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The Foreign Aid Myth (And Other Budget Stuff)

Posted March 13, 2013 By Elisa

The Trigger Button Every one has some trigger buttons. You hit your funny bone and you don’t laugh, you moan. You hit my nose and I will stick my tongue out. That is just a normal family tradition. You touch the toddlers toes and he will jerk around laughing. You post a political comment on [… Read More]

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  • Kristen posted on March 17, 2013
    I thought you might be interested in this article: MAKING IT HURT:Feds Fund Robo-Squirrel, EcoATM Despite Sequester. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/16/funding-for-robo-squirrel-and-ecoatm-are-among-projects-gop-senator-wants-cut/ This article is ...
  • Kristen posted on March 17, 2013
    I'm not sure how to officially comment on this one, but here goes: as conservative as I can be about ...
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God, Politics and Poverty Series: Changing Findings

Posted September 6, 2012 By Elisa

Not too long ago, at the base of the 2012 election, we started a series- God, Politics, and Poverty. The goal was to help those who consider themselves Christians to be able to really think through what the Bible says about politics, inviting other people to share their opinions on The Average Advocate. Please check [… Read More]

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Preview: Politics, Poverty, and God

Posted July 9, 2012 By Elisa

America, America, God shed His grace on thee. From Fatherhood to motherhood, And sea to shining sea! I don’t think I will ever get the words to that song straight. Embedded within my DNA is a specific genetic code to invent and insert lyrics at random. But even if I don’t get patriotic songs like [… Read More]

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Action: Letting Your Leaders Know You Don’t Like Slavery

Posted May 3, 2012 By Elisa

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 actual people- that are trapped. [… Read More]

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Action: Cover the Night to End Slavery (KONY 2012 Pt. 2)

Posted April 18, 2012 By Elisa

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 brand of slavery [… Read More]

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Revolution: The Hunger Games

Posted April 1, 2012 By Elisa

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 want to be forever [… Read More]

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

Posted March 19, 2012 By Elisa

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 Embassy. Way to get attention, Mr. Celebrity. You all remember Sudan’s Darfur, right? You know, there were a [… Read More]

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Blog Action Day 2011: Food For Hunger

Posted October 16, 2011 By Elisa

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 together for Blog Action Day 2011. [… Read More]

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

Posted September 18, 2011 By Elisa

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” [… Read More]

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Sudan Splits: A Current Event

Posted July 9, 2011 By Elisa

The Current Event: Today, July 9th, 2011, has been a big day for some of those in North Africa. Today Sudan officially has divided into two different nations. After a long standing civil war between the mostly Islamic North and the Christian/Animistic South, this past year the South voted to secede from Sudan to become [… Read More]

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