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Do you know the signs of human trafficking? Are you ready to join us in the fight for freedom from this horrific form of exploitation?

12/24/2022

We can all do something!

11/06/2022

It took 10 years for the photographer Marcella Julia Pace to capture these 48 colours of the Moon 😍

10/22/2022

05/29/2022

As we've been reporting, 21 people died this week in Uvalde, Texas in a shooting at Robb Elementary School. We want to take a moment to remember those 19 chi...

03/17/2022

Last week, we shared the voice recording of a woman named Dina, a Chabad Shlicha in Ukraine, who reached out to a Keren Hayesod representative asking for urg...

12/07/2021

11/27/2021

You can do something about trafficking! Be alert, be aware.

11/27/2021

07/13/2021

Biddy Bridget Mason (1815-1891) was born into slavery and given as a wedding gift to a Mormon couple in Mississippi named Robert and Rebecca Smith. In 1847 at age 32, Biddy Mason was forced to walk from Mississippi to Utah tending cattle behind her master’s 300-wagon caravan.

After four years in Salt Lake City, Smith took the group to a new Mormon settlement in San Bernardino, California in search of gold. Biddy Mason soon discovered that the California State Constitution made slavery illegal, and that her master planned to move them all to Texas to avoid freeing them. With the help of some free blacks she had befriended, she and the other slaves attempted to run away to Los Angeles, but they were intercepted by Smith and brought back. However, when he tried to leave the state with his family and slaves, a local posse prevented his flight. Biddy had Robert Smith brought into court on a writ of habeas corpus. She, her daughters, and the ten other slaves were held in jail for their own safety until the judge heard the case and granted their freedom.

Now free, Mason and her three daughters moved to Los Angeles where they worked and saved enough money to buy a house at 331 Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. Biddy was employed as a nurse, midwife, and domestic servant. She was one of the first black women to own land in the city of Los Angeles. She had the gumption to use part of her land as a temporary resting place for horses and carriages, and people visiting town paid money in exchange for the space. This can be considered the first "parking lot" in Los Angeles!

Knowing what it meant to be oppressed and friendless, Biddy Mason immediately began a philanthropic career by opening her home to the poor, hungry, and homeless. Through hard work, saving, and investing carefully, she was able to purchase large amounts of real estate including a commercial building, which provided her with enough income to help build schools, hospitals, and churches. Her financial fortunes continued to increase until she accumulated a fortune of almost $300,000. In today's money, that would be $6M. Her most noted accomplishment is the founding of the First AME Church in California.

07/11/2021

You may know the story of Huntsville, AL’s Rodney Smith.
A few years back, Rodney started to mow the lawns of those in need... for free!

What started as a generous gift has turned into Raising Men And Women Lawn Care.
Rodney has mowed over 15,000 lawns at no charge for the elderly, the disabled, veterans and single moms.
He’s traveled the country on his own dime, giving back.
It really is an incredible venture.

Rodney also runs the Fifty Yard Challenge, where if older kids mow 50 yards during the summer they receive a mower, an edger and a blower.

Two days ago was Rodney’s birthday- yes, he was born on the Fourth Of July.

Let’s all wish our neighbor a happy birthday, and congratulate Rodney for his hard work.

*Picture courtesy Rodney Smith Twitter

07/06/2021

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06/12/2021

NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC • VIRTUAL TOUR ONLY • See a virtual tour of this executive lake cottage built on the shores of Lake Macbride. This one-of-a-kind retreat was custom designed and built by Rocca Custom Homes to embrace the surroundings and the livability needs of the home owners. It boasts v...

06/11/2021