Honor Anita's Birthday
Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2008-10-23 00:06:08
Topic :About Anita
In the year since we honored Anita what would have been her 65th birthday with a pledge to stay active and engaged, thousands of you have heeded our call to stand up and be counted. You have acted to stop climate change with One Hundred Months and signed Amnesty International’s 42 Days petition. You spoke out against the executions of Jack Alderman and Troy Davis. You turned out in force against illegal detentions with Reprieve.
Anita would be proud. We are proud, and grateful. But there is more to do, and we want to honor her never-give-up spirit today, on her birthday.
What Would Anita Do?
Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2008-09-10 14:10:55
Topic :About Anita
A year on since Anita died, and in most ways, nothing about her loss is easier to take. I miss the daily breathless phone calls, chock-a-block with some new master passion for a cause she had just heard of through a friend of a friend. The beauty and gift of Anita was that she had so much energy and passion, she'd happily lend you some.
A Plaque for Anita
Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2008-07-04 21:24:53
Topic :About Anita
Anita's longtime friend and colleague Vida Zandnia and Anita's family were on hand for the unveiling of a plaque marking the site of the first The Body Shop store site in Brighton this week. Vida, a personification of the kind of vital entrepreneurial spirit Anita inspired, was the person who paid to have the memorial plaque created and installed in Anita's memory. She also wrote a beautiful tribute to Anita in an issue of the Brighton and Hove Argus. Click through to read it.
Bang-Up Article About Anita
Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2008-04-15 13:01:26
Topic :About Anita
Investor's Business Daily has published a lovely profile of Dame Anita Roddick. Thanks to Miho Nagano for doing a spectacular job of capturing Anita. Click below for an excerpt and link, after the jump.
Don't Hang Up! Anita's Memorial
Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2007-11-12 12:28:07
Topic :About Anita
On 23 October, two thousand five hundred of Anita's closest "friends and co-conspirators" gathered at Central Hall Westminster to celebrate her life and work. The event was followed by a chilly but invigorating march of thousands along the South Bank of the Thames, many waving "I Am an Activist" placards and chanting slogans, all pledging to carry on Anita's work. Marina Drummer, lead organiser of the campaign to Free the Angola Three, was in attendance and sent this moving account:
I Will Miss Her Every Day - Gordon Roddick
Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2007-10-16 10:55:24
Topic :About Anita
At 6:30pm on Monday, 10th September, someone reached into my heart and turned out all the lights. In an instant that funny, vibrant woman who was my wife, lover and closest friend was gone.
World Hepatitis Awareness Day
Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2007-10-01 08:51:04
Topic :About Anita
Today is World Hepatitis Awareness Day. Charles Gore, chief executive of The Hepatitis C Trust, has written the following tribute to Anita in observation of this day, when Anita was scheduled to speak in the European Union Parliament in Brussels on the subject.
When Anita first contacted The Hepatitis C Trust last year to say that she wanted to help raise awareness of hepatitis C, it seemed almost too good to be true. Hepatitis C in the UK had always lacked a high-profile champion. I think all of us at The Trust believed that someone would eventually appear, but I am absolutely certain that none of us thought it would be someone quite so perfectly fitted for the role.
There Must Be an Angel - Annie Lennox
Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2007-09-25 14:11:56
Topic :About Anita
On Friday, 21 September, Annie Lennox headlined the Peace One Day concert at Albert Hall in London. Annie was great friends with Anita and the whole Roddick family. During her set, she made a touching and moving gesture by singing "There Must Be an Angel" for Anita, with massive video screens projecting a photo of Annie and Anita sharing a laugh. Click to watch a video clip of the moment.
My Little Sister with a Big Heart
Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on 2007-09-24 05:34:00
Topic :About Anita
The incredible accomplishments you achieved and contributed to so many, and such an inspiration to everyone that knew you.
The beautiful memories will stay close to my heart forever. You were taken way to soon.
A life well-lived always leaves behind a beautiful bouquet of memories. You will be greatly missed Anita, a shining light on this earth, now the brightest star in the sky.
