LBD Project 2015
Little Black Dress Project March 2015 Update: Our Little Black Dress Project goal this year was raise a total of $5000 to help eradicate human trafficking and we surpassed it, fundraising over $7000 and collecting over 70 bras! By wearing the same...
Action Idea: Pass This Stand-Alone Sex Trafficking Law
Today, with the Kids are Not For Sale Coalition, supporters all over Virginia are hoping to spread the word loud and clear: LET'S FINALLY PASS THIS! THERE ISN'T A STAND-ALONE SEX TRAFFICKING LAW IN VIRGINIA BUT WE NEED ONE! Okay, be honest. Did you know that?...
My Book Guru & With–Reimagining the Way I’ve Related To God (Part 1)
Fousin, My Book Guru Some people offer book advice and and your subtle nod of 'yes,' is actually an emphatic, but polite, declaration that there is no way on God's green earth that is going to happen! Then there are the people who offer you books and you read them...
Memories From Sand: Making Christmas Meaningful
The Freak-Out This week in December just FREAKS. ME. OUT. All of the sudden the Christmas everything is happening: the parties, the presents, the paper reindeer from school, the tree trimming, the needing to buy not needed things for all the people,...
Christmas Expectations: What To Give To The Person Who Has It All
The Weight of Expectation Once upon a time my husband didn't give me a Christmas present, but after the holiday he brought me to the mall. He told me just to meander, walk around, pointing out what I liked. It was rather annoying because I would say "yes, yes,...
The New Feminism (and Why Women Are Worth Fighting For)
Yes, I do love Harry Potter, thank you very much. And because of the fame of the boy who would not die, out from the walls of Hogwarts (besides the poltergeists of course), comes a brand of feminism--new feminism--which just might rock our world as we finally...
The Prospective Ardor of the Buccaneer Baboon and the Privateer Pup: A Short Story
This short story was prompted by the following image: “The Prospective Ardor of the Buccaneer Baboon and the Privateer Pup" _____________________________________ Unfortunately for me, I’m a pirate. Pirates don’t spit fire or worship skeletons. We climb masts,...
Short Story: Welcome ElectrAliens
This short story was prompted by the following image: Never before has the wind whipped like cream and the ocean churned like butter as much as it did this time, in their new device.  I don’t believe in magic; fate either. But electricity--now that’s...
Love Thy Community: The Angel in a Fashionable Red Coat
I met an angel in a fashionable red coat yesterday. I liked her a lot. I wish I took a selfie with her, but maybe she wouldn't have shown-up in pixels anyway. On Facebook, my picture of us would just be a blank spot I'd be leaning on, or bright-burning light I'd be...
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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...
Busy Moms, Community, Family & Relationships, Raising Kids
PopularIdentity 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
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...
Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Giving Back, Socially Conscious Brands
Top RatedResponding 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?
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
Top RatedWhat Happens Between Tijuana and San Diego
What happens between two cities? When you are growing into a world changer, how does one find purpose? And do we ever arrive?
Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking
Top RatedHow I Used to Fight Human Trafficking vs. How I Fight Human Trafficking Now
I used to fight human trafficking differently than I used to. Here's how I changed and why.
Leadership
LatestWhen Your Dreams Change
This picture always makes me smile, depicting some of my favorites from my teenage years: my...
Spiritual Discipleship
LatestWhen Your Dreams Change
This picture always makes me smile, depicting some of my favorites from my teenage years: my...
Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Personal Growth, Productivity
LatestWhen Your Dreams Change
This picture always makes me smile, depicting some of my favorites from my teenage years: my...
I’m Every Woman: How Woman Are Uniquely Positioned To Change the World
Why does now matter for women? We have a unique positioning to make a difference for the world at large. Here’s why:
April Social Good Awareness, Advocacy, and Activism Days
How can you begin doing good in April? Start here for social good awareness, advocacy, and activism days
Five Steps To Begin Restful Changemaking
A Path for Restful Changemaking: I’m not shy about my story of burnout while having my life...
Social Justice For the Sensitive Soul – Justice Daily S3E6
Have you ever felt like you didn’t fit the model for classic activism? That you were too...
How To Be An Advocate When You Don’t Know Where You Stand: On Palestine/Israel
How do we engage in advocacy when we don’t know where we stand on a social issue? One of the...
Poem for Changemakers
Why do Changemakers burnout? This poem for Changemakers was written to help them see their value.



