Three teen girls petition for female moderator for presidential debate - She The People. Posted at 06:39 PM ET, 07/27/2012 Jul 27, 2012 10:39 PM EDT TheWashingtonPost Girl power rules, and sometimes it can make a difference.
That’s what three teenagers from New Jersey hope to do next Tuesday. Emma Axelrod, Sammi Siegel and Elena Tsemberis have collected more than 130,000 signatures on a Change.org petition. The three girls will present them to the Commission on Presidential Debates on Tuesday in Washington and ask the commissioners to appoint a woman moderator for one of three 2012 U.S. presidential debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
“Visibility equals equality in many ways, and by supporting the call for a woman moderator, both presidential campaigns and the Commission can send a strong message that they value the input and wisdom of women,” Tsemberis said in a news release. A woman hasn’t moderated a debate between presidential candidates since 1992, the year that was proclaimed the year of the woman. The commission has said moderators will be announced in August. Heroes 2012 - Everyday People Changing the World - Special Reports from CNN.com. Wisconsin Boy Saves Grandmother from Foreclosure. Heroes Among Us By Cathy Free and Alicia Dennis 07/12/2012 at 11:15 AM EDT One day this past January, Noah Lamaide of Stevens Point, Wisc., heard crying as he crept down his basement stairs.
His grandmother, Janice Sparhawk, 72, was tearfully explaining to his mom, Jill, that illness had caused her to fall behind on the mortgage on the white 100-year-old cottage that had been in her family for generations. If she didn't pay the $10,500 she owed, it would go into foreclosure in a month. Budding philanthropist Noah, 12, sprang into action. "I was so grateful," Sparhawk says, "I wanted to cry. " Noah knew the stakes were high. Know a hero? Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes. Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success. Jordan Larson Proves Impossible is Nothing.
Follow Randy on Twitter at www.twitter.com/RandyYorkNsider Randy York’s N-Sider John Cook is a loyalist to the nth degree, so much so that the more Nebraska’s volleyball coach described Jordan Larson realizing her Olympic dream, the more he wanted to boil it down to something that had some snap, crackle and pop.
Finally, after pointing out that achieving dreams is the foundation of Nebraska's program, Cook had a creative surge. “Impossible is nothing,” Cook said. “Jordan’s journey to London is just like the adidas slogan. When Larson was asked last month if making the Olympics was a goal of hers or if things just fell into place, one of Cook’s biggest-ever dreamers had an immediate answer. No wonder Larson ends the blogs she writes for a key USA Volleyball sponsor and partner with a John Cook-like mindset: “Dream Big & Never Settle. Sacrifice is a benevolent word for what Larson has been willing to go through. First 'Foreign Player' with Back-to-Back Titles Randy’s N-Sider Blog Archive.