http://www.globalhood.org/blog development across disciplines Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:40:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is an excellent article in this month's Body and Soul magazine about Earth Day and how it has, in some ways, become commercialized and lost its true meaning since it was founded 40 years ago. The article details ways in which we can truly honor the earth, truly make ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=175 There is an excellent article on volunteering recently posted on Lessons I Learned.org, a blog by activist Daniela Papi on the lessons she has learned from her years of experience with NGOs and doing philanthropic work with various volunteer tourism companies around the world. The post offers a very specific ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=174 Please join the students of Global Potential for a fundraiser this Friday, January 22nd to raise MUCH needed funds for Haiti's victims of last week's devastating earthquake. The details: This fundraiser will serve as a means to assist local organizations, who will be sending very much needed supplies to Haiti, or ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=173 Given the magnitude of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, hundreds of thousands of people are in desperate need of help. With more than 80 percent of Haitians living at or below the poverty line already, this travesty has displaced hundreds of thousands of people who already have little to nothing. Since ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=172 THE WORLD IS A MESS. Agree or Disagree? What if you could change that by giving one girl one chance? With hundreds of millions of girls living in poverty around the globe, the cycle of life in poverty is perpetual. With The Girl Effect, we have the power to throw ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=171 Today is World Aids Day, an international day of awareness for HIV and AIDS. In many areas of the world including our own, HIV and AIDS pose serious threats to humanity and to the millions of innocent children, mothers, fathers, and families that contract the disease unknowingly and unwillingly each ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=170 Come support Global Potential at the 1st FILMRAISER this Friday, November 20th in New York City. Global Potential is making a big difference across the world, and your help and support will continue to make this possible. This past summer, some of our Global Potential (GP) youth from Brooklyn and the ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=169 Believe it or not, this could be a news headline in the next few years.   We’ve all been hearing about global warming for years now, but recently its effects have become more tangible. From record degree temperatures 20-40 degrees above the norm, to icebergs the size ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=168 This week, the NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund announced three finalists to receive funding in 2009. Out of 21 applications, Global Potential is currently in third place. The winner will be determined by the Fund's members in November. Venture Philanthropy Fund describes themselves as "a giving circle of individuals who invest in ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=167 Writer Shelley Seale has a new book out depicting the real life stories of India's children. According to Dog’s Eye View Media: "Shelley Seale’s narrative non-fiction book follows the lives of just such children as those brought to life in the movie Slumdog Millionaire. The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children ... http://www.globalhood.org/blog/?p=166