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Understanding Terms for Poor Nations vs. Rich Nations

Posted by Elisa | Oct 11, 2011 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Poverty |

Terms of Poverty Whether in public political addresses or in pleas from non-profits, we have all heard some of these terms thrown around at some point or another. But just because we can infer their general meaning, I...

Documentaries: Growing Our Awareness in 2011

Posted by Elisa | Oct 7, 2011 | Human Trafficking, Poverty, United States |

There are some GREAT documentaries and movies being played all around the United States- RIGHT NOW! These give a better understanding on what is going on in the world around us. I haven’t seen all of these, yet, but as I...

A Lemon:Aid Stand For Clean Water

Posted by Elisa | Oct 1, 2011 | Art of Advocacy, Clean Water, Fair Trade Products, Good Charities, Ways to Make a Difference |

This summer I decided to try this relatively simple project of using a lemonade stand — or...

Movie Review: Machine Gun Preacher

Posted by Elisa | Sep 27, 2011 | Good Charities, Human Trafficking, Poverty |

This guest post was written by a friend of mine, Amy, who is one of the main bloggers and founders of a great young adult book review site, The Reading Teen and its partner website, Parental Book Reviews. Besides reading and...

Parents and Advocacy: Teaching Children to Celebrate Diversity

Posted by Elisa | Sep 22, 2011 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Community, United States |

Maybe its no surprise, but I was one of those kids whose parents thrust them into multicultural settings, hoping that I would think it was normal. I guess it worked. Racism is actually very hard for me to grasp, although I think...