Six Tips to Help You Fundraise Like a Boss

by Elisa | Mar 23, 2017 | Giving Back, Ways to Make a Difference

If you've done any advocacy work, you've probably found yourself fundraising. And if you found yourself fundraising, you probably wanted a cookie to go with that. Okay, this book might not have been written yet, although I will gladly co-author on with . But it is...

What is Conscious Fashion & Why Your Choice Matters

by Elisa | Mar 15, 2017 | Art of Advocacy, Create Awareness, Fair Trade Products, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Socially Conscious Brands, Ways to Make a Difference, Your Stories

Do you think conscious fashion sounds like a buzzword? I thought it was a little complicated, so I went to bloggers Sutton + Grove to give us an explanation of conscious fashion that is relevant to us normal people (i.e., too busy working 60 hours a week while...

Introverts United to End Modern Slavery

by Elisa | Mar 8, 2017 | Art of Advocacy, Hard Conversations, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Life Purpose, Stuff of the Heart

Introverts United to End Modern Slavery Although there are those who might consider "Introverts United to End Modern Slavery" not as a badge of honor, but a ridiculous oxymoron--we want to celebrate all the lovely introverts out there fighting modern slavery. It is...

Your Personal Invitation to the LBD.Project 2017

by Elisa | Mar 2, 2017 | Uncategorized

YOUR PERSONAL INVITE Every year Average Advocate runs a project called the LBD.Project (or the Little Black Dress Project). I've been talking about it a lot recently. In it, we each choose a black item of clothing, wearing it every day through March. Through it, we...

Helpful Fundraising Hints

by Elisa | Mar 1, 2017 | Art of Advocacy

Fundraising isn't always the easiest thing to do, but every year during the LBD.Project--where we fight slavery during the month of March--we try to make it as easy as possible for our participants to fundraise. We want them to know how to get their ducks in a row, so...

How to Create Human Trafficking Awareness That Actually Compels

by Elisa | Feb 26, 2017 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Create Awareness, Human Trafficking

Recently I wrote an article I put on Huffington Post for you at about how to create human trafficking awareness that actually gets people to respond. It is chock-full of getting to the core of things (like worldview) in spreading our message. Below are a few excerpts...

Look At How We’ve Helped Refugees!

by Elisa | Feb 9, 2017 | Refugees and Immigration, United States

There has been a lot of backlash and hurt as a result of President Trump's executive order regarding refugees recently. But, wherever you are on the spectrum of thinking this is "good" or "bad" on a policy level, I wanted to take a minute to remind the tribe at...

Fear Leads To Anger; Anger Leads To Hate

by Elisa | Jan 29, 2017 | United States, Your Stories

I know I've mentioned Jen before (Everyone Has a Jen; Everyone Needs a Jen (Why You Shouldn't Give Up) but I don't think I mentioned how much she loves Star Wars. Considering this side of her has yet to be introduced to the tribe of world changers at Average Advocate,...

Intentional Living Means Focusing On The Right People and Things

by Elisa | Jan 23, 2017 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Family & Relationships, Life Purpose, Productivity, Spiritual Discipleship

Too much sun? In reality, I'm checking for food in my teeth before I went on Facebook Live. (I should have also checked for boogers)! I don't know about you, but I struggle with compartmentalizing. That's not my thing. But I'm learning to. Why?...

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

Understanding Terms for Poor Nations vs. Rich Nations

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...