WAMC: 51% Show # 1058 (2009-10-22)

51 % The Women's Perspective

51% Show # 1058

(2009-10-22)

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ALBANY, NY (WAMC) - There are hundreds of organizations doing good work around the world. We've spoken to many of the people involved in that work - but Madre is something different. It's not that the work is different - Madre is an international human rights organization. It's how it works that's different. Founder Vivian Stromberg says the basic idea is that to help people, it's best to ask them what they need.

8:13 Madre

Vivian Stromberg is the founder of Madre, the international human rights organization. To find out more, go to Madre.org.

Solitude - it's something some of us crave, some of us fear, and others approach with a little of both. The writer Colette said, "There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall." Katie Britton spoke with a woman who found all of those things - and herself, as she rowed across the Atlantic Ocean not once, but twice.

9:09 McClure Britton

And finally, personal finance expert Manisha Thakor demystifies target date retirement funds...they may not sound glamorous, but she says you should get to know them.

3:31 Target Date Thakor

For more financial tips, you can visit Manisha Thakor's website...manishathakor.com
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