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Quick Ways to CARE

Posted on September 30, 2011 by beckyajohnson

I’ve been really busy with my job these past few weeks, which is why I was looking forward to last night’s CARE Las Vegas Event. CARE is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in the world. Last year, CARE … Continue reading →

Posted in Becky's Activism | Tagged activism, advocacy, CARE, care package, education, Nicholas Kristof, philanthropy, poverty | 1 Comment

Hunger Awareness Challenge: Post-Challenge Reflections

Posted on March 16, 2011 by beckyajohnson

Last week I wrote about my attempt to spend a week living off the equivalent average food budget of a Haitian. To recap: with some fancy math, this works out to be $34.33 because our cost-of-living is so much higher. … Continue reading →

Posted in Becky's Activism, Healthy Living, The Simple Living Experiment | Tagged activism, eating healthy on a budget, foreign aid, foreign assistance, hunger, low cost recipes, poverty | 5 Comments

Hunger Awareness Challenge: The Pre-Challenge Post

Posted on March 9, 2011 by beckyajohnson

As Lent begins today, I’m embarking on a week-long Hunger Awareness Challenge. I read about this challenge in Bread for the World’s 2011 Offering of Letters kit. It’s based on a Global Hunger Challenge that was organized last year by Inter … Continue reading →

Posted in Becky's Activism, Healthy Living | Tagged activism, budget eating, budget grocery shopping, healthy eating on a budget, hunger, poverty | 3 Comments

Silent Spring Virtual Book Discussion

Posted on December 16, 2010 by beckyajohnson

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Published in 1962. Synopsis: Written nearly 50 years ago, Rachel Carson’s well-researched thesis on the mortal dangers of DDT and other pesticides in large-part spawned the modern-day environmental movement. In this book, Carson elaborately explains the … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the World Virtual Book Club, Movie Reviews/Book Reviews | Tagged activism, book clubs, Book Review, Environmentalism, nonfiction, Pesticides, Rachel Carson | Leave a comment

Amnesty International’s Write for Rights Global Write-a-Thon

Posted on December 4, 2010 by beckyajohnson

Prompted by an advertisement on Facebook, this year I signed up for Amnesty International’s Annual ‘Write for Rights’ Global Write-a-Thon. According the Amnesty’s website, Write for Right is the largest letter writing campaign in the world. From December 4th – … Continue reading →

Posted in Becky's Activism | Tagged activism, advocacy, Amnesty International, Aung San Suu Kyi, Human Rights, prisoners of conscience, torture | 2 Comments