Category: Serving Others
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Children’s Relationship to Overconsumption & the Environment
Dear Readers, When I began my research on factors that shape contemporary children’s rights policy, I made the assumption that the primary driving force behind children’s global rights atrocities would be directly linked to the health of the economy. I wasn’t wrong (and we will talk about that next week), but when root causes were…
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Current State of Children Globally: Policy Failures
The trending nature of child sex trafficking on social media outlets and the news suggests that the commodification of children is a new and rapidly growing issue relating exclusively to traffickers and pedophiles. This representation of child sex trafficking in fact stands in stark contrast to the statistical frequency of buying and selling children for…
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How Your Love Story Can Help Child Brides
I’m lucky, because my love looks like this. All the time. You might read this and think, ‘no ones love is that good.’ I used to think the same thing. Until I met my husband that is. Sure, we have our moments where I jokingly threaten his life for the insurance money, but overall, it…
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The Five Things you need to Decide Before you Change the World
Dear Reader, I am so excited to be adding the “Make a Difference” section to the blog. I think people getting intentionally involved in their community is a really cool thing. Whether you care about people, animals, the environment, or other, there is always a way we can improve life for one another. I have…
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The Responsibility of the Traveler
I am excited to be adding a travel section to the blog! Before I get started, please check out this post all about the unique responsibilities of the adventurer.
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Poverty Across Culture & Country: A Letter Home
One day I was living in one of the most privileged parts of the country, and the next day I was working in one of the poorest. A dose of bravery and an intense pay cut reshaped my understanding of need, and just how much work still needs to be done in this country.
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Things to Remember Before (& After) the Election
As what has proven to be a stressful election is fast approaching, read this peaceful little excerpt.
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Sleeping with Bread
Bread, a historic symbol of hope, inspires this piece that focuses on small ways you can create hope on a daily basis.