social good

Sweet Potato Fries and the US Federal Budget

. Other Fabulous Sweet Potato Highlights Today Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burritos from This Week for Dinner Truffle Sweet Potato Frites from Savory Sweet Life Sweet Potato & Chicken Sausage Stew from Chefdruck Honey Sweet Potato Biscuits from Food for My Family Sweet Potato Burgers from Cutie Booty Cakes What’s Gaby Cooking and Sweet [...]

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Do You Play Online Games?

. This is cross-posted from The Million Moms Challenge, which is an initiative of the United Nations Foundation and ABC News along with more than 30 partners, to share global health issues for mothers and babies. I am the Community Manager–however all opinions expressed here are my own. I’d love to see you again. Please subscribe via email or RSS. Or [...]

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Why is it International Day of the Girl?

It’s International Day of the Girl because 77.6 million girls worldwide are not enrolled in school. It’s International Day of the Girl because in certain parts of the world, 1 in 7 girls are married before they turn 15. It’s International Day of the Girl because when a country educates 10% more of its girls, [...]

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My Interview With Women Deliver: Because Women Really Do

Jill Sheffield, President and Founder of Women Deliver, as a young nurse in Kenya, met a woman who was 25. This woman had 11 pregnancies, and 6 living children. She was desperate to be able to take care of her body and have the health and strength to care for the children she had. It set [...]

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Is Social Good Just Noise? Or Are We Really Doing Something?

Social media and technology don’t change the world. A phone doesn’t feed a hungry child. A tweet doesn’t save a mother from dying in childbirth. A Facebook page doesn’t overthrow dictators. And yet I’ve just spent three days immersed in the world’s biggest social good conversation at the Social Good Summit. I left reinforced in [...]

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Why Social Good Summit is My Favorite Event of the Year

Three years in to the ground breaking event that is the Social Good Summit, I still pinch myself that I get to be a part of it! A host of conversations with world leaders, companies, nonprofits and representatives from various United Nations agencies opens up the world of the UN to the world via digital [...]

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I’m Walking in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYC Tonight!

You guys!!! Strut. The Fashionable Mom Show is at Lincoln Center in New York City tonight, and I’m in it! Egads! The theme is real mothers, wearing fabulous outfits styled by Rent the Runway! I went for my fitting on Friday afternoon and they are such a delightful team. Blaire, our show stylist is warm and practical [...]

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Bloggers: You WANT To Do This! Join the Social Good Summit in NYC Sept 22-24!

. This is cross-posted from The Million Moms Challenge, which is an initiative of the United Nations Foundation and ABC News, along with more than 30 partners, to share global health issues for mothers and babies. I am the Community Manager, however all opinions expressed here are my own. I’d love to see you again. Please subscribe via email or RSS. [...]

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$620 to Vaccinate Kids Using Only Your Time and Your Keyboard

.   This is cross-posted from The Million Moms Challenge, which is an initiative of the United Nations Foundation and ABC News, along with more than 30 partners, to share global health issues for mothers and babies. I am the Community Manager, however all opinions expressed here are my own. I’d love to see you again. Please subscribe [...]

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Can Anyone Help Save My Child?

. This is cross-posted from The Million Moms Challenge, where I am the Community Manager. It is an initiative of the United Nations Foundation and ABC News, along with more than 30 partners to share global health issues for mothers and babies. All opinions expressed here are my own. We’d love to see you again. [...]

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