Category: Social Causes

IN 1968, WHEN I was in college, I got my first camera. It was a small, cold machine that felt incredibly powerful — not like a gadget or a tool, but like a grenade, with the power to blow the lid off something big. By the early 1980s, I was…

I WAS HEADED to the Amani Institute in Nairobi, Kenya after spending the previous week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia visiting Global Good Fund Fellow, Bruktawit Tigabu of Whiz Kids Workshop. Faced with the precious gift of uninterrupted time, I found myself pondering why I was traveling…

ZETTA ELLIOTT’s new children’s book, Let The Faithful Come, is now available in Spanish – Dejen Venir A Los Fieles. Its release not only coincides with the holidays, but also with the current refugee crisis. Zetta is encouraging everyone to donate to the REFORMA Children in Crisis Project, which hands out…

Get to know journalist Riva Richmond, who specializes in technology, global and small business. She is currently the Director of Digital Media at The Story Exchange, a nonprofit media project dedicated to sharing the stories of women entrepreneurs from all over the world. It recently completed an unprecedented 3 year study of 1,000 women in business, which provides the largest qualitative data about female entrepreneurs to date. The information not only offers an intimate look at the stories of women behind the stats, but at the same time challenges the accepted norms about why we start our own businesses. Riva has lots to say.

SEVERAL CELEBRITIES, musicians, and many other entertainment leaders came out this week to support homeless LGBT youth for The Ally Coalition (TAC) & Above Average’s 2nd Annual Talent Show. Our past guest, designer and co-founder of TAC, Rachel Antonoff hosted the event with comedian John Early, which…