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What Can We Learn From Young Sandy Survivors?
Shocked. Scared. Sad. This is how Oladayin Ogunsola described feeling when at age 10 Hurricane Sandy devastated her community of Far Rockaway, Queens. Her building's lobby was totally flooded. Her...
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Betting on Resilience: This Week In Daily Giving
In 2013, I began giving a seed grant every single day of the year to a social change visionary with a practical plan to make their community and the world a better place. Now nearly 40 others have...
View ArticleI Ate Hershey's Kisses With Cocoa Farmers in the Ivory Coast
The above video of cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast tasting chocolate for the first time has been making its rounds, and, in fact, has been pointed out to me about eleven-thousand times already....
View ArticleThere Is So Much More
I am always filled with sadness to leave Congo and our work here. With each trip (four for me now), I feel more and more connected to the people and our projects. There are so many remarkable...
View ArticleLeaving Congo One Day
Diana Buckhantz, JWW Board Member, is traveling with four other JWW delegates in Congo’s eastern provinces. They will work with survivors of the country’s decades-long conflict, which has claimed...
View ArticleAbused As A Kid, He Left A Heartfelt Voicemail About The Saving Power Of Books
Walk into the young adult section of any library, and you'll find shelves full of novels about kids fighting off the forces of evil. Mountain trolls, white witches, and dystopian regimes, all defeated...
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Bolster Your Career With Service (Part 2)
Last week, I discussed the benefits of service for those in business careers, specifically entry-level and middle management employees. But don't think that senior level executives have nothing to...
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Taylor Swift's Song And Dance With 6-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Will Totally...
Jordan Lee Nickerson just got the surprise of his life. The 6-year-old, who is currently at Boston Children's Hospital undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia, was greeted by a very special guest over the...
View ArticleBirthing in the Gambia: Educate, Empower and Enable
The BIG Project was established in 2011 in collaboration between Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) and Maternal Childhealth Advocacy International (MCAI) to provide higher...
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Navy Vet Turned Teacher Simulates Homelessness For A Month To Raise...
Thomas Rebman said spending a month living as if he were homeless was the hardest thing he has ever done --Â a profound statement coming from a veteran of the U.S. Navy. The 53-year-old Florida middle...
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Viral Potato Salad Kickstarter Campaign Turned Into Something Really Tasteful
This update will likely get tongues to stop wagging and start watering. The famed potato salad Kickstarter has pulled in more than $55,000, and some of the proceeds will help support people struggling...
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Melodies of the Heart: Celebs and Massachusetts Family Honor Boy's Legacy...
The Foundation Room at Boston's House of Blues brings to mind the inside of a genie's lamp, warm and dimly lit, walls lined with real Moroccan silk. This weekend wishes did indeed come true here,...
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People's Impact With Christina and Rocco: Create the Life You Want and Do Not...
Rocco and Christina Today I had an interesting talk with two college friends, Christina and Rocco, who have an incredible story to share. Christina comes from Germany, Rocco from Italy. They met in...
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Google To Recognize Emails That Use Special Characters
If you only speak English, you've probably never noticed that the only letters allowed in any Gmail address have always been limited to "A" through "Z." But it's true: Never has a Francophone been able...
View ArticleMenstrual Hygiene Must Become a Matter of Public Concern in Zimbabwe
Menstrual hygiene remains a taboo subject in Zimbabwean society. It is therefore a sad day when the issue of menstruation becomes a public concern. It shows the level of poverty and dehumanization...
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Depriving Women of Contraceptive Care Is Bad Business
AP Photo It's unbelievable that in 2014, we're still fighting about whether women should have access to birth control. Debby D'Arcangelo, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Association of Mercer,...
View ArticleSioux in Silicon Valley
I walk into a Silicon Valley Starbucks wearing a red sweatshirt that reads "Oglala Lakota Nation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota" on the back. The tables are full of techies talking about social media...
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On World Lion Day, Let's Celebrate the Lions That Made Us Who We Are
What is a 'World Day' after all? Who cares? Probably the better question is "Who should care?" August 10 is designated as World Lion Day, and as with other allocated "Days," the origin of such an event...
View ArticlePrincess Slays the Night
Somewhere in Parent Nation, a little girl is born to a loving family and she is instantly dubbed "The Princess." The expectation of pampering and doting is secured as she is swaddled in all things pink...
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These Photos Will Turn Everything You Think About Pit Bulls Upside Down
Sophie Gamand is hoping her new photo series will help people see pit bulls as dogs who embody the "power of love and the softness of flowers." "They are always photographed, it seems, in very urban...
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