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Christy and Erin met Jill Van den Brule, co-founder of Micro Power Design (MPowerD) at the Women in the World Summit earlier this month where she explained their Luci light, a product they think will change the world.

Circle of Health International (COHI) is currently traveling in Amman, Jordan where they're celebrating 5 years since the beginning of Midwives for Peace - a unique alliance formed between Palestinian and Israeli midwives who share their passion for improving maternal health. COHI works with women and their communities in times of crisis and disaster to ensure access to quality reproductive, maternal, and newborn care. Based in Austin, Texas, COHI has worked in locations around the world such as Haiti, Nepal, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Jordan, and Syria. Check out their new blog here (http://cohiblog.wordpress.com/about/) where they chronicle their most recent trip.

There's been so much written this week about the heroic efforts made by healthcare workers in response to the bombings in Boston. Doctors, nurses and support staff all over the world face these kinds of challenges every day, with various levels of resources. Unfortunately what resources there are often go to the 'haves', leaving the 'have nots' behind.

It’s been a few days since the tragedy in Boston and one of our Team EMC runners who was there that day is now ready to tells her story. Julie Smolyansky shares her mile-by-mile blog about how her race morphed from celebration to confusion and terror. Check out her story here.