Essay: The Slaves of Today
This guest post is by Kit, a blogger for Readingteen.net. Kit usually reviews young adult books, but attempted to tackle the subject of human trafficking for an assignment. I love Kit's use of the stories of modern slaves in her essay. I might often write about human...
Action: Letting Your Leaders Know You Don’t Like Slavery
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...
Malaria 101
World Malaria Day Every year on this designated day (April 25th), we are reminded that malaria still exists. I have had a few friends who have caught malaria overseas, convincing me that it is nothing I'd want to contract. But, horrifyingly, an African child has a...
Action: Cover the Night to End Slavery (KONY 2012 Pt. 2)
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...
What to Do With that Blasted Holy Discontent (I used to be a radical)
I used to be a radical. I used to be a radical--until I wasn't. After high school, I moved to Hawaii to be part of YWAM (Youth With A Mission), a radical group enacting crazy change for good. YWAM is actually a spiritual organization built on community, where...
Revolution: The Hunger Games
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...
Human Trafficking in Virginia: Is There Hope Tonight?
This guest post is by Dorothy, the "Vicar of Vibe" who lives by the motto of "love God, love others, it's simple..." She is creative, bubbly, and full of passion to end modern slavery. Dorothy leads the Loudoun County (VA) Human Trafficking Task Force, works for...
A Current Event: The Movie Star, the Nuba Mountains, and a Genocide
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...
For the Love of Controversy: The Kony 2012 Campaign
On Wednesday morning I woke up to a world which was talking about Joseph Kony. My husband and I sat there, refreshing the Invisible Children's Facebook page to see the number of likes go up by the second. I am always bitter that stupid things trend on twitter like...
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Working through our own stories and triggers are essential as we make a difference if we want to be fully alive and prevent burnout. Check out this interview covering this.
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Poem for Changemakers
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Responding to Injustice With Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn
Do our responses to social issues reflect trauma responses? If so, how can we help ourselves to help others better?
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We can’t escape real life while we are changemaking. The context matters. Let’s be aware of these four elements as we create change.
Reducing Trauma’s Influence in Doing Good: Justice Daily – S2.E2.
How do we reduce trauma’s influence in our work of doing good? In this Justice Daily Interview with Michelle Stiffler, a trauma specialist, we learn about helping us endure beyond burnout and get real about Fight Flight, Fawn, Freeze
What is Happening With Migrants Near San Diego?
What is happening with migrants in San Diego? Are there really outdoor detention camps in Jucumba California for asylum seekers? Here’s what I saw.
Notes From Birmingham Jail & 60th Anniversary of the March
Honestly, I’ve never read more than clips of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s works, even though I’ve talked them up. A major world-changer, Dr. King is mostly known for his “I Have a Dream” speech...