Day 4 ~ Today there is only overwhelming gratitude that the Army Corp of Engineers denied the easement to continue the Dakota Access Pipeline as it was planned. The tireless dedication and activism of those members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the thousands of different indigenous people and activist allies that have stood together, have brought forth an historic victory for the Native American people and for the earth. What a day. <3
http://standwithstandingrock.net/standing-rock-sioux-tribes-statement-u-s-army-corps-engineers-decision-not-grant-easement/
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Fighting the Good Fight, Day 4: Circle of Health International
From their website:
Circle of Health International (COHI) is an international humanitarian organization founded in 2004 with the mission to work with women and their communities in times of crisis and disaster to ensure access to quality reproductive, maternal, and newborn care. COHI has responded to eighteen humanitarian emergencies and served over three million women, both domestically and internationally. COHI has worked alongside midwives and public health professionals in post-tsunami Sri Lanka, post-hurricane Louisiana, Tibet, Tanzania, Israel, the Philippines, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, tornado-affected Oklahoma, the Philippines, Nicaragua, Sudan, Haiti, and Afghanistan.
COHI currently supports maternal child health clinics in Haiti, midwives in an indigenous women's forum in Nicaragua, midwifery students and sexual health advocates in Nepal, a clinic for refugees in the Rio Grande Valley on the Mexico/US border, Syrian midwives both inside and outside of Syria, the last remaining hospital in Aleppo, Syria, and works with survivors of human trafficking around the globe. Finally, COHI is a leader in Austin's social enterprise community through its program to address poverty through income generation initiatives focused on textile production of maternal and newborn health related products.