by Whitney | Mar 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been participating in Kiva for a few years now. Kiva.Org is the world’s first and largest microlending website where anyone, anywhere can help alleviate global poverty through loans as small as $25. To date, I’ve funded 19 separate loans to small...
by Whitney | Mar 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
I read an article recently where Rick Santorum decried having pre-natal testing being provided for free under the new health care law. He contends that it just ends up in more abortions and lessening health care costs by “culling the ranks of the disabled in...
by Whitney | Mar 1, 2012 | personal
We all get scared. Often when we don’t want to do something, the core of the resistance is based on fear- fear of the unknown, fear of getting hurt, fear of making a mistake, of taking on too much- insert your favorite here. I’ve spent a lot of time...
by Whitney | Feb 29, 2012 | community, economics, education, learning, new media, social media
Seth Godin put out an interesting manifesto on education yesterday, called Stop Stealing Dreams. It’s a free download and can be read online, printed, or read in any ebook format. I strongly recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in education. I...
by Whitney | Feb 16, 2012 | friends, Uncategorized
Like many women, I have a tendency to place myself last on my “to do” list. Things like haircuts and personal upkeep get put off until it becomes a more urgent matter. Even routine health checks occasionally get left by the wayside, small things brushed...
