Eight U.S. military veterans are taking a unique approach to therapy in Kissimmee, Florida. They’re riding horses.
Read more: ‘Horses and Heroes’ helps veterans with equine therapy
More than 1 million people have signed a Change.org petition for Trayvon Martin.
Read more: 1M signatures mark online petition for Trayvon Martin
We’ve been following the Trayvon Martin case for a few weeks now. It’s since gained national attention for the emotional issues — including race and prejudice, police procedure, justice, gun laws and common civility — that surround it.
At a news conference today, a Martin family attorney presented testimony from a girl who says she spoke with Trayvon moments before he was shot to death. The attorney said the phone call further proves the neighborhood watchman who shot him, George Zimmerman, should be arrested and that his self-defense claim is “absurd.”
Read more: Trayvon phone call shows self-defense claim ‘absurd,’ attorney says
Today, the group Florida Abolitionist held its Human Trafficking Awareness Day at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. This a global issue that every community should be more concerned about, since the State Department estimates between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year.
Read more: Florida Abolitionists fight human trafficking in Orlando
This week, President Barack Obama visited Walt Disney World to announce a new initiative that he said will bring more foreign tourists to America. He said, “I’m here today because I want to see more tourists here tomorrow,” because he wants the Unites Stated to be the biggest tourist destination in the world. Check out the article I worked on for WESH.com for more on his visit.
Ream more: Obama: ‘I want to see more tourists here tomorrow’
Last week, I listened to Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, speak at UCF. Some of what he said has been kicking around in my head, so I wanted to share a few quotes here.
Read More: Violence isn’t human nature, Gandhi says
I met a famous artist from Dublin, Ireland whose latest work helped kick-off the Festival of the Masters at Disney World today. Graham Knuttel said, “I try to make my paintings as if they’re a stage set and the characters in them are actors. Really what I’m trying to do, is I’m trying to make the viewer part of the painting.”
Read more: Graham Knuttel unveils work at Disney
Rollins College Tars quarterback Jeff Hoblick brought football back to his school — a comeback 62 years in the making.
Read more: After 62 years, Rollins football returns
UPDATE on the Occupiers: protesters met in downtown Orlando today to march. They took to the WWW to share their views and photographs, too.
Read more: Local protesters ‘occupy’ online, too
Occupy Orlando, a group in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, says it’s outraged over what it calls the overwhelming influence of big business and banks and will discuss future demonstrations in downtown Orlando tonight.
Read more: Occupy Orlando activists to meet today
I love being one of a few thousand people singing along to songs we know every word to. That’s an amazing feeling, no? Last night’s Incubus show was by far the best I’ve seen.
I got to meet Rose Mapendo tonight. She’s a genocide survivor who spoke about the importance of forgiveness and faith to University of Central Florida students. And she gives the tightest hugs.
Read more: Survivor of genocide speaks at UCF
I had fun swimming with the fishes at a new SeaWorld attraction. Check it out!
Read more, see photos: Walk where sharks, rays swim at SeaVenture
A non-profit group helps jobless women jumpstart their careers with interview suits. Plus, Syan Rhodes is involved.
Read more: Orlando group helps women dress for success, start careers
I went to where Cypress Gardens used to be today, where hundreds of construction workers are putting together Legoland Florida.
Read more: Out with old, in with Legos
