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.