Almost half the world—over 3 billion people—live on less than $2.50 a day. On October 15, over 4,000 bloggers will be writing about why that is important.
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On October 15, millions of people will read blogs advancing the public conversation on poverty. This is thanks to the efforts of Blog Action Day, an annual collective-action event when everybody writes about the same topic.
I was reminded of this event recently, but Blog Action Day has been pacing in the back of my mind since participating last year, with an article about sustainable design for the communal topic of Environment. I’m not sure how I’ll approach Poverty, but as a graduate student with family, I think I have some experience on the matter. The organizers have also helped by providing a page of resources to help bloggers be more informed on the subject.
There are currently over 4,000 blogs registered to participate, reaching over 8 million readers. Everybody consider participating in Blog Action Day on October 15th.
[...] actions … http://www.cupe1281.ca/?section_id=9&content_id=89 • Found on Google Blog Action Day 2008 | Poverty is the communal topic for bloggers … Blog Action Day 2008 is all about Poverty. … An impoverished Ph.D. student at the Indiana [...]
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