Monthly Archives: October 2009

Be the change: Small Step – Big Change, by Wendy Lee

When people asked me why I decided to join the Peace Corps, I always have a difficult time constructing a good answer. Truth be told, I didn’t join the Peace Corps to change the world. I joined because I wanted to continue living abroad but couldn’t decide where to begin finding a job. I liked…

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Be the change: Are We Teaching Young Feminists To Be Fleas? by Elisa Doucette

Being a child of the enigmatic XYCusp or MTV Generation, I grew up with a fondness for all things 80′s sitcom. Though I am a pale pasty white Irish girl from Maine, one of my favorites was A Different World. Seriously, to this day if Dwayne Wayne asked me to run off with him and…

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Be the change: Empowering Women Through Microfinance, by Grace Boyle

When Akhila asked me to write about a social cause I was passionate about I was eager to join in. I consider myself a philanthropist, but I often spread myself thin. I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders and am sometimes (too) empathetic to the point where it hurts every piece of…

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