I will start by apologizing for the following lengthy post, as I took the content from author Paul Rogat Loeb’s “Soul of a Citizen.” As much as I wanted to paraphrase, all of his words seemed too important. “Virtually all of America’s most effective historical movements met with repeated frustration and failure before making significant […]
Category: Issue 6: Jan 2009
Meet Amira from Camp Oure Cassoni in Northeastern Chad, and participate in the first i-ACTzine of 2009 by reading blog entries by teammates, taking action, and posting comments!
Action
President Obama can implement a strategy that will end the genocide in Darfur. You can help make this happen. Please go to CHANGE.org and Vote for a Peace Surge for Darfur.
Our Global Community: Humanity
I can remember the two days we spent with Amira so well. It was burning hot and very dry for the middle of the rainy season. Oure Cassoni had seen only two days of raindrops, hardly enough to refill reserves for the rest of the year. Her skin was so radiant, voice confident, and she […]
Would You Have Noticed?
What would happen if one of finest classical musicians in the world, playing some of the most elegant music ever written, on one of the most valuable violins ever made, played for forty-five minutes in busy metro station in D.C.? Would people stop and listen? Would they care or even notice? Do people have the […]
Change.org is holding it’s 2nd round of voting for the “Top 10 Ideas for Change in America.” Go to CHANGE.org to vote today! Jerry Fowler, President of the Save Darfur Coalition, is asking the Obama Administration to adopt a Peace Surge for Darfur. In doing so, Save Darfur is participating in a contest run by […]