This month’s Social Justice Challenge theme is AIDS. I remember when AIDS was all over the headlines – I was a new physical therapist living in the San Francisco Bay area and the fear around this illness was rampant … and so were the misconceptions and myths. Luckily, we are now all better educated about [...]
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The Belletrista Challenge
A Perpetual Challenge I have decided to do a personal challenge which is based in my love of literature by female authors AND my desire to read more translated books as well as novels from around the world. There is a fantastic electronic magazine called Belletrista which is the brainchild of one of my friends. [...]
Social Justice Challenge: Hunger
This month’s theme for The Social Justice Challenge is hunger. Amy invited us to post a photo which represents hunger to us. I always think of the children who are hungry when I think of hunger – the huge, bloated bellies, the vacant eyes, the delicate bones jutting just beneath their skin. The picture I’ve [...]
Awareness: Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 – 1945) – Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) – So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there [...]
Social Justice Challenge: Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
This month’s theme for The Social Justice Challenge is Child Abuse and Domestic Violence. Natasha is asking a few questions to get us started: What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of domestic violence and child abuse? What does domestic violence and child abuse mean to you personally? What [...]
Too Many Good Books…
Every day, it seems, there is another book that finds its way onto my wish list. I will never “catch up” and read everything I want to read…but it is fun to try. Lately I have been buying a few new books. It is so easy to justify these purchases (ie: I should buy books [...]
Sahara – Movie Review
Based on the novel by Clive Cussler, Sahara the movie was released in 2005. Starring Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt and the exotic Penolope Cruz as Dr. Eva Rojas this is a fast paced adventure movie which requires the viewer to suspend reality. Dirk Pitt is the hero, a man who can fight off three [...]
Why Join Reading for a Cure?
Kate is 6 years old – an age when most children are carefree, playing with their friends and not worrying about what tomorrow might bring. But on Monday June 29th, 2009 – a day meant to be filled with summertime fun – everything changed for Kate and her family. A slight tremor in Kate’s hand [...]
Join Us in March for LOTS of Book Giveaways: Reading For A Cure
Reading for a Cure is a year long project hosted here, on Caribousmom, to raise awareness of childhood cancer AND to raise money to help find a cure for this devastating disease. It is not too late to get involved…and just to sweeten the pot, I am hosting a HUGE month-long giveaway event on my [...]
Social Justice Challenge: Water
The theme for the Social Justice Challenge in February is WATER. Here are the questions to start off the month: What is the first thought that comes to your mind when you think of Water as a social justice issue? What, if any, exposure have you personally had to a water shortage? What potential action [...]
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