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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?) Scheduled for May 3-8, 2011, the site invites participants to create socially shareable “heartspaces&# that include words, videos, photos & investments in honor of mamas they love. Are you fueling with love? I see this lesson in the work of 350.org.

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Avoiding a House of Cards: Three Lessons from a Multiple-Organization Data Collaboration Project

NTEN

Fortunately, soup kitchens don’t work alone in addressing hunger. Collectively, these organizations begin to address the complex issue of hunger. In January 2011, at a gathering hosted by TechSoup Global, we began talking about how to model our own ideals. To that end, we convened in November 2011 to answer those questions.

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Spread the Love and #BAD11

Connection Cafe

This year, Blog Action Day’s focus is FOOD as it coincides with World Food Day that aims to increase awareness, understanding and fuel year-around action to alleviate hunger. The stats on world hunger are staggering: According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, close to one billion people are chronically hungry.

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