Purple 7 Announces Grand Opening
Purple 7, A Ladies Boutique with A Purpose

Snelleville (Atlanta), GA, September 22, 2011: Purple 7, a ladies boutique, announced its grand opening in Snellville (Atlanta) GA, scheduled to open September 30, 2011. Purple 7 Boutique offers a fresh, chic, contemporary venue for women to shop for trendy apparel and accessories which nourish femininity and sophisticated style. Purple 7 Boutique owners, a mother-daughter duo Stephania & Jazmine Shine , designed Purple 7 to not only cater to woman’s need to look good, but also their need to feel good.
Purple 7 offers handpicked selections from well known and up and coming designers from beautifully arranged collections of fashion to sassy hand bags and accessories. With available concierge and styling services, staff ensures each client receives personal service.

Purple 7 is not just a boutique but a boutique with a purpose of giving something back to serve a greater cause. They want to use their passion for fashion as a way to fight breast cancer. The Shine’s won’t simply write a check at the end of the year to some arbitrary foundation, they will be helping the women in their community experience the true purpose of Purple 7 each month.

The Shine’s believe that serving women’s mental, physical, and emotional needs are vital to the overall appearance of a woman. “We want to provide an upscale shopping experience that feels feminine and personal.” The Shines had the dream to create a specialized boutique that would become a chic, trendy, shopping experience while serving the greater needs of women.

Purple 7, will open its doors September 30, 2011 in its Snellville, Georgia location. The Grand Opening Celebration will begin on Friday evening, 7 – 10 PM, with a performance by Grammy nominated artist, Reggie Hines providing the entertainment. Snellville is a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, located in the northeast area of Atlanta.

About Purple 7

Owned by Stephania & Jazmine Shine

Located at: 3400 Centerville Highway – Snellville, GA 30039

Phone: 770-676-0384

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BREAKING: The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denies clemency to Troy Davis.

It is with a very heavy heart and a deep sense of outrage that I let you know that the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to deny clemency to Troy Davis.

This means that very little is standing in the way of the state of Georgia executing a potentially innocent man this Wednesday, September 21 st at 7pm.

The actions of the Board are astounding in the face of so much doubt in the case against Troy Davis. However, we are not prepared to accept the decision and let anyone with the power to stop the execution off the hook.

Join us in calling on the Board to reconsider its decision, and on the Chatham County (Savannah) District Attorney Larry Chisolm to do the right thing. They have until the final moments before Troy’s scheduled execution to put the brakes on this runaway justice system.

We have seen an unprecedented level of support from our members, coalition partners and all sorts of concerned individuals across the political spectrum.

I was blown away as I carried one of the many boxes containing your petition signatures up to the Parole Board office last Thursday. Close to a million signatures have been collected from the many organizations working with us. I looked back as we were marching down Auburn Avenue in Atlanta Friday night and I could not see an end to the crowd. About 3,500 people came out!

The movement here is very alive. It is electric. And I have no doubt that we will raise the volume together against what could be an unthinkable injustice.

Join your voices with us – we will not allow Troy Davis to be executed, not in our names! Troy Davis and his family have counted on us for many years now and we will not let them down. Please take action – human rights and a human life are on the line. Please contact Georgia’s District Attorney and urge him to stop the execution of Troy Davis.

Make the state of Georgia hear you! Tell them that executing Troy Davis will only deepen the cycle of violence and injustice.

In Solidarity,
Laura Moye
Director, Death Penalty Abolition Campaign
Amnesty International USA

P.S. We’ll be organizing a Day of Protest today to express our outrage at the recent decision to deny Troy Davis clemency. And on Wednesday (Sept. 21), we’re calling for a Day of Vigil on Troy’s impending execution date. If you are able to organize locally for either of these events, please tell us about your plans.

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By Zuzeeko Abeng, LL.M

Photo by wassu2011

It is not very often that human rights clash with fashion on the catwalk, but recent history suggests that when they do come head to head in a democratic and free society, human rights carry the day. We saw it in France in March 2011 when French fashion powerhouse – Christian Dior – fired its artistic designer, John Galliano, one of the best designers in the business, for uttering racist and hateful comments in a Paris pub. The courts took it a notch further by slapping Galliano earlier this month with a 6000 euro ($8,421) suspended fine for his derogatory comments.

The recent cancellation of a New York Fashion Week show this September, due to pressure from rights groups adds weight to the assertion that abuse – in any form whatsoever – is never fashionable.

On 9 September 2011, IMG Worldwide Inc (IMG), the organizer of New York Fashion Week, announced the cancellation of the show of Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the President of Uzbekistan*. She doubles as Uzbekistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations and Ambassador to Spain. Her show was called off due to her country’s “atrocious human rights record” and her links to the repressive regime that denies its people, including children, basic rights and freedoms.

Gulnara Karimova, 39, was scheduled to showcase the 2012 Spring Collection of her clothing line – “Guli” – at the Lincoln Center during Fashion Week on 15 September 2011 but the show was nicked thanks to rigorous campaigning by Human Rights Watch and other rights groups and individuals of good will in New York.

Some of the rights violations linked to President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan and his daughter Gulnara include forced child labour in cotton farms, widespread and systematic torture and brutal repression of political dissent. The government of Uzbekistan also stifles free association, free assembly and free speech by throwing journalists and human rights activists behind bars. This government to which Gulnara is associated has forced several non-governmental institutions like Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and others in the country to shutdown.

Human Rights Watch reports that in order to stop Gulnara Karimova from showcasing her clothing line, the organization reached out to IMG and Fashion Week’s official sponsor, Mercedes-Benz. The Executive Director of Human Rights Watch spoke with the management of IMG about the need for the prestigious Fashion Week to distance itself from abusers and their cronies.

In Uzbekistan, about 2 million children, according to Human Rights Watch, are required by the government to drop out of school each year and work for two months “in difficult and dangerous conditions” picking cotton – some of which is used in Gulnara’s Collections.

Perpetrators of rights violations, those associated with abuse or and those who benefit from abuse must be challenged on all fronts – even if it means taking the fight to the catwalk. The cancellation of Gulnara’s show is a move in the right direction and a testament to the conviction that when human rights clash with fashion on the catwalk in a free society, rights should prevail.

It is now up to Gulnara Karimova to use her positions of influence as eldest daughter of a dictator, Uzbekistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador to Spain, to restore the dignity of child labourers and all individuals with limited rights in Uzbekistan — or at least, distance herself from the repressive Uzbek regime.

If she decides to stay on the wrong side of history, she should keep in mind that, in the words of Steve Swerdlow, Human Rights Watch’s Uzbekistan researcher, “enslaving children and torturing dissidents is never chic.”

*The Republic of Uzbekistan is located in Central Asia. It was part of the Soviet Union.

Zuzeeko blogs on www.zuzeeko.com where he tackles issues of fundamental human rights, law, politics, business, social trends and other issues that will get you thinking. He is also founder of Human Rights organization CIVITAS

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25 year old Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, captured the Miss Universe 2011 crown on September 12, 2011 in front of a worldwide audience. This young beauty from Benguela, Angola whose hobbies include reading and cosmetics is the first winner from her country.

We wish Miss Universe 2011 all the best!

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