The new wave of reform is but a few months old. The young people in Zuccotti Park and more than 1,000 cities have started America on a path to renewal. The movement, still in its first days, will have to expand in several strategic ways.
Stigmata is the plural of the Greek word ÏÏÎ¯Î³Î¼Î± stigma, meaning a mark, tattoo, or brand such as might have been used for identification of an animal or slave. Stigmata are primarily associated with the Roman Catholic faith. Many reported stigmatics are members of Catholic religious orders. St.
There is a powerful stigma attached to suicide. Until the 1900s suicide was viewed as a sin rather than an illness. Stigma is a type of rejection that suicide survivors may feel. Athena du Pre explains stigma,  stigma refers to a type of social rejection in which the stigmatized person is treated as dishonorable or is ignored altogether(pg.209).