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…]

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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