Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty
Tuesday August 19, 2008
Blog Action Day, 15 October 2008, is an annual nonprofit event designed to unite the world's bloggers, podcasters and videocasters to discuss the same issue on the same day. Think of it as something like an intellectual flash mob. You don't have to sign up to participate, but right now there are 2,305 sites registered.
This year, the topic is poverty. In 2007, it was the environment. (tip)
Watch the promo clip on Vimeo. Learn more about poverty:
This year, the topic is poverty. In 2007, it was the environment. (tip)
Watch the promo clip on Vimeo. Learn more about poverty:
- US Poverty Rate, 1959-2006 - US Census
- US Poverty By Age Group, 1959-2006 - US Census
- Poverty and Inequality In The United States
- Is Terrorism's Cause Poverty?
- Poverty & the Environment
- Poverty Around the Globe
- How the Stress of Poverty Impacts Health