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Mandala Day Concert at Radio City Music Hall on July 18th--Stellar Lineup

If You Are in NYC on July 18th--Celebrate Mandela Day

 

STEVIE WONDER, ALICIA KEYS, WILL.I.AM, T-PAIN, JESSE CLEGG, GLORIA GAYNOR

 AND EMCEE WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO JOIN THE MANDELA DAY CONCERT LINEUP

Additional performers will join Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Forest Whitaker, Aretha Franklin, Wyclef Jean, Queen Latifah, Dave Stewart, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Josh Groban, Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Jesse McCartney, Zucchero, the Soweto Gospel Choir and a host of African artists to help kick-off the first Mandela Day Celebration

Tickets On Sale Now through Ticketmaster.com

 June 16, 2009 (New York, NY) - 46664 and the Nelson Mandela Foundation today announced that Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Will.i.am, T-Pain, Gloria Gaynor and musician Jesse Clegg will join the lineup of artists performing at the Mandela Day concert celebration on July 18th. Whoopi Goldberg will serve as emcee for the event, which also marks Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday. The concert originally announced for Madison Square Garden will now be held at historic Radio City Music Hall.

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Take Some Walks With Jack, the Silly YOOPER Houndog

Follow Jack on His and Laura's Adventures

My Thimbleberry Press partner, Laura, is writing a blog called Walks with Jack (a novice dog owner's tribulation).

Have fun and see what Jack is up to in our hamletette, Copper City , Mich. I can't wait to get there for the summer...heading out the end of this month. Like last summer, I will take you along on my 1,500 mile excursion across NJ, Penn, Ohio and then up, across and to the UP,   Mich. This Nooper* is ready to create, work hard oTBP matters, and relax for some weeks.

* new yooper aka Nooper. A Yooper is a person who lives in the UP. I'll be writing about the characterists of Noopers this summer.

A Call to Consciousness: President Obama Appoint More Women to the Supreme Court

Our Job: to Remind President Obama that the Supreme Court Does Not Currently Reflect  Women

Dear Friend,   We had been debating whether it was necessary to join the ever-growing chorus calling on President Obama to appoint a woman to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter – until White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told us not to. “I don’t think that the lobbying of interest groups will help,” Gibbs said this week, according to Politico. “I think in many ways lobbying can – and will – be counterproductive.” What? Why would it be “counterproductive” to remind the President, the nation, and the world, that it is unacceptable to have only one woman serving on the Supreme Court? Why would it be “counterproductive” to point out that women are 51 percent of the population, 49 percent of law school graduates, 32 percent of the legal profession – but only 11 percent of the Supreme Court? How is it “counterproductive” to note that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself describes being the only woman on the court as “lonely”? Was it “counterproductive” when Sens. Barbara Boxer and Olympia Snowe sent a bipartisan letter to the President on Monday asking him to select a woman to replace Souter? “In order for the court to be relevant, it needs to be diverse and better reflect America,” the Senators wrote. It is not counterproductive. It is our right and our responsibility to stand up and speak out about evidence of the inequality on the Court. Call on President Obama to name a woman to the Supreme Court. Justice Ginsburg herself has said that women bring a different perspective to the bench and their life experiences influence their judgment. One woman representing 11 percent of the Court should not have the burden of reflecting the perspective and judgment of 51 percent of the population. We join with Sens. Boxer and Snowe. We join with the op-eds, interviews, commentary, and petition drives calling on the President to name a woman to the Court. Add your voice to the chorus calling on President Obama to name a woman on the Supreme Court. We can’t say it loudly enough. Sincerely, The WomenCount Team
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