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InFocus, a web site created by Andrew Kilbourn and Faith Model, is an online, not-for-profit resource featuring "short documentary films that bring a thoughtful and thorough awareness to the positive forces of change in regions hammered by conflict, poverty, oppression or distaste", according to InFocusworld.org.
Their web site states their goal as "to tell stories of hope and inspire change. All too often, we are faced with images of certain parts of the world that are shocking; deplorable living conditions, war torn villages; starving children. But what we don’t always hear about are the everyday extraordinary people whom, in the midst of these struggles, are effecting real change in their homes and in their communities." Read more...
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“Are you Obama?” Imagine my surprise when young and old yelled this question to me as I walked through crowded Cairo just days after US President Barack Obama visited Egypt. Being blonde and blue eyed, I realized when I questioned them they were asking me if I was American. I had to smile and realize an era has passed. Read more...
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I work in an industry with a deservedly poor reputation: affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketers are paid to drive web traffic to ecommerce sites. In fact, we clog the web with sites designed to manipulate people, and clog inboxes with torrents of spam.
I didn’t appreciate how mindless and heartless commerce could be until I was dropped in to the middle of the most mindlessly heartless segment of it. I wish that I could do my work with some purpose beyond convincing people that they need what they don’t.
This desire has driven some friends and I to create Wishnut.com. Read more...
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Many of us read Ode magazine for inspiration and encouragement for continuing to do the work that we do for positive and peaceful causes. In this light, I want to share with you the inspiring work of my colleague, Susan Allen, Ph.D., a media anthropologist who has worked in the area of nonviolence education for many years.
She has been the creative force behind the development of a Campaign for Nonviolence on the Kansas State University campus and has more recently been successful in developing a Nonviolence Education program at that same university. Read more...
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Howard Glasser, author of Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach
, is a man best known for creating the Nurtured Heart Approach for treating childhood ADHD. Howard knows from his own experience. As a self-described difficult, annoying, challenging child who continually pushed the limits, Glasser shows the world what works and what doesn’t when treating children with ADHD. Read more...
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Having worked in the non-profit social service arena, one of the biggest concerns I have is that is has become bureaucratized. In some cases, it seems as though procedure and protocol have trumped passionate concern about human rights.
Yet I know grassroots advocacy is still alive and well, because I am currently immersed in it. No More Tears (NMT) is a non-profit that provides individualized assistance to victims of domestic violence and their children. Read more...
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In light of the current heated and frequently negative debate surrounding aid to Africa and development in general, I would like to highlight what I consider to be an incredibly uplifting approach to fighting global poverty, embodied in the model of Flying Kites Global, a non-profit organization started by three young intelligent optimists.
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During my many years in Japan, I've taken the opportunity to dabble in various Japanese arts. I always come away feeling inspired by the sensitivity and attention to detail that is expressed.
One of my explorations led me to take some lessons in Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. During my brief training, my teacher told me the following:
"In contrast to the massing of blooms typical of flower arrangements in the West, Ikebana is usually characterized by a line of twigs and/or leaves, connected by a sparse arrangement of flowers. The idea being to give the viewer the sense that they have come across a scene in nature." Read more...
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