This week, Jeff and Sam bring you the stories of two fearless women who took on the world in their own ways.

📖 Jeff tells the story of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist who survived an assassination attempt at age 15 and went on to become a global advocate for education and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in history.

✊ Sam shares the story of Sister Megan Rice, an 82-year-old nun and activist who, along with two fellow protesters, broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee in an act of civil disobedience against nuclear weapons. Their protest was described as "the biggest security breach in the history of the nation's atomic complex."

Enjoy.

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🔗 Sources:

Jeff's Sources:

• Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Lecture
• I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban – Malala Yousafzai & Christina Lamb

Sam's Sources:

• Sister Megan Rice: A Lifetime of Peace Activism
• NPR: Sister Megan Rice and the Nuclear Protest That Shocked the Nation

Let Jeff and Sam start your Monday off with a little happiness! This week, they share heartwarming stories that will remind you of the kindness and resilience in the world.

🎉 A man given just three years to live celebrates his 27th birthday in style
❤️ 20 volunteers perform CPR for 96 minutes to save a man's life
🏥 A beloved doctor was denied cancer treatment—so his patients came to the rescue

Enjoy these uplifting stories to start your week on a positive note!

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Sources:

• Aaron Given Just 3 Years To Live Celebrates His 27th Birthday In Style
• 20 Volunteers Perform CPR On Man In Grocery Store For 96 Minutes Until Paramedics Arrived
• A Beloved Doctor Was Denied Cancer Treatment, So His Patients Came To The Rescue

Jeff tells the horrifying story of Unit 731, a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Notorious for its inhumane experiments on people, this dark chapter in history is often referred to as the "Asian Auschwitz."

Sam shares the inspiring story of Mildred Dresselhaus, a pioneering physicist and electrical engineer known for her groundbreaking research in carbon materials. Dubbed the "Queen of Carbon," her contributions revolutionized nanotechnology and paved the way for future advancements in science and engineering.

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Jeff’s sources:

• Hal, G. (2019). Japan's Infamous Unit 731: Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.
• Pua, D., Dybbro, D., & Rogers, A. (2019). Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz. Pacific Atrocities Education.
• Pacific Atrocities - Human Experimentation
• Wikipedia - Unit 731
• YouTube Documentary

Sam’s sources:

• Google Arts & Culture - Mildred Dresselhaus
• Kavli Prize Autobiography
• MIT Physics Faculty Page
• Wikipedia - Mildred Dresselhaus