Our second installation of the TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is here give you the very best of Katie, Nicole, Giulia, Gina and Kerry! More blogs means more to love this Valentine’s Day week, and more social action means a healthier and happier world for everyone. Check out our most popular posts of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.

Katie:

5 Ways to Take Action and Get Action On Valentine’s Day

Top 10 Guilt-Free Valentine’s Day Jewelry Gifts: Show Your Valentine You Have a Heart

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Nicole:

Kiva: Microlending to Change Lives

Top 10 New Releases to Inspire Social Change

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Giulia:

Alicia Keys Uses Grammys to Help Keep a Child Alive

V-Day Celebrates Its 10 Year Anniversary!

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Gina:

Top 10 Movie Characters That Make A Difference

Art As Politics In “The Silence Before Bach”

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Kerry:

Tap Project Gets Donations Flowing For Safe Global Water

Levon Helms’ “Dirt Farmer” Wins Grammy Gold

Rock legend Levon Helm has been mining a rich vein of American musical genres for decades, so it was truly gratifying to see him win two Grammys on Sunday. The former Band drummer and singer, who also played Loretta Lynn’s father in Coal Miner’s Daughter, won a Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album for Dirt Farmer, his first studio album in 25 years. Helm’s work with The Band was also honored by a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement.

Dirt Farmer marks a miraculous comeback for Helm, who nearly lost his voice”and his life”to throat cancer a few years back. Radiation treatments cured his cancer, but the plaintive, evocative voice that graced “The Weight” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” seemed gone forever. The medical bills took their toll, too, forcing Helm into bankruptcy.

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