Malala Day

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"They thought the bullet would silence us, but they failed. Out of that silence came thousands of voices. The terrorists thought they would change my aim and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this. Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.” ~Malala Yousafzai

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Hi everybody.
The UN has declared today (July 12) to be Malala Day, after the young Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for the crimes of being a female and trying to obtain an education.

Kudos to this young woman who having survived her attack keeps on speaking out for women's rights and the rights of all in places where packs of hateful looneybeards rule by intimidation and murder in the name of God.

A prayer, if you're so inclined, for all the Malalas who never lived to tell their story...

~hugs, Veronica

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