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"There's More Than One Way to Save the World"
That was the title of our service today by Isis. She said growing up as an African American girl in the DC area, her first inspiration was Captain Planet, a cartoon on TV for kids (intro on of Captain Planet on YouTube). She now works protecting the environment in a federal agency. A couple of quotes I liked ( Read more... ) -
Looking for support for community open-source grant proposal
Do you ever find that the news you want for your local area is not complete or is hard to find? I'm applying for a grant to create an open source web site with news feeds from many sources to make Prince George's Co., MD news and community information easy to find. Please help by voting for my grant application here: Read more... ) -
What inspires you?
I was interviewed for the Get Inspired Project and it was posted yesterday, #25. Also the artwork next to my entry was produced by my daughter (she's credited at the bottom of the text transcipt of the interview). They're doing 365 interviews 15 mins. a piece; they're in both audio and text, but no podcast yet. I focused my interview on how ( Read more... ) -
Went to Oxon Hill Food Pantry Walkathon today
Raised money for the food pantry that my church has been supporting for years - the food pantry in Oxon Hill (serving Fort Washington & Temple Hills area also - an interfaith effort). A man there said he got the notice via Google Alerts that I posted in my other blog: Creating a Jubilee County for Prince George's Co ( Read more... ) -
My 100-days report (you can write one, too)
Inspired by Obama and the UUA
Since I celebrated the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, I have accomplished these things:
- Joined 13 Causes on Facebook & donated to 2 of them (though I was already a member of some)
- Gave a presentation to ChUUG on the web site I created for them and a doc about creating web sites
- Set up a wiki for ChUUG's tech ( Read more... )
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I support the Online March for Equality/ MLK Day Service
It's for Inauguration Week / January 17 - 24. You can join the Virtual March for LGBT Equality here: http://equalitymatters.org/
This may not be much of a service project for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, but I may also do volunteer work for the historical society & my church. And, though that's not really work for the poor, I did cook soup & ( Read more... ) -
Ideas for Change
Change.org says, "Ideas for Change in America is a nationwide competition to identify the best ideas for change in America. The top 10 ideas will be presented to the Obama administration just before inauguration day and form the basis of a nationwide advocacy campaign to turn each idea into actual policy." I was invited to vote on Bridging the ( Read more... ) -
Green Products and Recycling: Warning & Tips
I'm planning to buy a lot more green products and do more recycling. I guess it's a New Year's Resolution, but I've already started doing it for quite a while ( Read more... )
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