How Reading Helped One Person Rise Above Poverty

My Grandma - Elizabeth Klien Montgomery

by Deborah Ng So. Today is Blog Action Day and the theme is poverty. If there’s anything we writers can relate to, it’s poverty! All jokes aside, I do know a little something about poverty. I hope you don’t mind if I veer off topic a bit to talk about an amazing woman, my hero, my grandmother. Grandma came to America from Hungary via Ellis Island when she as 4 years old. Her family was proud to come to America and even prouder to become Americans. My great grandmother worked as a seamstress but my great grandfather had trouble finding [Read more…]

No FWJ Radio Today – But It’s For a Good Cause!

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I had a great FWJ Radio segment lined up for you today. David Peralty and Chris Garrett were going to stop by to discuss whether we should blog for ourselves or someone else. Unfortunately I’m going to have to push it back a week. I’m so busy planning our BlogTalkRadio 12 hour talkathon for Poverty with Blog Action Day, there’s just no time to adequately prepare for a radio show. I know many of you look forward to this as much as Jodee and I, so I hope you’re not too disappointed. I would like to take this time to [Read more…]

BlogTalkRadio and Blog Action Day Unite for 12 Hour Talkathon

Are you blogging about poverty on Blog Action Day? If so, you could win a prize. If you hear your blog mentioned during BlogTalkRadio’s 12 hour Blog Action Day Talkathon for Poverty Relief, you will have an hour to call in to receive a prize. The twelve hour online talkathon will feature interviews with activists, noteworthy bloggers and other talking points relating to poverty. The event will be hosted by event organizer, Easton Ellsworth begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting along with many BlogTalkRadio hosts assisting throughout the day. Listeners can also participate in the chat room and even call in to chat with guests [Read more…]

Snag some extra October Blog Traffic

If you’re looking for a great way to get some extra traffic in October, and simultaneously voice your opinion on an important topic, you should sign up for Blog Action Day 2008. Blog Action Day is a new blogosphere event (started last year). The goal of Blog Action Day is to gather voices in the blogosphere on a single day to discuss an important issue. Last year the topic was the environment – this year it’s poverty. Anyone with a blog, podcast, or so fourth can sign on to participate. All you have to do is register at Blog Action [Read more…]

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