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Simply there is a non-profit for every topic and every passion. As the world units this week around the events in Paris and freedom of expression, it seems only appropriate to share the story of a non-profit whose mission is to promote press freedom worldwide and to “cherish the value of information for a free society.”  That non-profit is The Committee to Protect Journalists or CPJ.

Every day we turn on the news or go to our phones for information and we often forget our messengers, the journalists.  In 1981, a group of U.S. correspondents united to found the non-profit, The Committee to Protect Journalists. They realized that they could no longer ignore the plight of colleagues whose reporting put them in peril on a daily basis. Their idea was put into action in 1982, when three British journalist were arrested in covering the Falklands War.  CPJ, Chairman Walter Cronkite’s letter helped to free them.

Since that time that journalists around the world have come together to defend the rights of colleagues working in repressive and dangerous environments. Over eleven hundred journalist have been killed since 1992 for simply doing their job by valuing information for a free society.

This week added to the list of journalist killed are:

  •  Bernard Maris, Freelance January 7, 2015, in Paris, France
  • Georges Wolinski, Charlie Hebdo  January 7, 2015, in Paris, France
  • Jean Cabut (Cabu), Charlie Hebdo January 7, 2015, in Paris, France
  • Stephane Charbonnier (Charb), Charlie Hebdo January 7, 2015, in Paris, France
  • Berbard Verlhac (Tignous), Freelance January 7, 2015, in Paris, France
  • Elsa Cayat, Freelance January 7, 2015 in Paris, France
  • Moustapha Ourrad, Charlie Hebdo January 7, 2015 Paris, France
  • Phillipe Honore, Freelance January 7, 2015 Paris, France

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“Unity is strength…when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”

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Watching the world come together yesterday for democracy and freedom of speech was a historical moment. While this is not a place of politics, it is a place where I am free to voice the work of thousands of people who have come together in unity to make our world better.

Whether you are starting a non-profit, have the freedom to write about one or work together for a common goodness, unity is the glue that makes it all work.

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