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• 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

• Why Are Tons of Oyster Shells Being Dumped Onto Louisiana’s Coast?

  

  PHOTO BY FLICKR USER SWAMIBU/CREATIVE COMMONSOn NationSwell a couple of years ago, they posed the question, “Why are Tons of Oyster Shells Being Dumped Onto... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 SOCIETY

• Dress a Girl Around the World

  

  The Dress a Girl Around the World program is sponsored by the organization Hope 4 Women International. The program has provided over 300,000 dresses for girls... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 SOCIETY

• What Is Poverty?

  

  By Steve Evans (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia CommonsGetting involved with organizations that wish to... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 SOCIETY

• J.B. Dondolo and Hospital Hope

  

  *This is a reprint of the article I wrote for Equanimity Magazine, “From Start to Finish” profiling an organization I’m involved with, J.B. Dondolo. I wanted... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 SOCIETY

• My Absence and Things to Come

  It’s been a good little while since I’ve posted on Activism My Way, and while I’d like to have a great reason for this for you, I don’t. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 SOCIETY

• Air Polution From Natural Gas Development – Check out Moms Clean Air Force

  

  Poor air quality today (Photo credit: mbgrigby)Over at Moms Clean Air Force, there’s a great discussion going on about how natural gas development impacts our... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 SOCIETY

• A SWAT Team and a Family’s Tragedy

  

  Bounkham “Bou Bou” Phonesavanh was severely injured when a SWAT team threw a flash bang grenade (M84) into his crib during a raid. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 SOCIETY

• Organization Profile: Habitat for Humanity

  

  There I am, stringing wire in a Habitat for Humanity house.Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that I have actually worked for. I helped to build... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 SOCIETY