I am finishing up this post as Hurricane Irma is hitting the Caribbean, hoping I don’t have to write another one of these posts. I started it last week as I sat at my laptop working on my week 32 of #45 post. That post is still in draft because I felt the need to… [Read More…]
On World Moms Network: Be #GirlStrong and Go #Blue4Water on World Water Day
Today (March 22) is World Water Day, a day devoted to bringing awareness to the global water crisis and taking action to end it. Last year, I wrote about why the cause is important to me and how the privilege of access to clean water and sanitation does not go unnoticed in my day to day life…. [Read More…]
Week One of #45: Read, Act, #Resist
It’s been a week since Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, and I am overwhelmed by it all. Executive orders, alternative facts, rogue twitter accounts. I want to look away, but if we ignore it, we are essentially approving it. So after a very long first week in office, I… [Read More…]
On World Moms Blog: Marching on Washington for all Women and Girls
“No hate. No fear. Everyone is welcome here.” The words were chanted by women, men and children around me as I marched past the Washington Monument with 499,999 other people on Saturday in Washington D.C. A band played ahead of us, giving me a little extra pep in my step despite a churning stomach and… [Read More…]
Philanthropy Friday: The Results of #GivingTuesday 2016
Tuesday, November 29th was Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving that started in 2012 to kick off the charitable season that typically occurs when people are focused on holiday and end of year giving. Always the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and after the big shopping days of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday,… [Read More…]
