How much does it cost to save a life?
Posted OnJanuary 20, 2011 by$11. No, you didn’t read wrong, in fact, $11 would actually save three lives. A donation of $11 to UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) provides three emergency birthing kits to laboring mothers in need. According to the World Health Organization, 1,000 women die every day due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Although…Read More…
8 things you can do for World AIDS Day
Posted OnNovember 22, 2010 by33 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide – 2.1 million die each year and 2.7 million more are infected. What will you do this World AIDS Day? World AIDS Day began on December 1, 1988 and has since been recognized around the world each year. It has become a key opportunity to increase awareness, fight…Read More…
Why is a mosque different from a church? Or a synagogue?
Posted OnAugust 17, 2010 byWell a mosque is different from those other two houses of worship in some very important ways, but most obviously, they are different because each structure is designed and built for the purposes of practicing a particular faith. A church, Christianity; a synagogue, Judaism; a mosque, Islam. In the United States, we have all three…Read More…
Apartheid, Jim Crow, and Segregation in the 21st Century
Posted OnJuly 16, 2010 bySomething interesting I found on the IPS website today: The United States and South Africa Share Great Challenges July 14, 2010 · By Dedrick Muhammad and Christopher Towne Originally published in The Huffington Post Both the United States and South Africa, despite black leadership and multicultural societies, still labor under the legacy of segregation and…Read More…
Throwing an Open Mic 101
Posted OnMarch 16, 2010 byAlthough it’s taken a little while, here is the promised post on how to throw your very own Open Mic Night! No matter where you find yourself, open mics are a great way to bring communities together and generate creativity. College campuses are especially good places since there are often lots of places to…Read More…