Invisible No More

• Oct
  9
• 
• 0

Invisible People tells the story of America's homeless through their own voices, each person's video a powerful reminder that homelessness can happen to anyone and for multiple reasons. Take Drew for instance. Drew lost his job, then he lost his wife and daughter to a drunk driver. He is an educated man, but today he is homeless and lives on food he finds in the garbage. As I watched Drew's video, and another and then another, I began to cry, realizing that I am so fortunate to have a roof over my head and to have good food to eat. Life comes at you quickly and you never know when it will change. But, one thing I took away from these people, total strangers in need, was that each one of them has hope for a better life and believes in the kindness of strangers. I will close this with a quote from Invisible Children's site... it is the epitome of what Project 7 is asking us all to do. On the street I saw a small girl cold and shivering in a thin dress, with little hope of a decent meal. I became angry and said to God; "Why did you permit this? Why don't you do something about it?" For a while God said nothing. That night he replied, quite suddenly: "I certainly did something about it. I made you." No matter your religious belief, we were all put on this earth together. Do something kind for your fellow man and give a little help to those who need it. Pass on this story, share a meal or some time with those less fortunate, do whatever you can. Make a difference and ultimately we will all "Change the Score."

The Power of the Pink Ribbon

• Oct
  5
• 
• 0

This month is the 25th year of October being Breast Cancer awareness month, and the power of the pink ribbon couldn't be more potent. This weekend, while stuck inside due to some rain, I happened to catch a football game or two. Low and behold, these megathletes were parading around in pink shoes and pink gloves to show the NFL's support of Breast Cancer awareness. Such a wonderful site to behold, and evidence that when people are committed to making a change, change will happen. Since shedding light on the subject of Breast Cancer, research, aid and awareness has increased by leaps and bounds. So, we pose the question, what would happen if the same zeal that people had for Breast Cancer awareness was applied to other plights that may or may not be so close to home, take human trafficking for example? Would it be so easy to purchase a child slave from Haiti? Or to smuggle sex slaves into the Houston area? We think not. Breast Cancer awareness and the synonymous pink ribbon are true motivators in what shedding some light can do. Perhaps in 10 years, the NFL will be wearing a different color of glove to symbolize Global Health needs, or shoes with a specific emblem on them to show their support of ending children's involvement in war. It is up to us to raise the additional world's issues into the spot light. There is plenty of passion within us to do it. With all of that being said, what causes are most important to you? Post a comment and let us know.