Literacy Celebration

Malala receives the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Highlights of Malala's speech at the UN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1IeXT3kCUE

Malala's book.

Please take notes on these highlights of Malala's speech.

Women's History Month: Malala

Malala is a young teenager who has come to international fame over the last two years by writing about her experiences in seeking an education as a girl in Pakistan. 

She was attacked in October 2012 by the Taliban and almost killed. Currently,  Malala and her family reside in England where she receives medical care 

As she was discharged from the hospital, she said: "Today you can see that I am alive. I can speak, I can see you, I can see everyone and I am getting better day by day. It's just because of the prayers of people. Because all people – men, women, children – all of them have prayed for me.  

The Malala Fund has been set up to support her campaign for the right to education for children across the world. She is the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala Yousafzai - Facts

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/yousafzai-facts.html 

Malala Yousafzai

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

Pakistani Activist Malala Yousafzai Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/02/06/malala-yousafai-nobel-peace-prize-2013-girls-education-taliban-shooting/ 

Malala, Pakistani teen shot by Taliban, leaves hospital after stunning recovery

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/08/world/europe/malala-hospital-release/index.html 

Wounded Pakistan teen is now face of girls education movement

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/13/local/la-me-malala-education-20121014 

Malala Defies Taliban to Take World Stage

Nine months after being singled out and shot, 15-year-old addresses the UN

 http://www.aleteia.org/en/world/news/malala-defies-taliban-to-take-world-stage-2531001

Malala at U.N.: The Taliban failed to silence us

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/12/world/united-nations-malala 

I am Malala: Story of the 16-yr-old who stood against Taliban

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/i-am-malala-story-of-the-16yrold-who-stood-against-taliban/411113-40-100.html 

Book News: Malala, Girl Shot By Taliban, Calls Books 'Weapons That Defeat Terrorism'

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/04/218816267/book-news-malala-girl-shot-by-taliban-calls-books-weapons-that-defeat-terrorism

 

Malala Yousafzai addresses United Nations Youth Assembly 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rNhZu3ttIU

  

Women's History Month: Malala

Malala is a young teenager who has come to international fame over the last two years by writing about her experiences in seeking an education as a girl in Pakistan. 

She was attacked in October 2012 by the Taliban and almost killed. Currently,  Malala and her family reside in England where she receives medical care 

As she was discharged from the hospital, she said: "Today you can see that I am alive. I can speak, I can see you, I can see everyone and I am getting better day by day. It's just because of the prayers of people. Because all people – men, women, children – all of them have prayed for me.  

The Malala Fund has been set up to support her campaign for the right to education for children across the world. She is the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala Yousafzai - Facts

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/yousafzai-facts.html 

Malala Yousafzai

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

Pakistani Activist Malala Yousafzai Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/02/06/malala-yousafai-nobel-peace-prize-2013-girls-education-taliban-shooting/ 

Malala, Pakistani teen shot by Taliban, leaves hospital after stunning recovery

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/08/world/europe/malala-hospital-release/index.html 

Wounded Pakistan teen is now face of girls education movement

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/13/local/la-me-malala-education-20121014 

Malala Defies Taliban to Take World Stage

Nine months after being singled out and shot, 15-year-old addresses the UN

 http://www.aleteia.org/en/world/news/malala-defies-taliban-to-take-world-stage-2531001

Malala at U.N.: The Taliban failed to silence us

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/12/world/united-nations-malala 

I am Malala: Story of the 16-yr-old who stood against Taliban

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/i-am-malala-story-of-the-16yrold-who-stood-against-taliban/411113-40-100.html 

Book News: Malala, Girl Shot By Taliban, Calls Books 'Weapons That Defeat Terrorism'

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/04/218816267/book-news-malala-girl-shot-by-taliban-calls-books-weapons-that-defeat-terrorism

 

Malala Yousafzai addresses United Nations Youth Assembly 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rNhZu3ttIU

  

Black History Month: MLK

About Dr. King

http://www.thekingcenter.org/about-dr-king 

 

 

 The Nobel Peace Prize 1964
Martin Luther King Jr.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html 

 

 

 

Letter From Birmingham Jail

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/letter-birmingham-jail

9 things about MLK's speech and the March on Washington

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/28/us/mlk-i-have-a-dream-9-things/ 

13 Pieces of Wisdom From Martin Luther King Jr.

http://hooplaha.com/2014/01/martin-luther-king-jr-on/ 

Speeches of MLK: I've Been To The Mountaintop

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/01/speeches-of-mlk-1.html?spref=bl

Speeches of MLK: Transform the Jangling Discords of Our World into a Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/02/black-history-month-speeches-of-mlk-2.html?spref=bl

Speeches of MLK: We will move on amid the difficulties, amid the trials, amid the tribulations.

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/01/speeches-of-mlk-3.html?spref=bl

Speeches of MLK: One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people find themselves standing amid a great period of social change, and yet they fail to achieve the new attitudes, the new thought patterns, the new mental outlooks that the new situation demands.

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/01/speeches-of-mlk-4.html

Speeches of MLK: I Have A Dream

 http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/01/speeches-of-mlk-i-have-dream.html?spref=bl

MLK Quotes: #1-22 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/01/mlk-quotes-1-22_20.html 

 

Malala Is A Mighty Girl

Thanks to A Mighty Girl for this post.

Congratulations to Malala Yousafzai for winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize! The Pakistani girls' education activist, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012, has been lauded worldwide for her advocacy on behalf of girls and women. Today, the Nobel Prize committee announced that Malala will share the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote and protect girls' right to education. The 17-year-old is the youngest person to ever win the Peace Prize.

Since recovering from the attack, Malala has gone on to speak around the world about the necessity for ensuring equal access to education. In 2013, UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown launched a petition in her name, calling for nations to ensure that all children are in school by 2015. Speaking to the UN General Assembly on July 12, 2013, the first Malala Day, she said, “The wise saying, ‘The pen is mightier than sword’ was true. The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them…. One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world.”

The Nobel Committee fittingly made the announcement on the eve of the International Day of the Girl, a day dedicated to promoting girls’ human rights and challenging gender inequalities around the world. The theme of the 2014 International Day of the Girl is “Empowering adolescent girls: ending the cycle of violence,” making Malala an excellent role model of how an empowered, educated teen can change the world.

The Committee's chair Thorbjorn Jagland emphasized these qualities, stating: "[Malala] has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education and has shown by example that children and young people, too, can contribute to improving their own situations. This she has done under the most dangerous circumstances. Through her heroic struggle, she has become a leading spokesperson for girls’ rights to education.”

Malala shares the Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist who has campaigned for decades against child labor; his organization, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, has freed over 80,000 children from forced labor -- and worked to educate and rehabilitate them so that they could go on to live normal lives. At the announcement, the Nobel committee said, “The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism.”

A Mighty Girl congratulates Malala and Satyarthi on their well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize!

You can read more about the award and watch a video of the announcement on CNN at http://cnn.it/1rkNoNZ

To share Malala's incredible story with children, a Young Readers Edition of her autobiography was recently released for ages 10 and up at http://www.amightygirl.com/i-am-malala-youth-edition

Her autobiography, "I Am Malala," is also highly recommended for readers ages 14 and up at http://www.amightygirl.com/i-am-malala

To help children and teens better understand the challenges many children around the world face in order to go to school, we've also put together a post featuring our favorite books for young readers on children's educational access issues: "Honoring Malala: Mighty Girl Books on Children's Fight for Education" at http://www.amightygirl.com/blog/?p=4057