Social Justice Challenge Completed

The Social Justice challenge was a really great one; each month the hosts assigned a different topic for us to read about.

• January (Religious Freedom)--answered the introductory questions; watched the video "Promises" about Jews and Muslims in Israel and Palestine;
• February (Water)--Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway
• March (Domestic Violence and child Abuse)--If Love Hurts edited by Pam van der Heide
• April (Hunger)--Hidden Hunger (article in Rotarian) by Annemarie Mannion
• May (AIDS Crisis)--I am mad that I didn't do anything with this month's topic
• June (Genocide)--Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
• July (Poverty)--Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
• August (Illiteracy and Education)--Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• September (Modern Day Slavery)--CNN article on modern slavery in Nepal
• October (Homelessness and Refugees)--Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
• November (Women's Rights)--The Day the Women Got the Vote by George Sullivan
• December (Child Soldiers and Children in War)--First Kill Your Family by Peter Eichstaedt