Poverty Action Day

Author: Stephen Joos, October 15th, 2008

Today is Blog Action Day.  It is the day that bloggers all around the world look to highlight an issue.  This year the issue is Poverty.  Poverty is defined as deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life.  Here’s some facts about Poverty, thanks to The Seminal. More than 800 million people suffer [...]

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Blog Action Day: Can Twitter Eliminate Poverty?

Author: Katie Maxfield, October 15th, 2008

In honor of Blog Action Day (today), John Haydon has written an article exploring the relationship between technology and social activism. Citing Twitter as an example, he discusses how online social networks are making it increasingly easy for individuals with common humanitarian concerns to connect, communicate, and spread the word. It’s clear that new technologies [...]

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