Fast Fact…Fast! Act!

Fast Fact: Some analysts estimate that since the 2003 creation of the Kimberley Process, which was designed to certify the origin of rough diamonds and ensure that diamond purchases do not fund violence, blood diamonds still comprise about 15% of the global diamond trade. Fast! Act!: Buy diamonds from registered members of StopBloodDiamonds.org, who have…

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Woman of Soul: Joan Baez

She made many other artists’ songs famous, but penned her most haunting tune herself and titled her biggest-selling album,” “Diamonds and Rust” after it.  The clear and strong voice of a generation, JoanBaez helped define the 1960’s, becoming a symbol of folk music itself. She sang with – and about — Bob Dylan and was…

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