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...

God, Politics and Poverty Series: Changing Findings

by Elisa | Sep 6, 2012 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Spiritual Discipleship, United States

Not too long ago, at the base of the 2012 election, we started a series- God, Politics, and Poverty. The goal was to help those who consider themselves Christians to be able to really think through what the Bible says about politics, inviting other people to share...

The World Changers: August 2002 DTS (Kona, HI)

by Elisa | Aug 30, 2012 | Art of Advocacy, Community, Spiritual Discipleship

Ten years. Ten years ago I received a phone call from my cousin, Brandon Fox, informing me that we were going to be flying into Kona, Hawaii on different jets instead of together as planned. He was fine. I wasn't. I don't know if I started freaking out on the phone or...

When Avilynne Turned Five (And Others Didn’t)

by Elisa | Aug 20, 2012 | Art of Advocacy, Children-in-Need, Create Awareness, Global Health, Poverty

Avilynne Achieved the Awesome Age of Five! Yesterday my daughter, Avi,turned five years old. She had a birthday party, but because a 20% chance of precipitation is such a very high likelihood, we got rained out before the party really got rolling. We tried to sing to...

Action: Blogust (Where Your Words Are Worth $20 to a Kid)

by Elisa | Aug 14, 2012 | Children-in-Need, Global Health, Good Charities

Comments: Easy Button Activism Have you ever raised $300 for charity by pretty much doing nothing? In the first 1/2 of Blogust you could raise that much money. And, as the month of August is only 1/2 way through, you can raise that much through the rest of the month...

Action: Start REBBL and Buy Fair Trade Teas & Juices

by Elisa | Aug 6, 2012 | Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Good Charities, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Ways to Make a Difference

The first part of this post was taken from Rediscovering Social Justice: A Year of Awareness, a blog written by two students, one studying law and the other interior design. They wanted to do something good, so they are spending 2012 blogging about important stuff....

War Effect 101: Buying Back the Bombs & Redeeming the Future

by Elisa | Jul 30, 2012 | Create Awareness, Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Good Charities, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Human Rights, Poverty, Ways to Make a Difference

The Ah-ha Moments of Awareness It is not uncommon to be unaware: What? Mitt Romney is actually the official 2012 Republican presidential candidate? I thought he was just, well, busy. And all over the news. Not really for real. What? There is a chick named Siri who...

Action: Using Slave-Free Tomatoes in Your Chicken Tortilla Soup

by Elisa | Jul 24, 2012 | Create Awareness, Fair Trade Products, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, United States, Ways to Make a Difference

A Red Round Problem Ever wondered whether the tomatoes in your salad, sandwich or soup were grown and picked by modern-day slaves? Um, no? Well neither had I. Apparently, though, this is something we should think about. We don't like modern slavery (human...

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

Storm Chaser; Change Chaser: On Saying Goodbye

How Can Anyone Say Goodbye? I’m starting to feel all panicky that I am leaving all 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

When You Watch Your Kid Go Into Surgery and Bleed

Somewhere down that hallway, the nurse asks me to go in the opposite direction they are rolling my...

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

A New Year, They Said: A Poem for Changemakers in January

Its a New Year, and with it, demands for volunteering, ministry, activism, and more more more! This satirical poem addresses giving from fullness and restful changemaking

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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