If you get the chance, watch this movie. Whether or not you have a passion for human rights or the events affecting our country's indigenous people, this is a film to watch just so you can get a handle on what is not being publicized by the media. Australia has the worst reputation for respecting the needs of our First People and the film explains why. From the government's broken promises to the breaches of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that our government has signed, it's all there.

Last year Americans reached an all time high of poverty in 52 years according to the U.S. Census Bureau, with 46.2 million Americans living in a poverty conditions. That is why my little discovery through my phone's blog reader was so much more exciting.

On October 9 (yes, this Sunday!) Sesame Street is airing a primetime television special called "Growing Hope Against Hunger". The episode will introduce a new character, Lili, a 9 year old pink muppet who, along with Elmo, volunteers at a food drive, visits a community garden to obtain food, and discuss her family's hunger issues, among other things. Funded in part by Wallmart, it is the hope that this episode will begin to address issues about poverty and hunger in a way that a younger audience can begin to understand.


"Sesame Street" tackles poverty, (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20116218-10391698.html)