EDITORIAL: The People’s Conference

By Christina Fermin

Politics & Society Columnist

Last week I mentioned the website, peoplesconference.org. After examining the website I realized it held an abundant amount of information that seeks to aid the human mind to understand the complexity of the real issues that affect all of us on this planet. The website offers tools to empower the people to take matters into their own hands without the expectation that someone else will come out and “save” them.

The website states: “Truth and justice not only need to be heard and done, but the conditions that have lead to all those crimes being committed, must be examined and addressed once and for all.” This conference is currently being put together with teams of people and volunteers coordinating everything.

Crimes that have been perpetrated by corporations, governments, news media, international organizations and the like. These entities have knowingly and repeatedly continue to do harm to persons, groups, cultures, environment, air, water, ocean and ecosystems and the list continues. Past actions taken have had little effect and success in stopping these powerful criminal enterprises, which have extended their tentacles into all aspects of governance, organization and finance. Therefore, a call was laid forth to all people’s of the world, to come together and generate a massive people’s conference to address the pressing issues that face us as a human species today.

In April of 2010 there was a World’s People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. I remember vaguely reading about it, but very little media attention was given to this very historic event. It was hosted in Bolivia where over 15,000 people from 130 nations attended, this conference was a product of the failed policies and climate talks of the United Nations to curb climate change. The conference sought to establish working groups so that the people would be included and a global plan of action would be established to curb climate change and the rights of Mother Earth.

Earlier this year, there was a call for a people’s conference on crimes against humanity. Originally scheduled to take place in September of this year, the conference was postponed until March of 2012. This conference, to take place in 8 locations around the world: North America, South America, Europe, North Africa, South Africa, West Asia, East Asia, Oceania and connected together via teleconference. The conference will expose the crimes of the criminals mentioned above through films, exhibitions, presentations, testimony and workshops that are to take place at each of the above locations. Afterward, people will break into working groups to address the issues lead by a facilitator, so as to have the people come up with solutions. Not only will these crimes be exposed, but evidence beyond all doubt will be presented as well. In order for this to happen effectively, people from around the world must become aware in order to do anything about it.

So what of all this? I strongly urge you to check out the website and read all of the information provided. When March 2012 comes, find out where the conference will take place nearest you and attend the conference with as many as your friends and family as possible. As we draw closer to the event, venues will be announced. This event will be the most important event in human history. Without it, we will fade into the shadows as the destruction of the planet continues. With the destruction of the planet comes the end of our existence as a species. Just as the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth stated “Humanity confronts a great dilemma: to continue on the path of capitalism, depredation, and death, or to choose the path of harmony with nature and respect for life.” The choice is yours and yours alone.

Peace & Harmony,

Christina

About the Columnist

With a bachelors degree in political science from Florida Atlantic University, Christina Fermin has always cultivated her love for history, politics, sociology, ancient knowledge and teachings, the outdoors, the ocean and the environment. Christina strives to make our world better by helping us all create a new reality and understanding of all taking place here and now.

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5 Ways Wise Women Make Money

My Savvy Sisters don't work hard. We make strategic moves that enable us to live the lives we desire. We have the common sense to use our senses to create a steady flow of income.

SIGHT
What is it that you can recognize better than anyone else? Can you spot a fake Louis Vuitton in 10 seconds? Can you recognize grammatical mistakes in a published book? Does everyone you know call you to help them put together an outfit?

There is SOMETHING that your eyes are better tuned in to recognize than most people. Figure out what it is and learn how to profit from it. Start a blog. Begin writing about your expertise. You are an expert, even if you don't believe it. Even if you spend time reaching out to people you admire and asking for the secrets to their success, you are still providing valuable information.

You can make money from your blog by offering advertising space and placing google ads. If you are dedicated to writing about your particular area of expertise, your income will increase.


HEARING
There is a particular topic that you absolutely LOVE to learn about. There is something that is so fascinating to you that you have to find out more about it every single day. Your ears are tuned in to this frequency because it will become a valuable key to your success. You are collecting valuable information that plenty other women would love to have access to. You should transform your fascination into a stream of income by creating an eBook and selling it online.

If you passed elementary school, you can do this. Don't be afraid. All you need to do is learn how to organize your information. Try reading this guide to writing a self help book. It will help you with the structure. Your book doesn't have to be a full length novel. It just has to have valuable information that others are seeking. Some of my eBooks are only 15 pages long and they still sell. Even if you don't believe they are seeking the information that you have, they are. Give it a try.

Step 1) Open up a word document.
Step 2) Sketch an outline for your book of the information you want to present.
Step 3) Write the information down.
Step 4) Ask a friend to edit it. Use spell check.
Step 5) Save the document as a PDF.
Step 6) Create a book cover.
Step 7) Go to Kindle and upload your book.

