Vox Magazine puts Our Day atop their list of, "Hard-Hitting must reads"

Our Day leads a summer reading list of, "social issues books for grown-ups," compiled by Vox magazine a weekly magazine distributed each Thursday in the Columbia Missourian print edition and available free throughout the week at locations all around Columbia, Missouri. The review talks up Our Day's positive tone, focus on action and the resources provided in each chapter.

National Council of Churches USA puts Poverty Front and Center

Poverty is an issue on which NCC has a great track record of taking action and providing leadership. If you visit their website right now, you'll see Our Day to End Poverty front and center, listed on their main page under the header, "New book makes it plain: how YOU can end poverty."

Our Day, Morality and the Good Life

Mike Austin is a philosophy professor from Kentucky whose blog, Discursus offers, "Conversations about Morality and the Good Life." Recently Mike posted some of the suggested actions he liked from Our Day to End Poverty.

Stitch'n Bitch

Possibly my favorite outlet for purchasing Our Day (to date), Stitch'n Bitch is a website devoted primarily to knitting books and supplies, and they now also offers Our Day to End Poverty in their Volunteer Work section.

Our Day on the Hill

Karen Lyon offers a wonderful review of Our Day in the July edition of the Hill Rag, a monthly paper out of Washington DC.

Simple Living Network lists Our Day as a cure for Consumer Culture, a New Resource

Since 1996 the Simple Living Network has provided resources to help people live in a conscious, simple, and healthy manner. We couldn't be more delighted that they have chosen Our Day to End Poverty as a new resource that will help people do just that.

We agree, that taking action to help end poverty will lead to a healthier planet overall, and furthermore that individuals who take action will inevitably feel the benefits of doing so. We appreciate being one of many great resources available at the Simple Living Network website, and encourage you to check us out there.

Our Day Featured on Powells.com

Powells.com recently added Our Day to End Poverty to their selection of featured books in Current Affairs, a listing of titles we're proud to join.

Front Page News!

Yesterday the Herald of Randolph, VT ran a front page story about Our Day written by Martha Slater. The article offers detail on the book and the resources therein and information about an upcoming appearance by Karen Speerstra at a local bookstore.

Martha also gives a glowing description of how recent news like the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Mohammed Yunus backs up the central claim of Our Day, that individual action will be as important as the actions of big institutions in bringing an end to global poverty.

Spirituality & Practice calls Our Day to End Poverty a, "Handy and Helpful Volume"

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat at Spirituality & Practice recently reviewed Our Day to End Poverty, and offered it to readers of their site as a great way to promote Justice and to connect their daily lives to the UN Millennium Development goals.

Like Fredric and Mary Ann, we encourage you to, "act now on the treasure trove of information described in this paperback."

Jeffrey Keenan discusses Our Day at Freemont Place Books in Seattle

Jeff joined a group of readers at Freemont Place Books to discuss the book and talk about their interest in ending poverty.

Money. Purpose. Joy. offers Our Day to End Poverty as a Resource

Matt Bell is a personal finance writer and speaker who leads workshops designed to help people manage their money in ways that help give their lives meaning. His website, Money. Purpose. Joy. documents his work and collects various resources. Matt offers Our Day to End Poverty as recommended reading and asks his readers the following question:

"Did you do anything to help eliminate poverty today? It's a ridiculous question, isn't it?"

Our Day in Dallas and the Raiser's Razor

Central Dallas Ministries has responded very positively to Our Day to End Poverty. They decided that the book aligns so well with their work, that they are ordering copies to give to their sponsors at a their annual, "A Night to Remember" concert event featuring LeAnn Rimes this fall. Jeremy Gregg, Director of Development for CDM, discusses their decision on his blog, Riaser's Razor here.

Our Day is embraced by local parishes in Vermont

Using the “Guide for Places of Worship” at the end of Our Day to End Poverty, parishes in Vermont, and around the U.S. are finding it a useful resource for classes, discussion groups, forums, and mission outreach, locally and abroad. Christ Church, Bethel, VT under the leadership of The Rev. Diane Root, arranged for every family in the parish to have a copy of the book. Throughout the summer, parishioners speak from their own perspectives on various global as well as local poverty issues at the Offertory time in a worship feature called “Poverty-Plenty Moments.” Conversation groups then meet following the service to further the particular emphasis of that Sunday. A film series-discussion will be hosted in various homes later in the fall to share individual actions taken as well as to decide which actions to take as a group.

St. John’s in Randolph, VT has also provided twenty copies of the book for people to use in a series of forums coming up later this year around the topic of “Water” (Chapter 22: Improve Access to Clean Water). According to The Rev. Tim Eberhardt, “Many of our parishioners are closely involved with Randolph’s “Clean Source”, formerly “Vermont Pure” water purification and bottling plant. We want to involve local government officials and others to explore how we consume water, our plastic bottle usage, as well as what clean water means to Vermonters. And our local students will be invited to enter a writing contest around the issues of water and poverty.” St. John’s began seriously looking at poverty issues as their Lenten focus this year, and were introduced to the book even before it published. They decided which organizations would receive a portion of their Easter Offering ($800) in a very unique way. At Pentecost, they voted by placing 800 pennies into labeled six containers. The result, in descending order: Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (CHABHA), Medical volunteers on St. Lucia, ERD, Theological Education in Sudan (through Bishop Ely), Latin American Missionary and Bible Institute (LAMB) and Global Aids Interfaith Alliance (GAIA). In addition, individual St. John members have pledged to meet the target .07% of their income for global relief.

Our Day now available from Raincoast Books

Raincoast is a Canadian bookseller committed to being ancient forest friendly Our Day is available now from this nifty Vancouver based company.

Our Day for Sale in Iowa, Europe, The Middle East & Africa, Australia, New Zealand

Available for purchase through Vista Book Gallery, an independent full-service bookstore in Boise, Iowa.

Our Day is also now available for purchase through McGraw Hill Education Europe, Middle East & Africa, with a nice one-paragraph review highlighting the book's, "clever and creative approach."

Finally, Woodslane, Australia and New Zealand's premier distributor of technical, business and lifestyle books has a really wonderful short review and the book available for purchase. In a paragraph they sum up the positive spirit of the book and encourage their customers to do their part in ending poverty.