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Blog Action Day: Delicious Water

Posted by Elisa | Oct 15, 2010 | Art of Advocacy, Clean Water, Good Charities, Poverty, Ways to Make a Difference |

I remedy this by walking over to my refrigerator, overflowing my glass with ice-cold water as I am distracted, making a puddlely mess on the floor for my toddling son to slip on. Or if I am not home, I can stick a crisp George Washington in a machine, which then pops out a fresh bottle of water. I pull of the top, twist, snap, and drink deeply from the bliss of agua deliciosa. It’s somewhat sad then, that a good part of the world experiences thirst and water shortages pretty regularly.

Delicious Water: Charities

Posted by Elisa | Oct 14, 2010 | Art of Advocacy, Clean Water, Good Charities, Helping that Doesn't Hurt |

These charities have very effective, considerate, and sustainable practices. Which means giving to them does not just throw money down a bottomless well by building these wells. These wells actually transform communities and save lives. They are magic wells.

Label Me: A Housewife, A World Changer, and the Organization L2F Needs Network

Posted by Elisa | Sep 17, 2010 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Poverty, Refugees and Immigration, Spiritual Discipleship, United States |

I am part of an organization, L2F Needs Network. Actually, a best friend (the director of L2F) and I spend the majority of our non-essential-household-taking-care-of-time (there has got to be a better way to say that) running L2F. . . It’s like we are Robin Hood, but we don’t have to steal from the rich. Which is good, because I would probably have some moral qualms about that.

Post-It-Notes for Advocacy: My Kid

Posted by Elisa | Sep 13, 2010 | Global Health, Human Trafficking, Poverty, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship |

She picks up some stacking pegs, then goes about dropping them in specific locations on the floor. This must either be creative art or she is practicing war tactics again. If the latter, these landmine-like devices will cause pain in one foot and hopping up and down on the opposite leg. I choose to presume this is an artistic expression, while make a mental note not to step on them . . . My daughter is a delight. She makes me crazy, grating on my impatience or shocking me with her callous little girl evil. But, its impossible to not love her.

Qur’an Burning: America’s Response to the Spread of Islam

Posted by Elisa | Sep 10, 2010 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Spiritual Discipleship |

Burning hairspray is cool. Burning bras- that was cool in the 60’s. Burning books? Um, didn’t we learn in American English from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 that book burning is the end of society as we know it? But burning one fifth of the world’s population’s holy book!? Dude, we don’t burn cows as a public outcry against Hindus! We only burn cows if we like our steak very very well done! But that is a whole different thing.