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Reading & Blogging for Darfur

dacg1949 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:21:13 -0500

Thank you for the response . Imagine how much can be done to help others in our world with a great idea such as Natasha Maw at Maw Book Blog has done. I think I now know what my 1st Blog will be. I will continue reading your blog Britt Bravo in Non-profits & NGO's.

Reading and Blogging for Darfur campaign

Britt Bravo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:43:09 -0500

I'm so glad you enjoyed the post dacg1949 and Michellesamom and I'm sure Natasha Maw appreciates your spreading the word about her work and about the situation in Darfur in general.

Wow.

Michellesamom — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:10:36 -0500

What an inspiring story! I left a comment and I hope that her campaign raises awareness about the genocide.

Reading Blogging For Darfur

dacg1949 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:22:18 -0500

Well, I'm a newbie to blogging (1st one) but not new to the horror in Darfur. Thank you so much for Maws Blog. I do wish I knew about this blog before this evening. I will think very hard on what issues and where I can be of help by blogging.

Thank you

My Own Kids

AudreyO — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:15:07 -0500

When my daughter was about 5, she got the flu. It was one of the worst cases ever. She become dehydrated and couldn't rehydrate herself because she couldn't even keep water down. A call to the doctor followed by a trip to E.R. and an overnight stay had her back to herself in no time at all. I think we do sometimes take this care for granted. While I was thankful, I'm not sure I ever considered that moms in some of these other countries would not have had access to this care.

What a wonderful thought provoking post.

Audrey :)
http://audreyshomebiz.blogspot.com

More relevant than ever

AnissaMayhew — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:53:34 -0500

My youngest daughter, now 4, was diagnosed with cancer at 2 years old. Can I tell you how thankful I was for the ability to take my child to a pediatrician just because she isn't "right"? We were blessed beyond belief to have an outstanding children's hospital within easy driving distance, so Peyton could be treated with the best by the best.

I've met and talked to too many families who are forced to go to less than wonderful facilities, had their treatment options limited by insurance issues and faced the fact that a piece of paper handed over by some corporate bigwig kept their child from a potentially live-saving procedure...deemed experimental, therefore uncoverable. I've seen the pain of a family fundraising to find the money to give their child a chance, denied by insurances and hospitals that won't touch them.

I will definitely be giving to one of the projects because being a parent faced with no options is truly a devastation beyond words.

Anissa Mayhew

www.hope4peyton.org

www.twitter.com/anissamayhew

The Good & Bad

JennaHatfield — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:01:08 -0500

My older son recently had croup. My Husband chose to take him to our local ER (three minutes as well) as opposed to the 20 minute drive to our "preferred" hospital. Husband is a Fire/Medic and knew that his breathing warranted a quick trip. He got better quickly. And I was grateful.

But what I could do without? Is the drama caused by insurance companies. Our current company has decided to place a cap on Well Baby visits. $500.00 for the first year to be exact. ($150 for other years.) Do you know what that pays for? One full visit and 2/3 of another. We wiggled our way out of paying for a six month Well Baby because he actually had a health concern at the same time. But the rest will be out of pocket.

Our country may offer some great emergency medical services but when it comes to prevention? Pfft.

FireMom from Stop, Drop and Blog

I don't see it that way...

alyssaroyse — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:17:54 -0500

As an artist, she has taken iconic images and reused them - not all that different from Warhol and Raushenberg and others who take iconic images and "alter" them. Any truly recognizable brand is going to be susceptible to such artistic reinterpretation - they are asking to be symbols, it is within the bound of art and reason to ask what they are symbols of.

That said, I don't see that picture as making LV responsible for anything, their bag is still being held up as being more valuable than things like food - which is precisely the branding WE have given them. My thoughts on the matter are still on my blog.

Perhaps most importantly, according to her website, there really is no lawsuit. It was an experiment to see how the world would take up the cause of an artist. Interesting. Personally, I'd feel a little betrayed by THAT little trick. But I still like the t-shirt and the questions it asks. Really, what's important to us?

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Alyssa Royse
JUST CAUSE: A Web Site To Save The World

Start Her Up: A blog for Women Entrepreneurs

Playing with fire?

Vivremagazine — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:46:03 -0500

We wrote about this on April 3oth. The reality is that even as one tries to get the point of Nadia Plensers T.shirt, is that Louis Vuitton is not responsible for what is happening in Darfur.

The problems are caused by many but the resposibility is for ALL. LV cannot be made to bear responsibility for injustices carried out everywhere.

Why could she not take on Paris Hilton herself, Hollywood, Maserati, Bentley, Gucci, Coach (even more ubiquitous than LV) - she has a few dozen targets. She decided to take on the most obvious and consequently what she perceived to be the "easiest target - Louis Vuitton.

The judgement meted out by LV is indeed harsh, but Plesner is playing with fire. I dont know who is egging her on but this is a trademark, copyright lawsuit that we have seen coming for a while now. Plesner may end up paying the price for the copyright infringement LV has endured all this while.

I LOVE that t-shirt

alyssaroyse — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:46:04 -0500

It's funny, I blogged about this just this morning, and then came over here and here it is again. Though I was writing about the metaphors of the t-shirt, and other ways to think about the ripple effect of our commercial habits:

Every day I see people standing in line at the food bank by my house.
Young mothers, still children themselves, with babies in strollers and
a fake Louis Vuitton handbag slung over their shoulders. They know what
we value as a society. They can’t afford food, but my god the acquired
the fake status symbols that we require for someone to be valued. But I
don’t expect anyone to put that on a t-shirt.

I'm not a lawyer, don't know where she stands in terms of being able to keep prodcuing the t-shirts, but I love it..... hope it makes people think.

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Alyssa Royse
JUST CAUSE: A Web Site To Save The World

Start Her Up: A blog for Women Entrepreneu

Thanks for the links - Added them to my personal blog

Amy Gates — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:55:40 -0500

Thank you all for posting the links to your Bloggers Unite posts. I added them to a post on my personal blog yesterday.

I finally got my own Bloggers Unite post up late last night: Women, children resort to eating dirt cookies in Haiti: Global Food Crisis

Amy
Crunchy Domestic Goddess
BlogHers Act contributing editor

mine's up

laurie — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:06:34 -0500

Nothing like the last minute.

It's kind of fuzzy on the details but it's more about a commitment to actually do something.

And examples.

With links, of course.

Here it is.

Laurie

www.notjustaboutcancer.blogspot.com

No problem...It's a great cause.

Catherine Morgan — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:44:22 -0500

I turn on the news first thing when I wake up every morning, and today this was the first thing I saw. And ever since I learned how to make my own video clips, I've been going video clip crazy. :-)

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan at catherine-morgan.com, The Political Voices of Women, Care2 Election Blog

Thanks for posting the

Amy Gates — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:57:03 -0500

Thanks for posting the video, Catherine.

Amy
Crunchy Domestic Goddess
BlogHers Act contributing editor

Nice coverage

Denise — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:07:28 -0500

Great link, Catherine.

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