Raising Social Buzz About Poverty, 1 Blog At a Time

by Ari Herzog on October 22, 2008

One week ago today, I joined 12,799 other bloggers around the world when I wrote “Poverty Pixelated” to mark Blog Action Day and the socially responsible subject of poverty.

Poverty statistics - Blog Action Day

Poverty statistics - Blog Action Day

I am glad I contributed to the cause, but I am more proud of everyone else and the wonderful things that people are doing in the name of social change and raising awareness. Special kudos to Max Gladwell, Beth Kanter, and other environmental and social change/nonprofit bloggers I’ve come to know in recent months.

I leave you with a video from the folks at Current TV that shows a snippet of some of the people, organizations, and generated buzz:

Did you participate in Blog Action Day? Had you heard of it? Anything you’d like to share?

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