Once you have a book written, create as many more as you can. You can create a series of short stories or articles related to your topic of interest. Don't worry about who is buying them, just keep sharing the information that you have. People will buy them, eventually. It took 3 years to start seeing consistent income for my eBooks. I wrote them so long ago and now I don't have to do anything but count the money as it comes in. You can do this too.


TOUCH
Every woman needs to develop a skill where they use their hands.

1. Learn how to braid hair.
2. Learn how to crochet.
3. Learn how to cook.
4. Learn how to do massages.
5. Learn how to play a sport.
6. Learn how to fix something.
7. Learn how to grow something.
8. Learn how to create something.

You have to learn how to use your hands to prosper. Once you have developed a skill, go out and ask people to pay money for what you can create. You don't need to have a license or be an expert to get started. Just get started!

The expert status is created AFTER you start. Start small and then build up. Have the confidence to offer a class to teach what you know to other women or place an ad online offering your skill for a fee. You can do this! Your skill is valuable.

SMELL
Even if you aren't into girly things, you have to at least learn how to create something girly to sell. This doesn't have to be your full time job but its a cool way to make new friends or earn the extra bucks you need to fill your gas tank or treat yourself to a new pedicure. Plus, learning how to create a product that all women use makes you look and feel smarter.

I'd try learning how to make perfume. The process behind learning how to create your own perfume is intriguing and fun. You can even host a party to teach your friends how to do it themselves. After hearing about The Sweet Smell of Success from a friend who now makes her own perfumes, body lotions, deodorants and soaps, I decided to give it a try and when I tell people that I know how to make perfume, they all ask me to teach them how. At $10 a person, I can share my knowledge with a gaggle of women giggling over wine and cheese. You can too!

TASTE
You don't have to become a call girl to make money with your mouth. Your particular beliefs and values or your tastes and preferences can earn you cold hard cash if you believe that what you have to say is important.

Share your taste for fashion, politics or community activism with the world by offering online seminars where people can pay to hear you speak. Of course the income won't come in steadily at first but once you develop your signature style of speaking and presenting, your mouth alone will become your segue way to financial freedom.

Start by using UStream to develop an audience or you can host a blogtalk radio show to talk about your perspective of the world if you are camera shy. Keep talking and sharing your tastes and preferences and you will achieve expert status automatically.

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EDITORIAL: You Don't Need A King To Be A Queen

Last week the Commonwealth broke a lifetime tradition of overlooking women born into royal families as appropriate heirs to the throne. The leaders of the 16 realms that have the Queen as their head of state unanimously agreed to change the rules of succession during a meeting in Perth, Australia. This means that if a woman is the first born of a royal family, then she has the right to rule the land instead of the family waiting for a son to be born to inherit the crown.

In essence, we no longer need a King to be a Queen. Women can now rule respectfully in public, although we have been doing it behind the scenes for centuries.

Although the exact time frame that this change will go into effect in the Commonwealth is uncertain, the ramifications of such a decision is only the preamble to the upheaval of the destructive patriarchal societies that deem women as subordinate to their male counterparts.

Take a look at what is happening in the world. There is a world war against females that has long since been swept under the rug under the guise of tradition. Families in China and India are being forced to kill their female newborns in a blantant act of gendercide. Women in Africa are still being forced to undergo female circumcision. Major religions continue to reinforce the idea that a man is the superior and should dominate the woman.

Why is this happening? One word- FEAR.

Why would men fear women? It's simple, they know what we are capable of. There is no other reason why humanity as a whole, developing under extremely polar beliefs, traditions and cultures across 7 different continents would elect to produce such damning propaganda that brainwashes people to believe that women are the weaker sex.

Why did Hitler convince an entire country that the Jews were unfit to live? He did it because he was angry and bitter that certain people in the Jewish community were prospering in areas that he felt he couldn't.

Why did slave masters use armor and weapons and then even more damaging tactics like subjugating Africans mentally to instill a self hatred that has shackled an entire race at its core? They did it because they saw what the Africans were capable of. Without the need for greed, status or world dominance, there existed a people who were content with their way of life and accomplished mighty feats without interference from outsiders.

Why is there a war on women? What is it about us that provokes men to create doctrines and call it spiritual LAW or create traditions and call it PROPER which teaches us that our primary roles should involve childbearing, submission and housework?

We are smart. We are strong. We are female.

If we are capable of rearing and supporting the men who call themselves great, then that seed of greatness begins within us. As we push through deconstruction of of our patriarchal societies, we will begin to notice an inner shift that defies definition and translates into a deeper level of existence for mankind. Our vaginas do not make us weak. Our breasts do not shackle our potential. Our soft hands do not equate to weakness.

The strength of a woman can no longer be denied. This small landmark achievement should not be ignored. Although we don't need a council of men to acknowledge our worth or give us permission to rule this amendment by the Commonwealth is just the first drop out of the faucet for women everywhere who need to learn that we do not deserve nor desire to be second rate.

Take your rightful place on the throne, my Queens.

All My Love,

Te-Erika

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