Help to Raise Awareness Against Child Abuse!

by Esmeralda 6 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  Esmeralda

  Hi all,

  I just wanted to let you know of a simple way you can help in the fight to raise public awareness of the problem of child abuse.

  Here is a URL where you can purchase a mint green ribbon pin. It is an outward symbol of your support of those who are victims of, and fighters against child molestation.

  Please go here:
  : http://www1.minn.net/~hmm/mgr_cyber_main.htm

  for info on how to get a pin. Also, if you have a website, please consider writing to the owner of this site, Holli for permission to attatch the Mint Green ribbon and banner to your website. Every little bit helps! Do what you can, however little to help this cause!

  Thanks!
  Essie

  edited to fix link~
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  larc

  Essie,

  A pin is nice, but I think a much more effective approach is provided by Zazu on the thread, News Story AP #3.
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  Esmeralda

  No doubt about that, larc. Just spreading the word about the pins as requested by the folks who work with the Green Ribbon volunteers. Just about every cause these days has a ribbon color, just wanted folks to know that this one does as well.

  es

  p.s. i've already written the local Fox, ABC and NBC news affiliates and also Mitch Albom with the links to those AP stories.
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  dedalus

  It just hit me, Es -- Oprah! We have to write to Oprah!

  Oh, wouldn't you just love an episode with Dr. Phil & Oprah tag-teaming the Org.? Can you imagine how great it would be, watching them "getting real" with brain-washed dubs in denial about what their loved ones have been through?

  I work at a TV station that airs the Oprah show, and despite what some of its detractors say about it, it is definitely a huge cut above all the other talk shows on the tube. And Oprah has some serious media power. Write to her! I'm gonna at work tomorrow.

  http://www.oprah.com

  Dedalus
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  Esmeralda

  Hi Dedalus sweet little brother!!!

  Oh yes, my dear, JackD and I have imagined many times Dr. Phil ripping into relatives like mine for the practice of shunning, etc. I have written to Dr. Phil and Oprah seperately, and jointly at least four times in the past year. I even entered an essay in a contest for people to get a one on one session with Dr. Phil, my entry asked how I could get beyond my JW relatives shadow over my life. No answer...but I seem to be finding my way out of that shadow on my own these days!!!

  I will write again, and it's great if you do too (you're so much better at it than I!) Keep trying. I do remember one quick sentence once where Dr. Phil says he never gets into religion or politics with his clients because it is just a matter of opinions, etc.

  But we can't afford to give up!

  *huggggggggs* to you and Foxy! Is she showing yet? My Dad went home yesterday...kind of felt like sending a kid off to college *lol*

  My husband got a GREAT job and starts in three weeks. With one of the top five firms in the state for benefits. One of the top 101 companies in the country to work for! I had a feeling that once my Dad was better, the job would appear. Boy was I right! An hour after he dropped my Dad off at home, the call came that he was hired. I still can't believe it! :) :) :)

  Back to the first topic, I have high hopes that either Mitch Albom or our local Fox affiliate will come through with some coverage. Mitch never shys away from controversy, and the Fox affiliate is the one who got hidden video of that Elder who was ripping off the school system, punching in for overtime on the weekends and then going out in service! So I know they have no reservation about going up against JW's.

  Keep me posted if you get a response from Oprah! Maybe if we all keep knocking, she'll open the door finally!

  *hugs* love you and Foxy! Please send me a picture when you can! I know I'm gonna send some to you as soon as I can. I'd love to put your picture up on my family wall :)

  Essie

  p.s. OH! My little girl lost her first tooth today! I can't believe it...wasn't she teething just five minutes ago??? *lol*
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  ladonna

  Dedalus,

  Oprah would eat the Borg for breakfast..........great idea..!!!

  Ana
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  dedalus

  Es, my older (but not that much older!) cyber sis,

  Thanks for bringing a smile to my face first thing this morning!

  I had a feeling that once my Dad was better, the job would appear. Boy was I right! An hour after he dropped my Dad off at home, the call came that he was hired. I still can't believe it! :) :) :)

  Hey look, Jehover's blessings are showering upon you! He he. Seriously, congratulations on Jack's new job!

  *huggggggggs* to you and Foxy! Is she showing yet?

  Thanks! She is showing a little, and loves it! So do I, it's very sexy in its own unique way.

  I actually have a very tenuous Oprah connection ... I work at the television station where Gayle King, Oprah's best friend, worked for many years. So, before Gayle moved on to better things, I actually worked with her. Unfortunately I was always kind of shy around the news anchors back then. But who knows -- maybe a little name-dropping will get me somewhere!

  Anyway, I do mean to send you a picture soon, I do, I do! I want to send you a more recent one, hopefully before we move at the end of the month ... and it'll be great getting a pic of you and the fam, too.

  Dedalus

  P.S. Your daughter must be pretty cute -- kids are, I think, when they're gap-toothed and grinning.