giving back
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on September 7th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Florida-based journalist turned abolitionist recently named in Huffington Post as one of the “Top 10 Women Warriors of Twitter” has launched “09-09-09” – a one-day Twitterthon initiative on September 9, 2009, to raise funds to fight child trafficking.
Diana Scimone, a veteran journalist who has chronicled the $9.5 billion-a-year…
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inspiring moms! • my world • moms making a difference
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on April 10th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The sun was setting in Mumbai, India, as a guide quietly drove journalist Diana Scimone down a crowded street. It wasn’t your usual tourist destination. It was Falkland Road, Mumbai’s notorious red-light district.
Scimone was covering a story on forced prostitution in India. The driver and his wife, who were…
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