Our hometown, @LagunaNiguelCty is fully in the holiday spirit as the Annual Holiday Parade was held this past Saturday. Some 3,000 people participated--and we are very pleased to feature our Community here today during this joyous season:
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
On the Tragedy in #Syria: The Ordinary Faces of Eastern #Aleppo Speak Out
As we went to press with our daily review here, we wanted to extend our salute to the people of Eastern Aleppo as we are seeing distressing stories from Aleppo as Assad Forces have defeated the Syrian Rebels. The residents have been pleading for help and nothing has happened. The World is silent as people are dying with reports of summary executions with this latest from the Al Jazeera News grid--and the headline said it all:
UN has reported shooting 82 people being summarily shot by Regime forces. The plight of this 7-Year Old Eastern Aleppo Resident said it all:"Save Aleppo. Save humanity."— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) December 13, 2016
Residents of East Aleppo are giving their final messages to the world. pic.twitter.com/Hzd4VWp0wC
My dad is injured now. I am crying.-Bana #Aleppo— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) December 12, 2016
My name is Bana, I'm 7 years old. I am talking to the world now live from East #Aleppo. This is my last moment to either live or die. - Bana— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) December 13, 2016
Monday, December 12, 2016
Thought For the Week
During this joyous season, our team wanted to share this as we wish you all and your loved ones the most joyous of holidays and a prosperous 2017:
To love. To be loved.
To never forget your own insignificance.
To never get used to the unspeakable violence
and the vulgar disparity of life around you.
To seek joy in the saddest places.
To pursue beauty to its lair.
To never simplify what is complicated
or complicate what is simple.
To respect strength, never power.
Above all, to watch. To try to understand.
To never look away. And never, never, to forget.
- Arundhati Roy
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