Monthly Archives: May 2009

Top Ten Gen Y blogs ballot

Hey everyone, just wanted to announce that Justice for All has been included on Ryan Stephens’ ballot for the Top Ten Gen Y blogs of June. I’d like to thank those of you who have voted to get me on the list, and I very much appreciate it! I encourage you all to check out…

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Guest Post: Why should we care about human rights?

About Nathalie: A 27 year old Belgium native, Nathalie is a recovered lawyer, leaving behind her comfortable law firm job to throw herself fully into her passion for human rights and conflict prevention. With her love for traveling and discovering new places and cultures, she has made her home in Toronto (Canada), Leicester (UK), Ibarra (Ecuador), is…

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The World is Interconnected: The Importance of Social Change

If you haven’t already, please pop on over to Matt Cheuvront’s blog, Life Without Pants. I recently wrote a guest post for his Inconvenience of Change series, describing my viewpoint on why social change is so important and why it’s so hard for people to understand that. Here’s an excerpt: “Why is helping someone thousands…

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The weight of the world

As you probably can see from this blog, I think about international social and political issues a lot. I’m an economics and political science major, meaning I’m constantly learning about things like the devastating effects of neoliberal reforms in Latin America, or the failure of democracy in Iran, or the failures of international criminal justice….

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You can’t chase success to be successful

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about success. Where does it come from? How can we define it? And how do the most “successful” people get there? Recent posts written by Grace and Jamie got me thinking even more and inspired me to add my thoughts to the conversation. The way I see it, there…

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Feature Friday: Timap for Justice

Today I want to feature an amazing organization in Sierra Leone, called Timap for Justice. Timap for Justice is an innovative organization aiming to provide basic access to justice to the people of Sierra Leone. Timap for Justice formed to address the shortage of lawyers in the country, and employs and trains community-based paralegals instead…

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