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Annie Lennox (Performer/Mom/Activist)

annie-lennox.jpgAnnie Lennox (born 25 December 1954, Aberdeen, Scotland) s a Scottish musician, recording artist and AIDS activist.

She began her recording career as a member of the British pop band The Tourists, and subsequently formed the duo Eurythmics with former bandmate David A. Stewart.

The duo gained international prominence over the course of the 1980s with singles such as "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and "Here Comes the Rain Again".

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Roz Savage (Ocean Rower)

roz-savageFearless ocean rower Roz Savage gave up her life as a management consultant to row across the Atlantic in 2005.

She holds four world records for ocean rowing, including first woman to row three oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian.
 
She has rowed over 15,000 miles, taken around 5 million oarstrokes, and spent cumulatively over 500 days of her life at sea.
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From Mixed Company to Murder: How Tragedy Begot My Transformation

karen poterGuest blog post by Karen Poter host of Internet talk show Love-Encore.

I had been happily married to my college sweetheart, Gary, for nearly twenty-four years. We had a daughter and two sons who were 19, 17 and 11 years old.

I never dreamed that a joyous musical rendez-vous would precede a tragic event that would turn our wonderful world upside down…

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Huwaida Arraf (American-Palestinian Activist)

Huwaida ArragHuwaida Arraf (born 1976) is a Palestinian Christian human rights activist, lawyer and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).

The ISM is a Palestinian-led organization focused on assisting the Palestinian side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict using non-violent protests.

Arraf's law practice is based in Ramallah.

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