When we decided to participate in Blog Action Day 2008, the theme Poverty, we were going to write about poverty in various countries, around the world.
Then in speaking with a friend, Dan Portnoy, who has been recently working on a project for the Union Rescue Mission, we realized poverty and hunger was in our very own backyard.
In our little piece of the world, we call Orange County; we see a beautiful place, 42 miles of white sandy beaches, wonderful weather, culture & entertainment, world-famous dining and the center of some of the best US resorts. We have something for everyone.
Yet, [...]
October 15th, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Orange County California, poverty
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Our economy is questionable, this is on most everyone’s mind, but even with all of our current national problems, there are people in far greater need in the world, people living in Poverty.
Please consider joining me and a host of others on Blog Action Day 2008. It is one day, one blog post, all to focus on one important issue. Help spread the word on October 15, 2008.
What is Blog Action Day?
It is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. The aim [...]
October 1st, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Blog Action Day, poverty
Posted in Events, News | 12 Comments »
Our Twitter friend and blogger, Rosina Rothman, the author and creator of BabyFriendlyLA, gave us a tip on the upcoming BlogWorldExpo, in Las Vegas. She sent me a tweet and asked if we were attending.
This was not a conference on my agenda, but after looking at this list of speakers my plans suddenly changed. The list of speakers was like reading my daily feed reads and other people I interact with on Twitter. Having all of them together, at one event, is fantastic.
And let us not forget, it’s Vegas!
I had attended the Gnomedex event online the past weekend and had read [...]
September 1st, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: blogworld
Posted in Blogging, Events, News | 5 Comments »