Blog Action Day – October 15 – Sign Up Now. Subject: Poverty

This looks like it’s both fun AND a great way to join in a Global Discussion on an Important Issue!  I’m reprinting alot from the page of the website, as I want to make sure you get as much information as possible (and not all of use spend as much time on a site clicking [...]

Tucson – Community Arts Fundraiser, Free Event, August 2, 2008

Most towns are awash in politics when it comes to revitalizing business and arts.  For the most part, Tucson isn’t much better.  Recently and article in the Arizona Daily Star showed $77 million (that’s million folks) spent on PLANNING to revitalize the downtown.  Okay, they have two nice theaters out of the deal, but really?  [...]

Project Peanut Butter

Buckle up.  This intro is convoluted, but I swear I’ll get to the point.
A friend of mine recently came back to the US from a two year stint in the Peace Corps.  She was based in Namibia, Africa.  She’s a professional photographer and brought back beautiful photos and sad realities.  Within five days she was [...]

Green for All… VP Gore’s Challenge for You

If you haven’t heard about Netroots Nation, you’ll want to watch for it next year.  It’s an annual convention of liberal bloggers with speakers from all walks of life, representing and commenting on the year’s topics, where we’ve been and where we’re going and lots of other stuff (okay I didn’t follow it too closely, [...]

Help Your Favorite NonProfit (And It Won’t Cost You a Dime)

I like solutions like this.  I don’t often have “share” money.  The kind you can give to family members, friends, organizations, beggars on the street… just because you want to.  But I have friends who do (and sometimes I have it too).  So something like Change.org is a nice way to simply spend a little [...]