11.27.09
Buy Nothing Day | Black Friday
Black Friday is such an interesting day of the year. It's become almost a patriotic sort of holiday in the middle of this Great Recession we have placed ourselves in. "Buy to help the economy!" However, there seems to be more and more of a growing sense ...
10.14.09
Sell the Vatican! (Feed the world)
(Before you press play, please note that if you're easily offended, you will probably be offended by this video--you were warned.) Sarah Silverman, the tremendously sarcastic provocateur has once again given us something profound to ponder as we continually stare at and shed tears but ultimately refuse to respond to the ...
04.1.09
walking away from church.
She stood there with her head hung low and a scarf over her head as she held a sign in her hand. At first I couldn't quite make out the words but then, almost instantly, they became clear: "Sick with cancer, no health insurance. Selling crafts for treatment." ...
01.15.09
changing the world one loan at a time
The picture above is the Abdul Kabbia Group, a group of young entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone working to pull themselves and their family from poverty by creating a clothing business. They call their group "God is with us." I have the privilege through Kiva.org to partner with a ...
01.7.09
invisible people
I stepped on the bus and worked my way through the crowd at the front nearly getting knocked over as I tried to find a single opening to stand when out of nowhere a massive opening emerged and not only was I able to stand but there were several empty ...
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