Social Media Helps Get Justice For Family And Abused Baby Boy : Culture First Posted: Jun 08, 2016 11:10 AM EDT The internet may have its flaws but sometimes it does some good and in the case of 1-year-old Jacob Marbury it was instrumental in making a difference. According to their post on Facebook, back in March, Joshua Marbury and his wife Alicia Quinney came home to find that the babysitter, Markell Deon Hilaire, who is a friend of the couple, had physically abused their son Jacob. No one would argue that an abused baby with visible bruises on their body isn't enough proof for an arrest but apparently it wasn't enough to charge Hilaire, at least in Oregon. In Oregon, a victim has to be able to say that pain was inflicted due to physical injury and since Jacob is an infant he can't do that so convicting Hilaire would be tough. Left without options, Jacob's parents decided to share their story on Facebook and asked people to share it with others so that they may spread the word on a national level by getting the attention of the media.
6 Authors Who Might Actually Convince You To Unplug | Kim Stolz So, I recently wrote a book (Unfriending My Ex: And Other Things I'll Never Do) about my addiction to social media and my iPhone. Because of the slippery slope that social media (and texting) provided me in acting out my most dangerous and risky impulses, I found myself inspired to write a brutally honest memoir that I'd hoped my generation (and anyone who has ever felt the chainlike pull of their digital activity) might be able to relate to and thus gain some perspective on their own social media-led activity. I started off with a digital detox (no iPhone, no computer, no Wi-Fi, no DVR, no iPad... Here are six authors who might actually make you want to unplug: Nnamdi Osuagwu, author of Facebook Addiction: The Life & Times of Social Networking Addicts Everybody needs a little fiction in their life, though one might hypothesize that we may be only a few short years away from significant parts of this book becoming a reality.
graboids Super Hero Clock Official Website Youth, social media play important role in human rights fight | Regina Leader-Post In the eyes of some, today’s youth are more connected to the devices in their hands than the world that surrounds them. Tell that to a group of young people gathered this weekend in Regina and Saskatoon. Take Faraz Khan. Khan was one of close to 100 young people aged 30 and under registered to participate this weekend in Amnesty International Saskatchewan’s Youth Activist Conference, intended to connect young activists and those interested in getting involved in human rights activism. “All of us (in the club) have a passion for human rights, and today we’ve just learned a lot about how we can reach out to our school and get people in our school involved …,” Khan said, adding his club has been involved in issues like refugee rights and missing and murdered indigenous women. That’s good news to Amnesty International field worker Crystal Giesbrecht, who was impressed by the dedication shown by the young people she worked with this weekend. hpolischuk@postmedia.com
amazon MENE1722814C Dans la continuité de la politique éducative de prévention et de lutte contre les violences en milieu scolaire, le ministère organise avec le soutien de la mutuelle assurance de l'éducation (MAE) la cinquième édition du prix « Non au harcèlement ». Ce concours distingue les outils de sensibilisation conçus par les élèves et les personnels des unités d'enseignement dans le cadre de projets pédagogiques ou au sein de structures péri et extra scolaires, ou par les élus des conseils des enfants et de jeunes des collectivités âgés de 8 à 18 ans. Le prix « Non au harcèlement » peut constituer un puissant vecteur de sensibilisation et un pilier fondamental des stratégies académiques pour lutter contre le harcèlement et le cyber-harcèlement, offrant aux équipes de terrain les moyens d'investir le sujet dans le cadre des séquences pédagogiques avec leurs élèves. Le prix « Non au harcèlement » poursuit les objectifs suivants : - donner la parole aux élèves en les rendant acteur de la prévention;
Susan Maushart: Living Deliberately by Unplugging - Books Make a Difference Susan Maushart shut off the electricity, removed computer and television screens from the house, stored the video games, hid the mobile devices of her three teenaged children, and reluctantly stashed her beloved iPhone…for six months. She purposefully silenced all electronics, not because her children had done anything wrong, nor because she was a bored 50-year-old single mother. No, Maushart pulled the plug on modern technology because Henry David Thoreau, among other writers, inspired her to do it. It is not the first time Maushart has been spurred into writing action because of an issue she considers personally and passionately important. “I want to start a conversation about something that is waiting in the wings to happen or hasn’t happened yet,” Maushart says. “The whole point of The Experiment,” she writes in her book, “was to send the Digital Natives on an extended trip abroad. For the first two weeks of her six-month-long experiment, Maushart turned off all electricity.
Family hopes social media will answer plea for kidney donor - Story | WAGA NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. - A Newton County family is rallying behind a father as he continues his desperate plea for a kidney transplant. Marlon Pollard has been waiting for nearly four years for a match and the operation. Now his loved ones have turned to social media for help. "It's a feeling that's hard to describe," said Pollard. Pollard's world turned upside down in 2010 when doctors first discovered he had problems with his kidneys. RELATED: Sun spots are common, frustrating for people over 40 "I had a heart attack. By 2013, the father of two needed a transplant. "Sometimes, we hear about them and sometimes we don't," Amanda Pollard said.
Stop posting fake news on social media, B.C. wildfire evacuee says Like many other evacuees, Alfie Mackay was hoping to find news on whether his home at 108 Mile Ranch survived the wildfires raging in B.C. He says he saw a post on Facebook his house, specifically, had burned down. "You can imagine what that did to me," he said. As wildfires displace thousands across B.C. some officials are asking people to stop posting unverified information about the fires on social media. "There's nothing worse than no information, and unfortunately there's a lot of false information," said Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett. "If you've heard a rumour here or there, call us and we will tell you the facts." Officials are also asking people to check official sources for information. For the latest evacuation alerts and orders, visit Emergency Info BC. Mackay has a plea for those on social media who are speculating or recirculating rumours on social media. "That's not helping anyone," he said. "It's scaring the hell out of someone, he added. With files from Brady Strachan
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