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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Social Justice Challenge: Action Step (Religious Freedom)
January was all about Religious Freedom on the Social Justice Challenge. It was an interesting journey for me and I learned quite a bit about this topic. I chose to participate on the ACTIVIST level which meant I read a full length book (read my review of Sacred Hearts), explored other media (see below), and [...]
Reading for a Cure: My Commitment
For those of you who don’t know what this is all about, please visit the information post and sign ups. I decided back in August that I wanted to do something significant on my blog in 2010 and eventually decided on raising money to help find a cure for childhood cancer. I’m pleased that many [...]
Sacred Hearts – Book Review
Oh, sweet, sweet Jesus, is this how it will be? Day after day after day, is this how it will be? Because if it is, then surely she will die here. There has not been a second when she has not been prodded by or spied on by somebody, starting from the moment they shook [...]
Book Awards IV Challenge
January 1 – November 1, 2010 Michelle at 1 More Chapter is once again hosting the Book Awards Challenge. I skipped the 3rd one of these, and I wish I hadn’t as I have a ton of books that meet the requirements of this challenge. The Goal? Read 10 different books from 10 different awards [...]
Religious Freedom – Social Justice Challenge
I joined The Social Justice Challenge – and I am really excited about this. Not only will it give me a chance to read more about issues impacting the world, but it will give me an opportunity and incentive to take action on these issues. The first monthly theme is Religious Freedom. Amy writes: To [...]
Reading for a Cure for Childhood Cancer
January 1 – December 31, 2010 Did you know that: The risk of any single individual developing cancer by age 20 is approximately one in 330 In the United States, approximately 10,500 children under age 15 and 3,700 adolescents ages 15-19 are newly diagnosed with cancer each year. That is roughly the equivalent of two [...]
Chunkster Challenge 2010
February 1, 2010 – January 31, 2011 Many thanks to Dana who has hosted this challenge for the past couple of years and has generously handed over the reins to me in 2010. I am keeping most of Dana’s rules and definitions…Why? Because why fix something that isn’t broken?!??! To read all about the challenge, [...]
2010 Social Justice Challenge
January 1 – December 31, 2010 Natasha at Maw Books, Amy at My Friend Amy, and Hannah at Word Lily are hosting the 2010 Social Justice Challenge. They have created a dedicated blog for the challenge and write: Reading opens new worlds to us and can sometimes expose the injustice in our own. We have [...]
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