Every effort to create a better world takes substantial energy as well as resources. Lisa Riggs has come up with a creative solution to fundraising that is helping CHANGEMAKERS reach their goals in a fun and engaging manner by selling something everyone needs at one time or another – SOCKS! Her socks are designed in collaboration with the organizations she serves to project the message and align with their goals. While her socks can represent …
I had the great good fortune of rooming with Elizabeth Hummer during a study trip to Ecuador in 2015 as part of a field experience through World Savvy’s Global Competence Certificate Program. Not only did she help me get by because of the Spanish language proficiency I do not possess, but throughout the trip, I was fascinated by her ability to connect with everyone we encountered. Every where we went, people were drawn to her …
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Today we welcome Dr. Ashley Taylor Repisky, Director of Education and Lecturer at Rice 360 Institute for Global Health. I first met Ashley in the summer of 2016 when we traveled together to Malawi for a month of working and learning with and from educators and healthcare workers there. Ashley was working on finding solutions to equipment shortages to address health challenges in hospital settings in and around Zomba while I accompanied university students learning …
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When Danielle Coughlin talks about being “twice exceptional”, she’s talking about kids who are both gifted and experiencing some kind of learning challenge. She readily admits that this category describes her own experience of the world as well. I met Danielle as a student at Radford University who traveled with a group I was supervising to Malawi to work in a village school there. Her gifts for deep reflection and critical thinking were immediately apparent …
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Click below to access your downloadable Family Changemaker Calendar for June. This month’s calendar focuses on the “Patchwork” quadrant of the Changemaker Journey. Enjoy! Click here Patricia Talbot( CEO and Co-Founder )Patti cultivates homegrown changemakers prepared to step into their power and work with others to create the world they want to live in. Get in touch to find out how you can grow the social changemaker in yourself and those you serve with Blue …
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