One Dress. One Year. and the Little Black Dress Project
This Spring I read the book One Dress. One Year.: One Girl's Stand Against Human Trafficking by Bethany Winz and Susanna Foth Aughtmon. It made me wonder if One Dress. One Year and the Little Black Dress Project were somewhat connected. But before I go into...
Justice, God and Politics: 2016 Election
How do you feel you could vote while seeking justice in the 2016 election? Tell us.
Why I Told My Daughter About Periods in Target, Controversial Seahorses, & Why 100,000,000 Girls Can’t Go To School
Did you know that over 100,000,000 girls around the world can't go to school simply because they are on their period? Yes, there is a very real taboo concerning that Time Of The Month in the U.S., which is why I told my daughter about periods in public. But globally,...
Why Do We Ignore Suffering Children?
We want to care. We should care. So why do we Ignore the children? We Ignore When We Are Only Thinking Of Ourselves Confession: Sometimes I fight with my husband in front of my kids. I don't want to. It doesn't make the peaceful home I long to create. So...
My Family’s New Normal: How Awkwardly Hanging Out With the Homeless Is Worth It
I want to create a new normal for my family. To do this, yesterday the kids & I brought Chick-fil-A to a homeless man named Jason. The Challenge: Give Something To Someone Who is Homeless In light of this week's challenge for #WorldChangersUnited (giving some...
How Personality Tests Helped Me Become a World Changer
There is no way personality tests could predict my preference for coffee, and coffee served this way, every day, twice a day: Seven creams and four sugars mixed into fair trade french-pressed coffee in a swirly, hand-painted, world changer mug, with a spoon in the mug...
Don’t Know Where To Start? Here Are Your Weekly World-Changing Challenges
This past week I launched a group meant for you. At least, I think it might be. Its purpose is to give you weekly world-changing challenges. Average Advocate exists to coach people to be world changers, by giving them a place to start and bringing them down a...
400 Ordinary Hoodlums Who Changed the World
One of my spiritual mentors pointed out an interesting passage in scripture to me recently. It was a random Bible verse about 400 ordinary hoodlums that, when united, went on to change the world. (Note: I realize that not all of you are Jewish history buffs nor do you...
Why Knowing Who You Are is Essential to Finding Your Best Role as a World Changer
The second stage to becoming an ordinary world changer is "define," a stage all about knowing who you are. Just as knowing what we are passionate about is an element in discovering our calling, pin-pointing our personality types can also play a vital function in...
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PopularSwamp 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...
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How Can Anyone Say Goodbye? I’m starting to feel all panicky that I am leaving all my...
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PopularUnderstanding 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...
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It might be hard to believe, but it has been two years since our last presidential election....
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Top RatedHow to Help: Afghanistan
How can we help the crisis in Afghanistan? I've spent the last month researching ways everyday people can be involved!
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Top RatedWant to Bring Freedom to the Exploited (Right Now)?
Ready to do something about exploitation now? Help us find partners or volunteer for Blackout Trafficking!
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LatestResponding to Injustice With Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn
Do our responses to social issues reflect trauma responses? If so, how can we help ourselves to help others better?
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LatestWe Can’t Escape Real Life While Changemaking
We can't escape real life while we are changemaking. The context matters. Let's be aware of these four elements as we create change.
Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Personal Growth, Productivity
LatestResponding to Injustice With Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn
Do our responses to social issues reflect trauma responses? If so, how can we help ourselves to help others better?
Poem for Changemakers
Why do Changemakers burnout? This poem for Changemakers was written to help them see their value.
Responding to Injustice With Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn
Do our responses to social issues reflect trauma responses? If so, how can we help ourselves to help others better?
We Can’t Escape Real Life While Changemaking
We can’t escape real life while we are changemaking. The context matters. Let’s be aware of these four elements as we create change.
Reducing Trauma’s Influence in Doing Good: Justice Daily – S2.E2.
How do we reduce trauma’s influence in our work of doing good? In this Justice Daily Interview with Michelle Stiffler, a trauma specialist, we learn about helping us endure beyond burnout and get real about Fight Flight, Fawn, Freeze
What is Happening With Migrants Near San Diego?
What is happening with migrants in San Diego? Are there really outdoor detention camps in Jucumba California for asylum seekers? Here’s what I saw.
Notes From Birmingham Jail & 60th Anniversary of the March
Honestly, I’ve never read more than clips of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s works, even though I’ve talked them up. A major world-changer, Dr. King is mostly known for his “I Have a Dream” speech...