approached about serving as an Advisor to GWPF, she reacted with these words, “I am honored and I am humbled by your invitation. I wholeheartedly and with tremendous humility accept the invitation to join the GWPF Advisory Board, effective at your earliest convenience. Thank you for the honor and the privilege to continue working towards the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation in our lifetime!”
With the passion that Maria Sanchez displays for ending FGM, taking a seat on the Advisory Board of GWPF could not be a better relationship.
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