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This Woman’s Work
With the release of Forbes’ list of 100 most powerful women, I was reminded of my Political Economy class in college where we discussed the impact women have on the world.
Please, Please, Please
Now, usually, I don’t do this but uh…I really need your help.
I launched the J. Dakar Walk for PKD Campaign one month ago and I’ve received only a single donation.
What’s it going to take for me to get you to donate?
Ridin’
Take a good look at these young men because they’re part of a generation that’s going to change the world. Or, at the very least, your opinion of what a “black sport” is.
Can U Help Me
Stabler: He broke the law to get you a kidney. He was just trying to help you.
Kyle McGovern: So…why is that wrong?
- Law & Order: SVU, “Parts”
The above exchange is from an old episode in which the character Kyle McGovern has polycystic kidney disease (PKD), the most common of all life-threatening genetic diseases, which affects 600,000 […]
Time for Some Action
Do Something uses the power of the internet to help young people change the world. In keeping with doing good and doing well (DGADW), I am doing something to help them do that and it doesn’t cost me a single penny.
What About the Children
Over 15 million children worldwide have lost one or both parents to AIDS – equivalent to the number of people living in New York, Paris, and Bangkok combined. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, over 12 million children have been orphaned by the pandemic.
Today, May 7th, is World AIDS Orphans Day, a grassroots campaign to draw attention to […]
What’s at Steak?
I recall reading that if you care about the environment, you had better be a vegetarian. Why? Because meat consumption is one of the primary causes of environmental devastation, including the misuse of natural resources, the polluting of water and air and the destruction of rain forests.
I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for nearly eight years, […]
Like Water for Chocolate
Contaminated water kills a child every 15 seconds, says World Vision. In addition, over 60 percent of Africans lack access to a proper toilet, according to a report released just days before World Water Day by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation.
But there is […]
