Ravenous was dedicated to me - But BarryGreenland made up the name ... and the fact that she is the Raven Goddess. (Read his comments)

Here is a challenge - Ravenous is in love with a Raven ... but their love is challenged(?) - You decide what is keeping them apart - but the final product must show them together ... and again, you decide, Alive and in Love or Romeo & Juliet of the Raven World?

So, all media allowed ...  All the submissions will be uploaded from the 25th and then the challenge closes.  I will feature all the submissions to the challenge between then and 1 Sept, when I will announce a winner ... and the prize is a one year subscription and a more detailed feature

Old and new submissions will be accepted but your note with the link must say WHY you think it is applicable to this challenge and you must link the entry to the Journal

Ok? Any questions you have to note me before the 5th.

All my love and thanks again to BarryGreenland
And PLEASE don't steal his work - only use the image as a starting place!

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"When the mayi-mayi attacked my village, we all ran away. In our flight, the soldiers captured all the girls, even the very young. Once with the soldiers, you were forced to "marry" one of the soldiers. Whether he was as old as your father or young, bad or nice, you had to accept. If you refused, they would kill you. This happened to one of my friends. They would slaughter people like chickens. They would not even bury the bodies they slaughtered... I even saw a girl who refused to be "married" being tortured…”.
- Jasmine, a 16 year-old girl who was recruited by the mayi-mayi armed group in South Kivu when she was 12. She now has a four-month-old baby.

Under international law, the recruitment and use of children under 18 is prohibited, and the recruitment and use of children under 15 is a war crime.

This is real. It happens every day ~ we just need to decide if we are going to do anything about it ...

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My son had his school concert recently and there is something that happens in your heart when you watch 140 children walk into a dark hall; holding candles - listening to Michael Jackson's old song "Heal the World".  The Music Video was on a big screen and my heart screamed for my friends who sees this hardship every day; who try and relieve a little bit of pain - and go to bed every night with it in their hearts. (They know who they are... )  Because it is our children who will inherit the world we leave them ... at random ...

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