The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Way Way Overdue

There was a House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting today concerning Peace Corps' safety and security procedures, particularly concerning sexual assault and the support Peace Corps provides.

It's 2011. It's so disappointing that survivors of sexual assault are still being blamed for their assaults.

Here are a few quality links:

http://firstresponseaction.blogspot.com/


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/us/11corps.html?_r=1&src=tptw

http://firstresponseaction.blogspot.com/2011/05/changeorg-blog-by-casey-frazee.html

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-peace-corps-protect-volunteers-back-anti-sexual-violence-legislation

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/raped-peace-corps-volunteer/story?id=13537674

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