Tagged with " awareness"
Dispelling 3 myths about HIV/AIDS
Today is Word Aids Day. Being a member of Bloggers Unite, I am writing about this topic today to help [...]
Bloggers Unite for Refugees
According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who Owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country.
VOTE!
If anyone besides my mother has been reading this blog, they would notice that I've posted several times and included the tag VOTE! While these posts have obviously been in favor of the candidate I prefer, I hope my other message has been clear. Get off your ass and vote, no matter whom you are voting for. My philosophy on voting has always been simple: If you don't bother to vote, then don't bother to complain about the way things are.
Blog Action Day: Poverty
Wordless Wednesday is on a break today, to allow for Blog Action Day. This year's theme is poverty.
During this time of financial crisis in our country, it is understandable that people are tightening their wallets and worrying about themselves and their own. Times are tough for (almost) everyone. If you are reading this blog, however, I'm guessing that you have eaten a decent meal recently. I'd also be willing to bet there is a beverage sitting precariously close to your keyboard: coffee, soda, water (in my case, all of the above).
Those Aussies know how to collect garbage!
I’ve become somewhat of a “green” nazi. Not in a crazed, militaristic way, but in a I-will-go-back-out-to-the-car-for-my-canvas-bags way. I have [...]



