This Thursday, we had three amazing women on the show. We focused on services available to Muslim families experiencing domestic violence.

Andrea Albalawi is the Program Development Director for the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children. She shared information on the new foundation and its work to cultivate healthy families, and serve survivors of abuse, in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. The foundation recently opened the country's first licensed shelter.

The story of the Jena Six is receiving public attention, primarily because the case is so clearly wrought with racism and injustice. For more information on the criminal (in)justice system, try http://www.prisonactivist.org. To receive updates about the Jena Six, go to www.colorofchange.org and check their page or (more current) receive email updates from the folks there.

September 21st was a National Day of Action for the Jena Six, with tens of thousands of people rallying in support of the young men accused of attempted murder in Jena and across the nation.