In honor of National Recycling Day, this guest post comes from Beth Amodio, President and CEO of One Warm Coat. According to National Geographic, Americans send 64 tons of waste to landfills during their lifetime – that’s 246 million tons of waste each year. One Warm Coat is focused on being part of the solution to …
Tomorrow, Saturday, January 25, all over the world, people will be standing up to oppose another Middle East war. According to Answer Coalition, many organizations are banding together to organize this action, including: Initiators for this call include the ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK, Popular Resistance, Black Alliance for Peace, National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), Veterans For Peace, US Labor Against …
I’m a Girl Scouts troop leader, so one of the challenges I have, given that my troop is made up of kids in K-5th grade, is finding opportunities for them to perform community service that aren’t restrictive. I also want to find more opportunities beyond food drives and gathering donations for organizations. While those are …
The Carr Fire in Redding, California has brought devastation to the Northern California region. Many people have had their homes destroyed or damaged, and tens of thousands of individuals and their families and pets are evacuated. It’s clear that the region will need assistance as those living there and the communities impacted by the fire …
While writing for 50 States of Blue, I posted a piece about the Kansas sales tax on groceries. Here is an update on that piece via a recent press release: Senate Bill 444 passed unanimously out of the Kansas Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee last night. The bill would lower the state’s 6.5% sales tax rate …
Whether Washington has you feeling impotent or energized, now’s the time to start getting more politically active. Here are ways you can elevate your activism. Source: 25 ways to be politically active (whether you lean left or right) – CNNPolitics Have you seen this? If not, you might want to check it out. There are some …
On social media, there are a lot of thoughts and prayers going out for those in Texas who have been affected by Hurricane Harvey. It’s important to start organizing recovery efforts now. There are many rescue efforts going on still as well. I figured that a post listing all the ways you can get involved …
Globally, 1 in 3 women will be impacted by violence in their lifetimes. That’s a scary statistic. For a family with two daughters, statistically speaking, either the mother or one of the two daughters will experience violence solely because she is a woman (rape, domestic violence, etc.). While a lot of progress for women’s rights …
If you’ve been paying attention to literacy activism for the past couple of years, then you’re probably already quite familiar with the notion of the Little Free Library. The idea there is that you post the little free library on your property, fill it with books, and others can take or leave materials as they …
In NationSwell’s article, Erin Schrode Shares 7 Secrets To Be Effective Activist, Erin Schrode shared 7 different tips for being more effective when serving as an activist. For those not familiar with Erin Schrode, she is the founder of the nonprofit organization, Turning Green, and she ran in California in an attempt to become the youngest female …
