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Make Social Change a Reality

http://www.makesocialchangeareality.com

This blog is written by volunteers of the Literacy 'n' Poverty Project - a nonprofit organization that works to alleviate poverty and improve adult education worldwide. It exists to educate and empower others to make social change a reality in their own unique ways.

Added on: Sep 9th, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Chanelle Carver
Listed in: Activist Resources Online Activism
Tags: education activism community social change make a difference social causes

Recent Posts

Ready to Make Social Change a Reality? Start Volunteering!

Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 07:50 in online volunteering, volunteer opportunity

We talk about working to make social change a reality, but where does one start? First, there is the light-bulb moment. The time when one realizes today is the day, now is the time to make a difference. The next step is often harder – gettin...
How Big is Your (Carbon) Footprint?

Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 07:00 in environment, climate change, carbon footprint, blog action day

*This post was written in collaboration with over 7,500 other blogs from 140 countries for Blog Action Day 2009.The Pew Center for Global Climate Change is an invaluable resource for information on how society has effected the environment and how cha...
Potential Bright Spots for the Long-term Unemployed

Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 08:33 in education, health, careers, benefits, unemployment

The Center for America Progress released their findings for September 2009 on Tuesday. Part of a list of signs that America’s economy is still struggling was this highlight…“The average length of unemployment in September 2009 was 26.2 weeks, ...
The Day We Committed to Social Change

Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 08:00 in goals, make a difference, share your story, create change, holidays and anniversaries

On this day two years ago, Make Social Change A Reality was born. Yay, Happy Birthday to us!Last year, we celebrated our first birthday by declaring October 8th as a day of recognition for all who make a difference. This year we'd like to invite you ...
We Will Make Change Again

Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 in healthcare, social change

There are those who want to fuss and fightAnd would rather scream and shoutThan try to find some common groundAnd calmly talk things outSome people are just so hell bentOn getting their own wayThat they show utter disregardFor what others have to say...
The Real Price of that Puppy in the Window

Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 11:38 in advocacy and activism

Taking a walk down your neighborhood block on a warm, sunny afternoon, you couldn’t resist stopping and cooing at the adorable puppies staring back at you through a pet store window. Although that golden retriever may seem happy with his wide brown...