Loving the Oppressor Pt.2 (Art of Advocacy)

by Elisa | Oct 24, 2011 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Human Trafficking, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship

Last year I wrote the short post Loving the Oppressor, and I still haven't forgotten it. It revolutionized the way I see evil people. Little boys are so weird. They talk about poop. For fun. Who cares about poop? I was observing at a group of ten or so elementary aged...

Christians vs. Poverty: A Review of 58: The Film and its Movement

by Elisa | Oct 21, 2011 | Art of Advocacy, Good Charities, Human Trafficking, Poverty, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship, Ways to Make a Difference

The Documentary on Poverty: Step #1 is to get to it Have you ever been in a tornado warning zone? I didn't experience this much until I moved to the East Coast. The last time I was in a tornado warning I had assumed sirens would go off if there was a problem. After...

Blog Action Day 2011: Food For Hunger

by Elisa | Oct 16, 2011 | Art of Advocacy, Good Charities, Helping that Doesn't Hurt, Poverty, Ways to Make a Difference

Food For Hunger Last year it was water. This year it is food. I'm wondering if next year will be air? Are we covering the fundamental elements for survival? Regardless, today thousands of bloggers (those people who have so much to say for so few to read) are coming...

Understanding Terms for Poor Nations vs. Rich Nations

by Elisa | Oct 11, 2011 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Poverty

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 won't assume that we really get these phrases. ...

Documentaries: Growing Our Awareness in 2011

by Elisa | Oct 7, 2011 | Human Trafficking, Poverty, United States

There are some GREAT documentaries and movies being played all around the United States- RIGHT NOW! These give a better understanding on what is going on in the world around us. I haven't seen all of these, yet, but as I get reviews on them I will post them. Don't...

A Lemon:Aid Stand For Clean Water

by Elisa | Oct 1, 2011 | Art of Advocacy, Clean Water, Fair Trade Products, Good Charities, Ways to Make a Difference

This summer I decided to try this relatively simple project of using a lemonade stand -- or Lemon:Aid stand -- as an advocacy project for clean water. You charge a buck for a glass of Lemonade, which you then give away to a clean water organization. Nicely, every cup...

Movie Review: Machine Gun Preacher

by Elisa | Sep 27, 2011 | Good Charities, Human Trafficking, Poverty

This guest post was written by a friend of mine, Amy, who is one of the main bloggers and founders of a great young adult book review site, The Reading Teen and its partner website, Parental Book Reviews. Besides reading and writing, Amy has some other great skills...

Parents and Advocacy: Teaching Children to Celebrate Diversity

by Elisa | Sep 22, 2011 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Community, United States

Maybe its no surprise, but I was one of those kids whose parents thrust them into multicultural settings, hoping that I would think it was normal. I guess it worked. Racism is actually very hard for me to grasp, although I think we all have a little racism in us we...

TVPRA 101: What is it and Why is it Important?

by Elisa | Sep 18, 2011 | Human Trafficking, United States, Ways to Make a Difference

Its the talk of the town. Cry of the herald. Its the buzzword and in-thing to talk about right now. Okay, maybe not for the average American. But hey, its a big deal in the abolitionists world these days. So what the heck is it and why is it such a big deal? This "it"...

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...