Social Action

Somalia’s Famine: The Struggle Between Prediction and Prevention in International Aid Efforts

This is a guest post from TJCC regular contributor Stephanie Finigan. You can follow Stephanie on Twitter at @StephFini. It has been almost a month since the United Nations declared that Somalia and the surrounding areas are in the midst of a full-blown famine. Since then, it has been nearly impossible to escape the devastating [...]

August 20, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

A Mighty Heart: Mariane Pearl Interview

*NOTE: This was originally published on TJCC two years ago. It’s one of the interviews that has remained with me over time and I’m excited to share it with new readers as well as those who have already seen it – the message is powerful. For most of you, Mariane Pearl needs little introduction. A [...]

June 20, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Make a Difference Today: Matthew Shepard Documentary

Through a close friend, I was connected to the amazing work of Michele Josue. Michele is hard at work on a documentary about Matthew Shepard, the young man who was kidnapped, beaten and killed because he was gay in 1998. The news made worldwide headlines and captured the hearts and attention of many. More than [...]

May 16, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Independent We Stand: How Do You Support Local Businesses?

The support of local businesses only continues to grow. This week, I posted an interview on Huffington Post with the owner of Copper Kettles, a newly launched small business in Hoboken. Friends responded, saying how inspirational it was to read the ‘story behind the story,’ recognizing that the work going into it is 100% your [...]

April 27, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Book Review: Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion

This is one of those books that, when you see the title, you think you already know what you’re going to read – but you finish the book learning much more than you thought. My guess is that yesterday, today or tomorrow, you made a choice about something. Could be anything – what you ate, [...]

March 30, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Will There Ever Be An End To Poverty?

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” – Mother Teresa This is a question a few of us were discussing a few weeks ago [...]

November 6, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

From The Afghan Women’s Writing Project: I Am For Sale, Part II

During the past few weeks, I’ve been volunteering as a writing mentor for the Afghan Women’s Writing Project. The experience has been no less than amazing. As many of you know, I’ve been actively vocal about AWWP, featured an interview with founder Masha Hamilton last year and re-posted (with permission) “I Am For Sale, Who [...]

August 4, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

Change for Kids: Interview with Colin Smith

Many of us have heard of the organizations that are working tirelessly to make change happen. The ones that often make the headlines are global nonprofit organizations that are breaking down barriers across cultures to promote social justice and human rights. But we often forget that right next door – in our neighborhoods – is [...]

April 20, 2010 CONTINUE READING →
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