Philanthropy

Blogger Challenge

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 12/04/2004 - 05:52

In my continuing quest to encourage people to be involved in their community, their country and their world, I would like to highlight what might seem an unlikely cause for a liberal blog, particularly in the eyes of conservatives.

Please contribute to the Friends of Iraq Blogger Challenge.

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A Closer Walk

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 11/29/2004 - 22:16

Wednesday is Global Aids Day. This evening I received an email about an important movie, A Closer Walk.
Here is the email:

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Thanksgiving 2004

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 11/25/2004 - 03:39

As the war wages on across the seas, and our economy continues to suffer from record trade and budget deficits, as the rich get richer and the rest of us have harder and harder times struggling to get by and as the solutions to the problems of our country and our world seem further and further way, it is useful to stop and think about what we can be thankful for.

Our medical system is in crisis. The ranks of the uninsured continue to grow. Doctors are getting pressured by insurance providers on what gets covered and what gets paid for, while at the same time having to deal with ever increasing malpractice costs. It is becoming more and more difficult for seniors to make ends meet and cover their medical needs.

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Good Apple News Alliance

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 11/23/2004 - 15:21

A few weeks ago I went to a workshop about changing the media for a better world. You can see some of my comments about that here.

Since that conference, there continues to be a lot of discussion about what we should do next. One idea that has come up is having some sort of association or alliance of ‘Good News’ or ‘Positive News’ people. You can see some of the discussion about the ideas for a ‘Good Apple News Service’ here.

My experience with the Progressive Blog Alliance led me to start putting together the workings for an ad hoc Good Apples News Alliance. I’ve set up a blogroll, which you can see on the left hand side of this screen. If you run a Good News site of any type, please contact me about adding this blogroll to your site and about making sure that your site is listed on the blogroll. If you run a site that needs help of some kind, also let me know, and we can try to find people that can help.

You can also leave requests here in the comments section.

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