Gournd Sentiment on the Oust of Pres in Honduras
The following are comments posted to the article “Coup Rocks Honduras” published in the Wall Street Journal: Daniel Sheridan: Let’s see a country standing up to a president that tries to run roughshod over established laws and a constitution? No wonder President Obama condemned it. Interesting that he didn’t have to think as long on [...]
Philanthropy for the Future
One of my many goals while I’m here in La Antigua Guatemala is to become involved in helping Non-governmental organizations and aid organizations to become more inline with the invaluable tools of today’s Social Media. Watch Katherine Fulton’s TED talk about the changing landscape of philanthropy: Also check out socialbrite.org, a new website to help [...]
Update on Political Instability in Honduras
Concerned about the current political unrest in Honduras, I sent out an email to many of my friends just a few hours away from me, across the Guatemalan border. So far, I’ve gotten two responses… The following response was sent to me via Blackberry from a friend who lives in Tegucigalpa, where the coup took [...]
Unborn Baby Kicks Can Tweet on Twitter
While Twitter is certainly a platform for micro-gossiping and micro-blogging, it’s more. An article in the New York Times explains how Twitter is aiding surgeons, political movements, corporate sales and much more. One man has even invented a machine that Tweets when a baby kicks in his mother’s womb. The first reaction many people have [...]
Divisive Denominations?
Continued from The Invisible Glass Wall… “I asked for a cloth dipped in cool water and gently began pressing it upon the child’s forehead and body even though it made him cry out. I explained this must be done to help reduce the child’s fever.” That evening, I managed to catch up with Billy and [...]
Prisoners of Chocolate
Dark chocolate is favorite treat of mine. It’s disappointing to read that if I indulge in the the creamy and bitter treat I just might be contributing to abusive child labor in Africa. Read an excerpt from the End Human Trafficking blog on Change.org: What do you think is the secret ingredient of a Hershey [...]
The Power of Social Media
The video says it all… take a look!
Immigrant Students Dream for a Future in America
There are immigrant youth that have been living in the U.S. since they were toddlers. And, even though they are tax-paying, law-abiding residents they will have no options for a future in the U.S. once they’ve completed their studies. The Dream Act would change that: “The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (also [...]
Prison Time or Prison Rehabilitation?
Criminal Justice blogger Michael Santos with Change.org raises an excellent point about the current prison system in the U.S.: “Prison Time Doesn’t Equal Justice.” It’s time more people start thinking about the issues he raises and become involved in transforming the system into one of rehabilitation not profiteering. Read his article below: In his message, [...]
A Homeless Perspective
Get a glimpse of what it’s like to be homeless during the “economic crisis.” Read the article and watch the video from Change.org below: You’ve seen him before: the homeless guy at the highway off-ramp holding a cardboard sign, panhandling. As he walks down the row of cars, you avoid eye contact at all costs [...]
Does Your Media Support Trafficking?
More disturbing human trafficking information from the href=”http://www.polarisproject.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,108/”Polaris Project blog: In my previous post, I referred to a policy report on “Paper Pimps,” describing advertisers for the commercial sex industry. Paper pimps are the enablers of the sexual slavery and exploitation that occurs within the context of the broader industry. Brothels disguised as massage parlors [...]
Human Trafficking: A Real Issue
I saw the movie Slumdog Millionaire several weeks ago and quickly became obsessed with it. While many of my friends commented that “sure, it’s pretty good” and had nothing more to say about it, the movie completely captured me and spoke to me. Unfortunately, amidst all the projects and life-changing goals I’m actively pursuing right [...]
Donation Update
Last September many of my friends and several family members came together to contribute money toward a great effort that aims to give some of the poorest in Honduras a better life. I just received an update from those who accepted the donation: Billy and Mary Collins. The more than $1,000 raised helped one family [...]
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RESCUE THE CHILD SOLDIERS
I’ve posted about the Invisible Children movement before and it’s a cause I stand behind 100 percent. For a while, I was donating $20 every month. So, what is it exactly? Nothing says it better than the video. Click below to check it out: http://therescue.invisiblechildren.com/en/#/watch/ I’ll be there April 25th. Will you?
Dive with Pride
Dumpster diving. It sounds slimy. It sounds “beneath” you, doesn’t it? Then becoming part of the solution is “beneath” you. Fighting rampant consumption is “beneath” you. Contributing to food waste and energy waste is what you stand for. We’re amidst an apparent energy crisis and we use tons of limited fuel and engergy to burn [...]
Slaves to Magic Money
Watch this video. It will be the most informative piece of information you’ll have ever received about money, why it’s so ellusive, why it’s so dominating… why we’re enslaved to it. The realities this video reveals to the average, unsuspecting citizen are, if you ask me, enraging. Now, it makes PERFECT sense as to why [...]
Real Crisis… in Darfur
We think we’re in a crisis? Just read up on what’s going on in Darfur. Perhaps, then, you’ll get an inkling of what it is to “do without.” As I was reading up on how more than a dozen aid organizations have been recently kicked out of Sudan, cutting of major aid resources to millions [...]
Open Your Eyes People
My friend Stephen finally started his own blog: Question Every Precept. His eloquence in professing the realities of “the system” that I myself get hung up on so often is impressive. The difference between he and I is I tend to possess a much more rose-colored-glasses optimism about it all… about changing it all. Here’s [...]
Getting Personal about Water
A video from Alexandra Cousteau’s Blue Legacy project – a project that’s meant to raise awareness about the global state of water. A few interesting points her work highlights: * Ninety-seven percent of our world is made up of water, but only one percent is suitable for humans to drink. * In just a few [...]
Genocide and Displacement in 2009
How is this still occurring throughout the world without so much as a nod from countries who could do something about it? Visit the Global Voices Online article about it by clicking here. Darfur Destroyed: Sudan’s perpetrators break silence from Aegis Trust on Vimeo.
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