Community Activism

Define : Beauty Event Unites Fashion and Social Responsibility

Margaret Lucas | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Dallas Coulter, Kajan Padraig, Menk, Cari Borja, Sustainable Fashion, Define : Beauty, San Francisco Impact, San Francisco Around Town, Water Crisis, Community Activism, Philanthropy, Retrofit Republic, Sarah Liller, Clean Water, Socially Responsible Fashion, Daniel Sudar, Groundwork Opportunities, San Francisco News
Margaret Lucas

How do you define beauty?  Do you define it through physicality? Through wealth or success? Is it something that radiates from inside the soul?  Or is it simply that which inspires us?



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A Holiday Story Of Community Solidarity Revisited: Mont. Townsfolk Unite Against Anti-Semitism

Patrick Sauer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Hanukkah, Montana, Adam Arkin, Ed Begley Jr., Magic City, Billings Gazette, Neo-Nazis, Kathy Baker, Christmas, Not in This Town, Billings, New York City, Holiday Inspiration, Community Activism, Religion News
Patrick Sauer

For one holiday season, Billings was the most amazing place on Earth.

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Benevolent Lawyers Hitting the Streets

Ryan Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ryan Mack, Street Justice, Benevolence, Community Activism, Impact News
Ryan Mack

I recently had the opportunity to check out the legal clinic of an organization called Street Justice, a group of attorneys who came together to help underserved individuals discover their protections under the laws of the land.

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Darnell Canada Refuses to Wait for Obama to Create Jobs for New York City

Ryan Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Darnell Canada, Ryan-Mack, Formerly-Incarcerated, Employment, Jobs, Construction, Formerly Incarcerated, Community Activism, Impact News
Ryan Mack

Somehow in the middle of a recession, Darnell Canada, President of REBUILD, has been creating hundreds of jobs for those who are hardest to employ.

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What's All This Fuss About Service?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Life Lessons, Responsibility, Service, Russell Bishop, Barack Obama, Social, Communty Service, Obama Service Initiative, Service Initiative, Obama Service, Community Activism, Healthy Living News
Russell Bishop

What's all this fuss I hear about Service lately? I mean, who cares, really? Perhaps that's the real question: Who cares? Do you care? Having rea...

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Growling and Kicking for Social Change

Gara LaMarche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Change, Obama Change, Barack Obama, Community Activism, Woodrow Wilson, Politics News
Gara LaMarche

We need to not only tap the power, the knowledge, the wisdom of age; we need to do that in a way that works for older adults across all economic, social, racial and ethnic lines.

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Saving the World (Starting With the South Bronx)

Majora Carter | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Making Cities Sustainable, Sustainable South Bronx, South Bronx Activism, Make a Difference, Saving the World, Local Activisim, Making Cities Green, Green the Ghetto, Community Activism, Healthy Living News
Majora Carter

When people ask me what I do for a living, my short answer is, "I'm working to save the world, starting in the South Bronx." Yes, the South Bronx is...

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Guerilla Aid!

Barton Brooks | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Make a Difference, UN Human Rights, Forrest Gump, Philanthropy, Sally Struthers, Burma, Ethiopian Fuelwood Carriers, Cambodia, Guerilla Aid, Karen Refugees Burma, Random Acts of International Service, Myanmar Human Rights, African Goodwill Tour, Social Activism, Community Activism, Kenya, Healthy Living News
Barton Brooks

I imagine everything we do is based on a feeling, and on that day it all became clear for me. These children were going about their day in poverty - but happy - and their indifference to their need struck me. I no longer saw "global poverty" as a Sally Struthers infomercial that made

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