How Local Touches Global

From Shannon Daley-Harris:

A local book group picked the book as one month's selection. After the group had read it, they had me come speak. One of the participants, who had been featured in the book, was departing the next day for a return trip to Burma/Myanmar. Another participant had been inspired by one of the Our Day actions, and brought to the book club meeting several of the dolls she had knitted that will serve as cushioning for medical supplies being sent overseas, and then the dolls will be given to children there. Another couple were inspired by the water chapter and have committed to taking each of their grandchildren to a developing country to build a well that they will fund.

Marcia Van Dyke, a member of the Presbyterian Child Advocacy Network, has written a review of Our Day for the Presbyterian Health, Education, and Welfare Association Newsletter.

Feature in Global Education Network News

The story of how Our Day came to be is told in the Global TeachNet winter 2007-2008 newsletter. Global TeachNet is a quarterly teacher resource from the global education networks of the National Peace Corps Association and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Highlighting the book’s practicality and connection to the Millennium Development Goals, the piece encourages educators to use Our Day as a resource.

The Circle of Life!

Our Day to End Poverty points readers to hunderds of resources for taking action (take a peek at the Featured Websites section and you'll get a small taste of this). Well this week one of these resources, a blog called So What Can I Do? linked to Our Day in a list of inspiring reads.

Urban Engagement Book Club Embraces Our Day

Down in Dallas Texas the fine folks at Central Dallas Ministries are working hard to deal with issues surounding poverty in their community. Towards that end they have cultivated an amazingly engaged community and nurtured their interest in fighting poverty through activities like their Urban Engagement Book Club. Our Day to End Poverty will be featured as a title for this group in 2008, and we couldn't be more pleased!

At noon on the first Thursday of each month, Central Dallas Ministries hosts a 75-minute encounter with some of the most important books on the issues that we care most about in our work among our inner city neighbors. We call the experience "Urban Engagement Book Club."

Double Shot of Change

Order up some caffeinated change this holiday season and combine the poverty-fighting power of of Our Day and Fair Trade coffee.

Pura Vida is a wonderful fair trade coffee company, and this holiday season they are offering a Double Shot Gift Basket for purchase through the Pura Vida website!

The gift basket includes a copy of Our Day to End Poverty along side a 12oz. bag of Pura Vida's handcrafted 100% Arabica coffee—certifed organic, Fair Trade and shade-grown. Each purchase of Pura Vida coffee contributes to the wellbeing of artisans and farmers, promotes physical health and provides educational opportunities to children in coffee-growing communities. This is a great way to give a gift that impacts poverty in many ways!

Shannon and Joy Anderson to Appear at Vox Pop in Brooklyn Tuesday Dec. 4th

Vox Pop is a dynamic place described by Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn as, "Part bookstore, coffee bar, performance space, instant publishing center, community center, Vox Pop is sort of a live blog, with tons of atmosphere and cultural vitality."

Shannon and Joy will wade into this dynamic space to discuss Our Day on Tuesday, Dec 4th from 7-9pm. Copies of the book will be on sale, and we anticipate a lively and fun discussion of poverty and ways people can take action to end it!

Make the Holidays Our Day to End Poverty

Each year, around this time companies and individuals alike face the question of what to give the people they care about. Chocolates? Socks? A giftcard? How about giving the tools to make a difference?

Our Day to End Poverty makes a wonderful gift for young and old, friends, co-workers, neighbors. If you want to learn about bulk purchase discounts or giving Our Day for the holidays, contact the book team today.

F.I.S.H.: One group working to eradicate poverty connects with Our Day and the book's goals

F.I.S.H.: "Families & Individuals Seeking Hope" is a grassroots organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in South Royalton, VT. And they want to use Our Day to help them. These seven people have come together, bringing their diverse talents, to assist people in the following ways: budgeting, education, reliable transportation, weatherization or other home repairs and safe dependable child or elder care. Some of them work for area social-services groups and are very tired of not meeting the larger challenge of actually eliminating poverty in their town.

Karen Speerstra reported in about F.I.S.H. and her dream that other small communities will take up the challenge of eliminating poverty close to home. We hope that F.I.S.H. will show other communities what's possible and we will all see progress, like little yeast bubbles popping.

Inside Wealth episode with Shannon and Jeff available for online listening

On October 14, Shannon and Jeff talked with Stu Zimmerman about Our Day to End Poverty and how everyday people can take action to have a positive impact. Click the links below to listen to the show, or visit the Inside Wealth website to learn more.

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Shannon and Jeff to appear on Inside Wealth this Sunday, October 14th

Authors Shannon Daley-Harris and Jeff Keenan will be appearing on Inside Wealth, a talk with host Stu Zimmerman about Our Day on a show that aims to, "awaken, inspire, and empower you to experience the wealth that's already inside you." For more information on where you can hear the show, check out the Inside Wealth website.

Women's Funding Network Makes News of Our Day

Women's Funding Network recently sent out a newsletter that encouraged their readers to check out Our Day to End Poverty, and touting the fact that part of the author royalties will be donated to WFN. (Related detail: all net author royalties from sales of Our Day to End Poverty will be donated to 5 poverty-fighting nonprofit organizations selected by the 5 members of the book team).

Just Give's Summer Newsletter Lifts up Our Day as Encouragement that, "You Can Make a Difference"

With a link to purchase the book online and a nicely chosen quote exerpted from the book, JustGive.org mentioned Our Day in their Summer 2007 newsletter. JustGive.org is dedicated to creating tools and services to make charitable giving part of our everyday lives, a mission that aligns beautifully with the aims of Our Day!

Our Day Reviewed at Evidence of Humanity

There is a new and very nice review up online at Evidence of Humanity, a website designed to, "offer simple evidence that where people come together to better their world, good things happen." They highlight some nice pieces of Our Day, and what the book has to offer.

Chronicle of Philanthropy reviews Our Day

This week the, "Newspaper of the Nonprofit World" took notice of Our Day, posting a book review that touts the book's focus on, "Simple Steps to Solve Big Problems." While the review is only available to folks who are subscribers, we hope you will check it out if you are.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.