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• Moving Posts & End of Activism My Way

  If you’re looking for posts about how to get involved and causes, I’m rebranding my flagship blog, Wining Wife® to be A Well-Caffeinated Blog to give me... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2021 SOCIETY

• How to Find Opportunities for Kids to Get Involved

  

  I’m a Girl Scouts troop leader, so one of the challenges I have, given that my troop is made up of kids in K-5th grade, is finding opportunites for them to... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2020 SOCIETY

• On Jan. 25, Join a Global Day of Protest Against War with Iran.

  Tomorrow, Saturday, January 25, all over the world, people will be standing up to oppose another Middle East war. According to Answer Coalition, many... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2020 SOCIETY

• Happy New Year from Activism My Way

  

  I’d have wished you a happy new year last week, but my family and I were down for the count ringing in the new year with an icky virus and ear infections –... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2019 SOCIETY

• How to Help: The Carr Fire Victims in Redding

  

  The Carr Fire in Redding, California has brought devastation to the Northern California region. Many people have had their homes destroyed or damaged, and tens... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 SOCIETY

• Kansas Committee Has Voted to Lower Taxes on Groceries in 2020

  

  While writing for 50 States of Blue, I posted a piece about the Kansas sales tax on groceries. Here is an update on that piece via a recent press release: Senat... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2018 SOCIETY

• CNNPolitics’ Ways to Get Politically Active – What Will You Do?

  Whether Washington has you feeling impotent or energized, now’s the time to start getting more politically active. Here are ways you can elevate your activism. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2018 SOCIETY

• CNNPolitics’ Ways to Get Politically Active – What Will You Do?

  Whether Washington has you feeling impotent or energized, now’s the time to start getting more politically active. Here are ways you can elevate your activism. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2018 SOCIETY

• Hurricane Harvey: How You Can Help

  

  On social media, there are a lot of thoughts and prayers going out for those in Texas who have been affected by Hurricane Harvey. It’s important to start... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 SOCIETY

• Hurricane Harvey: How You Can Help

  

  On social media, there are a lot of thoughts and prayers going out for those in Texas who have been affected by Hurricane Harvey. It’s important to start... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2017 SOCIETY

• Get Involved on International Women’s Day

  

  Globally, 1 in 3 women will be impacted by violence in their lifetimes. That’s a scary statistic. For a family with two daughters, statistically speaking, eithe... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2017 SOCIETY

• The Little Free Pantry Project

  

  If you’ve been paying attention to literacy activism for the past couple of years, then you’re probably already quite familiar with the notion of the Little Fre... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 SOCIETY

• How to Be Effective When Championing a Cause

  

  In NationSwell’s article, Erin Schrode Shares 7 Secrets To Be Effective Activist, Erin Schrode shared 7 different tips for being more effective when serving as... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 SOCIETY

• Happy New Year! It’s Time to Get Involved in Your Communities!

  

  For a lot of people around the world, 2016 was a crummy year. No matter what your experience was last year, or how you feel about 2016’s U.S. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2017 SOCIETY

• Can Plastic-Loving Bacteria Reduce Plastic Waste in Landfills?

  

  According to an article by Eva Botkin-Kowacki in the March 10, 2016 issue of The Christian Science Monitor, it appears that there was a bacterium that consumes... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2016 SOCIETY

• Save the Frogs, Save the World

  

  I became aware of the need to protect our frogs when I read about how pesticides have been traveling from 50 to 100 miles to cause problems when they are... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2016 SOCIETY

• Enough Is Enough

  Don’t worry. I’ll get back to my regularly scheduled programming – highlighting organizations and causes and activists – but I think we’ve come to a critical... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2016 SOCIETY

• The Exhorbitant Cost of Diapers #DiaperGap

  

  In the article, “The Diaper Divide” by Cecelia Muñoz, there is a serious discussion about the cost of diapers creating an interesting dilemma for parents. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2016 SOCIETY

• The Cycle of Poverty

  

  What is the cycle of poverty? In general, it is the trend where a family becomes impoverished for at least three generations. There have been many different... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2016 SOCIETY

• Chicago’s Peterson Garden Project

  What happens when you have a vacant lot in a city? Rather than leave the space empty, North Chicago is turning vacant lots into pop-up gardens. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 SOCIETY