Action: Give a Meaningful Gift this Christmas

by Elisa | Dec 11, 2012 | Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Good Charities, Ways to Make a Difference

Give a Meaningful Gift this Christmas This is a guest post by Melanie Johnston. Originally from Tennessee, a vegan into tennis and journalism, Melanie is now with the Air Force studying linguistics. She has a lot of dreams, but first on her checklist are to travel,...

Action: Crafting on Etsy for Charity

by Elisa | Dec 3, 2012 | Children-in-Need, Fair Trade Products, Global Health, Good Charities, Spiritual Discipleship, Ways to Make a Difference

An Average Illinois Teen Became an Advocate Abby and I connected a month or two ago via twitter. I was drawn to her immediately because of her conviction that she can make a difference in our world. She is doing something artsy/crafty people can easily replicate,...

Action: Operation Christmas Child Box

by Elisa | Nov 15, 2012 | Children-in-Need, Fair Trade Products, Good Charities, Ways to Make a Difference

A New Tradition Are you disappointed in your holiday experiences? Here are a few examples of why you might need to work on making a new tradition: You now a vegan who is unable to eat Thanksgiving turkey. You are a very boring person who wants to spice up their life...

Action: September Campaign For Charity: Water

by Elisa | Oct 29, 2012 | Clean Water, Global Health, Good Charities, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Poverty, Ways to Make a Difference

This is a guest post by Namira, a law student who just returned from the The Hague, where she was interning at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Apparently, she cares a lot about those without clean water! You can follow her on twitter...

Sex Trafficking 101

by Elisa | Oct 21, 2012 | Children-in-Need, Create Awareness, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, Sex Trafficking, United States, Women's Empowerment

A Sexy Cause On the 21st of each month, Steph at Encouraged in Heart has been writing a series on the injustice of Human Trafficking, or modern slavery, in support of a great organization, the A21 Campaign. As part of this, she has asked me to share with you on what...

Review: The Just Church

by Elisa | Oct 14, 2012 | Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship

Recently a new book came out by the vice president of International Justice Mission. IJM, has been a fundamental leader in both the anti-slavery movement and other justice issues. Here are the book's details: The Just Church: Becoming a Risk-Taking, Justice-Seeking,...

Action: Stop Modern Slavery Walk

by Elisa | Oct 12, 2012 | Create Awareness, Ethical Fashion, Good Charities, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, Ways to Make a Difference

As advocates for justice, one of our fights is against modern slavery, also known as human trafficking. One action to take to support the end of slavery is the annual fundraising walk in Washington DC hosted by Stop Modern Slavery. This year the funds raised totaled...

Review: Nefarious, Merchant of Souls

by Elisa | Sep 25, 2012 | Children-in-Need, Create Awareness, Good Charities, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Women's Empowerment

Last week, the Loudoun Human Trafficking Task Force had the pleasure of hosting Nefarious: Merchant of Souls produced by the organization Exodus Cry. In a nutshell, it was excellent. Nefarious is a documentary on a specific type of modern slavery, sex...

Book Review: Trafficked

by Elisa | Sep 10, 2012 | Children-in-Need, Create Awareness, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, United States

Trafficked by Kim Purcell Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Viking, Published by Penguin Group (February 16, 2012) Language: English ISBN-13: 9780670012800 Buy the Book: Amazon Hannah believes she's being brought from Moldova to Los Angeles to become a nanny for a...

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...

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

Everyday People Doing Something About Human Trafficking And Refugees

Can an everyday person make a difference for refugees? Yep. They can! Just as I’ve seen it...

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

Should We Participate in Operation Christmas Child?

I’ve been doing Operation Christmas Child (OCC) for years and have encouraged you guys to...

Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking

Why We Need To Start Talking To Our Kids About Modern Slavery

Update 2021: This course is currently offline. Since, it has been renamed Conversations With...

Leadership

When Our Best Yes Meets Humble Service: When Should Changemakers Clean Toilets?

Often Changemakers find themselves doing the faithful background service of doing things like changing toilets. How to we balance our "best yes" with humility?

Spiritual Discipleship

When Our Best Yes Meets Humble Service: When Should Changemakers Clean Toilets?

Often Changemakers find themselves doing the faithful background service of doing things like changing toilets. How to we balance our "best yes" with humility?

Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Personal Growth, Productivity

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