Preview: Politics, Poverty, and God

by Elisa | Jul 9, 2012 | Art of Advocacy, Create Awareness, Poverty, Spiritual Discipleship, United States

America, America, God shed His grace on thee. From Fatherhood to motherhood, And sea to shining sea! I don't think I will ever get the words to that song straight. Embedded within my DNA is a specific genetic code to invent and insert lyrics at random. But even if I...

Giving Up on Good: People I Like and Influence I Love

by Elisa | Jun 28, 2012 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Community, Spiritual Discipleship

This is part of the art of advocacy series, exploring what it means to influence and be a world changer. I am just one of those people who actually likes people. It seems cooler to not like people. We are always told that we should love people (you know, Jesus and...

The Creative Blogging Conundrum and Current Ideas of How to Use Art as Advocacy

by Elisa | Jun 20, 2012 | Art of Advocacy, Create Awareness, Ways to Make a Difference

The Creative Blogging Conundrum Last year I had a creative inspiration which I screwed-up. I smeared white spackle paste all over a ceiling semi-painted blue. I achieved the texture I had hoped for, but when my project was complete it didn't appear as cloud-like as I...

Free2Work: An Advocate’s Resource

by Elisa | Jun 14, 2012 | Ethical Fashion, Fair Trade Products, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Ways to Make a Difference

This post is by Dorothy, the “Vicar of Vibe,” who lives by the motto of “love God, love others, it’s simple…” She is creative, bubbly, and full of passion to end modern slavery. Dorothy leads the Loudoun County (VA) Human Trafficking Task Force, works for Starbucks,...

Review: Action Little Black Dress in Retrospect

by Elisa | Jun 7, 2012 | Art of Advocacy, Fair Trade Products, Poverty, Ways to Make a Difference

This past Winter/Spring, I elected to wear the same dress. The very same one. Every day. Every day for forty days. It was black. It was little. I did it for my project Action: Little Black Dress. It was an experiment with creativity. It was a challenge myself. I wore...

2012 Action: Little Black Dress Photos and Overview

by Elisa | Jun 7, 2012 | Ways to Make a Difference

For all of you who are just interested in how exciting I looked wearing the same dress every single day, this page is for you! Again, if you want to understand my motivation, the escapist rules of the game, and how you too can easily do this, go to these posts. It is...

Awareness Resource On Poverty: Survive125

by Elisa | May 29, 2012 | Create Awareness, Poverty

$2.10 My favorite is iced coffee. I love sipping on iced coffee- a tall, but in a venti cup. I add about a 1/4th a cup of milk, a dash of cream, and 5 packets of sugar. I cheat the system: It tastes just like an iced latte but it's a couple bucks cheaper. Sometimes I...

Action: Making a Stand Against Slavery

by Elisa | May 23, 2012 | Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, Ways to Make a Difference

Last year we tried out Action: Lemon:Aid Stand to raise money for clean water. In less than two hours, we were able to give 50 people access to water for a year! This girl, Vivienne, is taking it a step further. She is keeping her lemonade stand out all summer in...

Essay: The Slaves of Today

by Elisa | May 10, 2012 | Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, Women's Empowerment

This guest post is by Kit, a blogger for Readingteen.net. Kit usually reviews young adult books, but attempted to tackle the subject of human trafficking for an assignment. I love Kit's use of the stories of modern slaves in her essay. I might often write about 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

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

What to Do With that Blasted Holy Discontent (I used to be a radical)

I used to be a radical. I used to be a radical–until I wasn’t. After high school, I...

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

June Social Good Awareness, Advocacy, and Activism Days

Want to make doing good easier? Create awareness? Take advantage of the resources out there during the month through June’s themes and advocacy days. Instead of reinventing the wheel, we simply join in with what is already...

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

Spectrum of Belief About Justice Issues: Art of Advocacy

Not everyone shares the same beliefs, so using the Spectrum of Belief graph helps us to have healthy conversations about justice that aren't so black and white.

Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking

Want to Bring Freedom to the Exploited (Right Now)?

Ready to do something about exploitation now? Help us find partners or volunteer for Blackout Trafficking!

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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