Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on November 1, 2011 · 1 Comment
I am investing in people. – Doris Buffett What would you do if someone dropped hundreds of millions of dollars into your lap? If you are like Doris Eleanor Buffett, you will give it all away. During a dinner party at her younger brother Warren E. Buffett’s home, Bono suggested she write the story of … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, bipolar disorder, Book Review, books, Buffett Rule, child abuse, Depression, domestic violence, Doris Buffett, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Giving It All Away, Jennifer Buffett, malignant narcissist, Michael Zitz, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, NoVo Foundation, Peter Buffett, Philanthropy, survivor stories, Warren E. Buffett
V-Day’s Eve Ensler is asking us to vote for V-Men’s Jimmie Briggs in GQ’s The Better Men Better World search. Mr. Briggs is a gentle giant, shy, award-winning journalist who co-founded The Man Up Campaign, a global movement to end violence against women and girls: Most men don’t rape women, they don’t hurt women … Read more
Filed under Leadership · Tagged with activist, Clinton Global Initiative, domestic violence, emPOWERment, Eve Ensler, GQ, Jennifer Buffett, Jimmie Briggs, Man Up Campaign, NoVo Foundation, Peter Buffett, The Better Men Better World Search, The Gentlemen's Fund, V-Day, V-Men, Vital Voices
Joy in the DRC (Congo) sounds impossible. Yet, that’s exactly what Eve Ensler, founder of the V-Day Movement, intends to achieve. She dreams big and makes it happen. She has raised $70 million since 1998 to prevent violence against women and girls: Working at the intersection of art, social action and politics, V-Day … Read more
Filed under Entertainment, Violence Prevention · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, books, Congo, Deborah Solomon, domestic violence, emPOWERment, Eve Ensler, NoVo Foundation, The City of Joy, V-Day, V-Day 2010
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on April 20, 2009 · 4 Comments
The NoVo Foundation has decided to invest $1 billion in women and girls around the world. Their mission includes ending violence against girls and women.