Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Africa Bridge happy to be a part of Our Day

The fine folks at Africa Bridge talked up Our Day to End Poverty in their August newsletter to donors and supporters. They were pleased to be, "singled out from a field of many worthy groups" to be featured in the book, and count this as an honor shared by their staff and supporters.

Visit Our Day on MySpace.com

Our Day to End Poverty is now making friends on MySpace.com, where we are connecting the book and its resources with socially-conscious people worldwide.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

World Neighbors and WOW! Work of Women note Our Day on their websites

World Neighbors made a nice mention of Our Day in their August newsletter, and WOW! Work of Women even has information about the book on their front page! Being wonderfully resourceful folks they have a relationship with Amazon such that if you order the book through the links on their websites, a fraction of the profts will go to World Neighbors. We hope that you take advantage of the opportunity to increase your impact! (all net author royalties from Our Day are also being donated to poverty fighting nonprofit organizations)

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Our Day is a pick for the Fair Trade Book Club

Transfair USA is one of twenty members of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), and the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. They connect with people interested in Fair Trade products and issues related to them through a number of online communities. Recently the Fair Trade Myspace page posted a notice to their friends discussing Our Day as a great Book Club read and we couldn't imagine a better introduction to the wonderful world of Myspace.

Friday, August 3, 2007

Our Day's ideas fit the bill In Socrates Wake

In an inspiring post Nathan Nobis, one of seven contributing writers at In Socrates Wake discusses how he asks students in his ethics classes to weigh their obligation to take action against extreme poverty. In so doing he challenges them to put their thinking into action, and one resources he mentions that will help students do just that: Our Day to End Poverty.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Evangelicals for Social Action names Our Day an, "Editor's Pick"

Evangelicals for Social Action, an association of Christians seeking to promote Christian engagement, analysis and understanding of major social, cultural and public policy issues, highlighted Our Day to End Poverty in their August 1st newsletter to readers nationwide. On their website you can find the article they link to in the newsletter, where Our Day is listed as an Editor's Pick.