Category: USA
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Keep on Rowing: Part 1
Katie Spotz used to be a bench warmer at high school. A few years later she had run marathons, ultra-marathons and ironmen, she had run through the Mojave Desert and swum a 525-kilometre river. However, rowing across the Atlantic Ocean single-handed is probably her most impressive feat. She did it to raise money for clean…
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Homeless in LA: Part 1
Not everybody is aware of all the pain and misery homeless people suffer. Angel is an exception. He used to live on the street when he was not in prison. For nineteen years, he was a drug addict and his family and friends avoided him. One day he decided to change his life. Today he…
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Street Corner Resources: Part 1
The problem: Many young people gather on the street corners of New York. They are engaged in gang activities, drug dealing and gun violence. The solution: Occupy the street corners. Talk to the young men. Connect them with former criminals who have spent years in prison. Make them understand that other people care about them.…
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African Americans – The Struggle Continues
We met Dominique Sharpton, the daughter of the famous activist Reverend Al Sharpton, in the National Action Network’s headquarters, on 145th street in Harlem New York on a Sunday morning. She gave us some insight into many of the issues that face America today, such as racial tensions, the disproportionate number of incarcerated black youths,…