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My Experiences with Granny D, 100, Who Walked Across the Country for Campaign...
During the summer of 2004, I was working for the Kerry/Edwards campaign in New Hampshire. The energy was exceptionally high in New England that summer — it was the experience that really got me hooked...
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The Long Road Home: 5 U.S. Veterans Biking Cross-Country
I have been exceptionally lucky to know some amazing people — and particularly for this post, long distance bikers. Friends who have biked for a cure for cancer, for AIDS — and I’m talking about...
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New Yorkers Save Local Businesses Through “Cash Mobs”
The metrics are staggering: the numbers of small businesses in New York City (and throughout the country for that matter) that have been forced to close their doors due to the hard-hitting recession....
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The Free Hugs Campaign
If you were also intrigued and slightly concerned after reading the title of this post, we are sitting in the same boat. When I first heard of the Free Hugs Campaign, I wasn’t quite sure what to...
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Human Wormholes: 108-Year-Old Woman Votes for the Very First Time
I’ve been really fascinated by the idea of a “human wormhole“. A human wormhole, in short, is when a person’s life and/or circumstances overlaps with other eras of time — resulting in this idea of a...
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If You Read Anything Before Election Day, Please Read This: The Antidote to...
You’ve seen about 90% of your Facebook newsfeed dedicated to the quasi-apocalyptic importance of Election Day tomorrow. Countless memes of Romney’s “binders of women” and Obama’s “horses and bayonets”....
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Volunteering for the Holiday Season
Now that we are officially in the throes of the holiday season, perhaps the ultimate gift is giving back to our communities. Nonprofits are very dear to my heart, so it was tough to narrow it down to...
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12 Days of Inspiration This Holiday Season: Inspire to Make a Stand
The phrase “pay it forward” can come in a variety of different contexts. As it pertains to Small Group of Thoughtful People — one of the talented individuals mentioned in last week’s post on Bus 52,...
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50 Years: The Synergy of Inauguration Day in 2013 & MLK’s March on Washington...
President Obama sworn into office today, 2013 Yeah, the major news outlets made a reference to it — the topical symbolism of today being both Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. And as I...
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Falling Whistles: Running Toward a Goal Most Call Impossible — Peace in Congo
Do you know where the site of the deadliest war is in the entire world? It’s the Democratic Republic of Congo. Friend & fellow UT alum, Sean Carasso, turned a backpacking trip through Congo into a...
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