Women of Faith
Program KS2-2b • 29 mins
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Program KS2-2b • 29 mins
CDs available via special order. HumanMedia ®
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Note: This is part of our series, “Kindred Spirits,” which contains four volumes of 12 half-hour segments.
A mother in Boston, who faced the horrific news that her 19 year old son was murdered in a home invasion, preaches forgiveness with accountability, a message she now incorporates in mediating conflicts among students in public schools.
The founder of over a dozen charities, Tracy Gary (heiress to two large fortunes), describes her vision of philanthropy as an antidote for narcissism that can bring people together.
Born 125 years ago this week, Helen Keller—subject of this audio biography—surmounted both deafness and blindness by learning to communicate with great eloquence, and became an unlikely world superstar.
Rather than merely write checks to charities they don’t really know well, a group of concerned women formed a “giving circle” which identifies social needs and then seeks out worthy recipients.
Sharon Salzberg, an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation, describes the technique of “lovingkindness,” a way of seeing others and relating to oneself that allows the practitioner to get past resentments and have a clearer view of reality.
This is the astonishing story of a multi-year dialogue when leaders of the abortion rights and anti-abortion movements were driven to dialogue in the wake of a tragedy. You’ll hear how they actually developed deep affection for one another — in spite of their profound differences.
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