Today I Wear / Blog Purple. (X-Posted on http://sunshinesparx.wordpress.com/)

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Wear it Purple Day: http://wearitpurple.org/ Wear Purple on September 2, 2011 to support rainbow youth at risk of self harm and suicide! Rainbow youth have the right to be proud of who they are!



Learn more at the national Parents and Friends of Lesbians *like me* + Gays.


Other causes Finding Empowerment in the Color Purple

http://www.purpleday.org/
Epilepsy Awareness

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/May/wearpurpleforpeace.htm
Where Purple for Peace Day 2011

http://www.glaad.org/releases/101810spiritday
WEAR PURPLE ONLINE+OFFLINE ON WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 20 TO REMEMBER LGBTQ YOUTH

http://www.udel.edu/fhnec/CodePurple.html
CODE PURPLE -- A Santuary (Typically, a Code Purple night will be called when the forecasted wind chill factor falls below 20 degrees Fahrenheit)

http://www.picbadges.com/rock-purple/889320/
Rock Purple to End Domestic Abuse

http://www.sistersempowerment.org/
Sisters Empowerment Network to end Domestic Violence Event Coming September 20th, 2011

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/color-purple-the/1557509/
A review of Alice Walker's the Color Purple

http://www.time4somethingelse.com/125/womens-empowerment-huh
An Opinion to the contrary I'd be remiss not to include

http://www.girlup.org/
"You See A Girl We See the Future."

http://purplefund.org/about/
Project Purple - "is an emerging global women's fund that will support organizations that tackle the challenge of advancing the status and economic empowerment of women and girls."

http://www.beginningover.org/
Beginning OverFoundation for Women leaving or who want to leave abusive situations.

http://purpleflipflop.com/tag/purple-2/
A Post from: Purple Flip-Flop on Making Purple the new Holiday Color

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Lambda_Gamma

Sigma Lambda Gamma:"In fall of 1989, the foundation of Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc. decided it was important to form an organization that provided empowerment to Latina women as well as women of all cultural backgrounds."

http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog/empowerment/
Blog Post Featuring the argument for the pink hippo over the purple elephant... what one wants versus what they do not.

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And of course my personal favorite: clipped from:

http://www.luvzbluez.com/purple.html

WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE

With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Taken from the book
When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

*Remember education for you and your family and + friends is key it's the best tool you have* :)