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...

Action: Letting Your Leaders Know You Don’t Like Slavery

by Elisa | May 3, 2012 | Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, United States, Ways to Make a Difference

Most of the time I wake-up thinking about my plans for the day, the coffee I'm convinced I need, and whether I am in trouble for sleeping in too late. But this morning, while ingesting my cereal, for some reason I was also ingesting the reality there are people- real...

Malaria 101

by Elisa | Apr 26, 2012 | Global Health, Poverty, Ways to Make a Difference

World Malaria Day Every year on this designated day (April 25th), we are reminded that malaria still exists. I have had a few friends who have caught malaria overseas, convincing me that it is nothing I'd want to contract. But, horrifyingly, an African child has a...

Action: Cover the Night to End Slavery (KONY 2012 Pt. 2)

by Elisa | Apr 18, 2012 | Good Charities, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship, Ways to Make a Difference

What is KONY 2012 again? Did you see the viral video by INVISIBLE CHILDREN a month or so ago? Many of us did. Over a hundred million of us did. A lot of people who watched this video had never heard of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) before, let alone the horrifying...

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

by Elisa | Apr 13, 2012 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Good Charities, Human Trafficking, Personal Growth, Spiritual Discipleship

I used to be a radical. I used to be a radical--until I wasn't. After high school, I moved to Hawaii to be part of YWAM (Youth With A Mission), a radical group enacting crazy change for good. YWAM is actually a spiritual organization built on community, where...

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...