What Matters Most When Asking People To Join You?

by Elisa | Jul 2, 2019 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Being World Changers, Leadership, Safe Spaces

What Matters Most When Asking People To Join You? Have you ever thought about why you join what you do? What types of people do you follow? What types of projects do you work on? Why you shop at certain businesses, or donate and volunteer for only certain...

Twenty Miles: Refugee Immigration Crisis Near San Diego, U.S.A.

by Elisa | Jun 30, 2019 | Create Awareness, Refugees and Immigration, Seeking Justice, United States, Ways to Make a Difference

Is it true that there is a refugee immigration crisis near San Diego, only twenty miles away? This post simplifies what is happening along the U.S. border and gives you three ways to respond to the humanitarian crisis in our backyard.

Master Asking Great Questions With These Seven Questions

by Elisa | Jun 23, 2019 | Leadership, Safe Spaces

If you want to create safe spaces, influence others well, and make a difference in the world, it is time to master the skill of great question-asking!

Is the Causebox Worth Getting?

by Elisa | Jun 17, 2019 | Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Socially Conscious Brands, Women's Empowerment

A Letter to the Anti-Trafficking Movement

by Elisa | Jun 7, 2019 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Your Stories

This is a guest post from Anna Carroll, founder and director of LightForce International, a global organization that seeks to create sustainable solutions to injustice. She writes at annamcarroll.com and can be found on Instagram @annamichelle. A Letter to Modern-day...

About Us, Now

by Elisa | Jun 3, 2019 | Uncategorized

I started my first blog fourteen years ago. The content included badly written, excessively long essays about who knows what. Most were never read, which is probably better. I was fighting, discontent and depressed. I advocated with anger and was insecure about where...

The Seven Things Keeping You From Practicing Random Acts of Kindness

by Elisa | May 31, 2019 | Being World Changers, Family & Relationships, Giving Back, Productivity, Ways to Make a Difference

Last year my family went on a KindnessQuest, an amazing adventure chalk-full of random acts of kindness. It made our vacation-roadtrip into something more, something others-centered. Yet to succeed, we had to begin doing things differently to overcome these seven...

Are Swell Bottles Really Socially Good?

by Elisa | May 28, 2019 | Being World Changers, Clean Water, Fair Trade Products, Good Charities, Socially Conscious Brands

Are Swell Bottles really socially good enough to make them worth buying? And what social good and charity work do they actually do?

Trailblazing with Freedom Hikers and Get Outdoors for Freedom

by Elisa | May 16, 2019 | Good Charities, Human Trafficking, Ways to Make a Difference

A few months ago I had a great conversation with Laura, founder of Freedom Hikers. She told me how she was overlooking a beautiful lake in the Cascade Mountains and just knew that she would take others hiking to that same spot to bring freedom to those oppressed by...

Adventure

Swamp Wisdom: An Ecclesiastes on Human Rights

Ever heard of ancient King Solomon? He was said to be the wisest of them all as he philosophized...

Busy Moms, Community, Family & Relationships, Raising Kids

Identity Crisis #3467 – My Messy Beautiful

The other day, my daughter was excitedly expressing her admiration of the teachers and helpers at her school. I usually resist the temptation to to ask my kids what they want to be when they grow up because at some point in my...

Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Mental Health, Recovery, Safe Spaces

What to Do With that Blasted Holy Discontent (I used to be a radical)

I used to be a radical. I used to be a radical–until I wasn’t. After high school, I...

Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Giving Back, Socially Conscious Brands

How To Not Be a Bad Advocate for Social Change

Occasionally, the best way to learn how to do something well is by learning what not to do. I empower people to be good advocates for social change, but these days I am seeing a lot of bad activism. Here are things not to say if you want your advocacy and activism to be better-received.

Children-in-Need, Clean Water, Conflicts, Wars, Genocides and Atrocities, Global Health, Good Charities, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Human Rights, Poverty, Refugees and Immigration, Seeking Justice, United States

Spectrum of Belief About Justice Issues: Art of Advocacy

Not everyone shares the same beliefs, so using the Spectrum of Belief graph helps us to have healthy conversations about justice that aren't so black and white.