Action: Do a Microloan in Honor of Mandela Day (& Win a Contest)

by Elisa | Jul 18, 2012 | Good Charities, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Poverty, Ways to Make a Difference, Women's Empowerment

Humans remember things. Its true we all like to remember different things, whether it be birthdays, anniversaries or holidays. I like to remember days which bring awareness to a specific cause, like Malaria Day orAIDS Day. Even when we want to forget, we often...

Action: The Power of the T-Shirt

by Elisa | Jul 17, 2012 | Create Awareness, Fair Trade Products, Human Trafficking, Ways to Make a Difference

Confession: I bought a shirt yesterday. Yep. You heard me right. I am (almost) ashamed to say I spent real money on a shirt. A shirt I didn't need! Tantalizing: It was just soooo blue, like the ocean in travel magazines. It was just toooo pretty, like a cheerful...

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...

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

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...

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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