I Am For Sale, Who Will Buy Me? (From The Afghan Women’s Writing Project)

January 4, 2010

Did you know that: – Every 30 minutes, an Afghan woman dies during childbirth - 87 percent of Afghan women are illiterate - 30 percent of girls have access to education in Afghanistan - 1 in every 3 Afghan women experience physical, psychological, or sexual violence - 44 years is the average life expectancy rate for women in Afghanistan [...]

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Happy New Year

December 31, 2009

So here we are at the doorstep of a New Year, a new chapter, new beginnings. The promise of a New Year always makes us hopeful and in my case excited to see the twists and turns the New Year will bring. As I’m getting ready tonight to spend the evening with my dearest friends, [...]

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A Little Help Please For Anissa

December 30, 2009

I logged on this morning ready to write about a soldier’s blog I recently discovered. Before I started to write I opened my google reader and there it was a new post from Peter Mayhew on the condition of his wife Anissa. I discovered Anissa’s story through my activity stream on Cliqset. Anissa Mayhew is [...]

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Greater things are yet to come…

December 28, 2009

Margaret Mead, anthropologist and prolific writer commented: “A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” I have loved this quote for some time and absolutely believe that she was right. We hear the stories all the time of a few people uniting in one cause [...]

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Pink Glove Dance

December 22, 2009

A good friend sent me this video,  it was part of a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness. Medline was going to make a donation to a hospital in Portland I believe if the video received one million hits.  The video has long since passed one million hits. I really enjoyed the video and thought I’d [...]

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Finding the Courage to Encourage

December 3, 2009

Earlier this evening I got a call from one of my best friends. We met 10 years ago…just this week, in Seattle, Washington during the WTO craziness. I’d just moved to Seattle from Atlanta. Our friendship is one we both cherish. Over the years, we’ve laughed together, cried together, supported each other through the tough [...]

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Giving Thanks It’s Not Just For Thanksgiving

November 25, 2009

The last couple of days I’ve heard several people question what they have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.  And while I know times are very tough, and I really do feel for those folks. I would submit we all  have something to be thankful for everyday. Candidly, it makes me sad to hear people [...]

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Who Knew A Talk On #Hashtags Could Be So Enthralling?

November 22, 2009

Last week I attended the Web 2.0 Expo in NYC.  There were several presentations that really made an impression on me but one of the best was this one by Baratunde Thurston. He had lots of energy and passion and kept the audience very engaged. I think you’ll agree, after seeing this, Baratunde is definitely [...]

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Letters to the troops campaign….Will you help us?

November 8, 2009

If you recall, when I started this blog my first post was about my grandfather. Since his passing earlier this year, I’ve been trying to figure out what I could do to honor him. I wanted to to something that my entire family could be a part of and the youngest in my family is my [...]

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Real Southern Hospitality…Carolina Style

October 28, 2009

Last week I had the privilege of attending the Social Media Business Forum on behalf of Cliqset. The event was put on by #OurHashtag aka Wayne Sutton, Jeff Cohen and Ryan Boyles. It was really an incredible event. One of the things that struck me and has lingered is the attendee/sponsor experience that they created. [...]

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