EQUALSHOT

strengthening the voice of the nonprofit community

December 10 is International Human Rights Day, the anniversary of the first global expression of the rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled.   It was on that day in 1948, with Eleanor Roosevelt front and center, that the United Nations officially adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

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Here's my latest article from On the Issues Magazine, including the story of how I ended up working with President Obama's mother to promote the field of microfinance:

Dispatches from the Road: A Travelogue of True Stories
by Barbara Becker

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When EqualShot launched in 2002, our first assignment was to produce a video about world hunger for the humanitarian aid organization Action Against Hunger (AAH). The video was meant to draw in and educate donors, and I was looking for someone with star power to narrate.

Frank McCourt had recently been awarded AAH’s annual Humanitarian Award, and I was nominated to call him and ask if he would participate in our video. He agreed without a moment’s hesitation.

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"Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."

My favorite verse from the 13th century Persian poet Rumi is the theme of a recent documentary, “Beyond the Politics of Life and Choice: A New Conversation about Abortion.”

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