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...

Revolution: The Hunger Games

by Elisa | Apr 1, 2012 | Human Rights, Refugees and Immigration, Seeking Justice

The Hunger Games Have you ever been to an opening night movie? I've been floating through life, a virgin to this experience until the Hunger Games came out a week ago. I had some qualms; I love to sleep and am paranoid when afraid I won't get enough rest. I didn't...

Human Trafficking in Virginia: Is There Hope Tonight?

by Elisa | Mar 28, 2012 | Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice

This guest 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...

A Current Event: The Movie Star, the Nuba Mountains, and a Genocide

by Elisa | Mar 19, 2012 | Conflicts, Wars, Genocides and Atrocities, Good Charities, Refugees and Immigration, Seeking Justice, Ways to Make a Difference

Thanks to George Clooney and Enough Project, another situation in Africa (besides Joseph Kony) is being highlighted. Actually, it probably wouldn’t be getting attention, except Clooney and some others got themselves arrested, protesting outside of the Sudanese...

For the Love of Controversy: The Kony 2012 Campaign

by Elisa | Mar 10, 2012 | Good Charities, Human Trafficking, Refugees and Immigration, Seeking Justice

On Wednesday morning I woke up to a world which was talking about Joseph Kony. My husband and I sat there, refreshing the Invisible Children's Facebook page to see the number of likes go up by the second. I am always bitter that stupid things trend on twitter like...

International Women’s Day 2012

by Elisa | Mar 7, 2012 | Good Charities, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, Women's Empowerment

So this day which is yearly acknoledged, is here once again. March 8th: International Women's Day. We celebrate it because women are so often not celebrated. In fact, they are the most oppressed group on earth. Why women? Women are 1/2 the population of the world....

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)?

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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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