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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

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Operation: Starting Gun in Moore, OK, Summer 2013 Photo By: Kirk Jackson, Team Rubicon 1. Jake Wood is cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon and a former Marine sniper with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally. It certainly did for me.

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Behind the Scenes: America Supporting Americas

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I’m thinking about my grandfathers, both of whom were proud of their military service, my friends who have returned from their fourth and fifth tours, and the recent NPR piece I heard about a couple who deployed to Iraq together but didn’t return that way. CC: Thanks for telling us about your work!

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What Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions?

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Power is on my Big Vision Podcast dream interview wish list, if anyone knows her and can provide me with an introduction. Interview more activists/visionaries of color for the Big Vision Podcast. Last year I interviewed 12 people for the Big Vision Podcast and 4 of them were people of color. I'd like to up that number to 6.

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Mother's Day for Peace

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CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq. You can learn about joining or hosting a CODE PINK Mother's Day event here, and read an interview with their Local Groups Coordinator, Rae Abileah, here. You can see which Congresswomen voted for and against the Iraq War here.

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

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And in this folder, we have the names of everyone and we collect the photos. And here’s Anthony, he was in one of my wounded veteran programs that these young men and women who’ve lost their legs and arms in Iraq and Afghanistan. And so I got a photo of them. So speaking of the photo frame idea, is that just a photo?

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Women Rise Up Against War: Rae Abileah of CODEPINK

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According to UNIFEM's, "Gender Profile-Iraq-Women, War & Peace," : "[M]ore than 90 women become widows each day due to continuing violence countrywide. March 20th is the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War. March 20th is the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War. Check out our local spotlight with great action photos on our site.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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In the Voices of Genocide Prevention interview , Christine Karumba said that Honorata now works for Women for Women International training other women to, " understand their role in participating in rebuilding of their community. Photo of Honorata used with permission from Women for Women International. women war nonprofit survivor

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