Here's What We've Got About genocide
Don’t Forget What Direction You’re Going
Phnom Penh streets

Recent experiences witnessing sexism, racism, corruption, and extreme poverty in Cambodia have caused me to reflect on my personal mission—am I still headed in the direction I set out or do I need to course correct? What about you? How will you make the most of the fortunate life you’ve been given?

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Having Fun and Making a Difference
Having Fun and Making a Difference

Dwight Turner runs InSearchOfSanuk.com, a community focused on making volunteering, microphilanthropy, and contributing to charitable causes easier for anyone in Thailand. Learn how I’m partnering with Dwight to promote fun events for good causes and make a difference in our region.

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Topics: Must Read
Facing Reality and Learning Important Lessons from Travel
Facing Reality and Learning Important Lessons from Travel

We saw the Ninth Wonder of the Ancient World, but we also saw severe poverty and the aftermath of genocide. Read what I have to say after visiting Cambodia and witnessing child beggars, the Vietnam-era Killing Fields, and schoolyards turned into prisons. And more strangely, see how I compare this living hell to the new Watchmen film.

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My 2007 New Years Resolutions

I don’t remember how I first came across it, but a post by Rajesh Setty from January 2006, his “New Year Resolutions Generator,” inspired me to start thinking about New Years resolutions a few weeks early this year. I know it’s already the 2nd of January (sorry, I meant to have this up earlier), but if you don’t have any [...]

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One Million Voices for Darfur

On June 29, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) were the ceremonial last two participants to make up one million people who submitted postcards urging the President to take more action on the genocide occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan. The Million Voices for Darfur campaign aims to get Congress to give more aid [...]

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Topics: Social Change