Minimum wage jobs are great for high school and college students. Not for adults trying to support themselves and other family members.
For a single person under the age of 65, the poverty threshold is an annual income of $10,836. In the state of California, a person who works full-time at a minimum wage job will [...]
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Link Roundup: Hunger in America
WeCanEndThis.com has a contest launched from the CauseLab virtual brainstorm at South by Southwest conference (SXSW). You can still submit your individual ideas and improve others’ ideas to qualify for the $1,000 cash prize for best original idea or $500 cash prize for best collaborator.
Too many people have to choose between healthcare, utilities, rent or [...]
Top 5 Blog Pet Peeves
I read a lot of blogs. To be a blogger, to be a writer, you also need to be an avid reader. Or at least a headline reader or skimmer!
As a reader of blogs there are a few things that I find really annoying.
Posted by “admin” – who is this famous admin person? Please use [...]
Nonprofit blog carnival for March
Jason Dick, who writes A Small Change blog, is hosting this month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival. Usually everyone writes on a particular theme. This time the topic was blogger’s choice.
I submitted my last post on Step by Step Fundraising, 6 Reasons NOT to Start a New Nonprofit Organization.
Here are a few my favorites:
How Anyone Can [...]
Post Conference Catch-Up
Why is it that even when I bring my laptop, when I get home from a conference my email box is still overflowing? And I was only gone 2 days!
SXSW was definitely worth the trip. Someday I’d like to stay for the music festival. Just missed Jakob Dylan live, but managed to listen via Austin’s [...]
SXSW Interactive Monday: Twitter, biz start-ups and ending hunger
Today at SXSW I attended three very different sessions. Here are some of my notes…
Twitter Talk with Evan Williams
The keynote with Twitter founder Evan Williams was totally packed. I was in the actual exhibit hall but there were overflow rooms with a rebroadcast. It wasn’t a keynote speech at all, but an interview. It was [...]