activism/charity

making a difference

Fundraising for Medecins sans Frontieres

By tigtog on 2006-06-19 • ( 3 )

Mark Bahnisch of Larvatus Prodeo had a great idea – since one of our commentors there had issued a comments challenge that if met would net the LP collective $1000 for our running costs (and the commenters came to the… Read More ›

Who moved that apostrophe?

By tigtog on 2006-05-21

I’m a week late, I know, but Helen’s Mother’s Day piece got me thinking. How did a day that grew from West Virginian Mothers’ Work Days from 1858 onwards (where mothers worked together to improve their community), and Mothers’ Friendship… Read More ›

Get Up, yer whingers

By tigtog on 2006-03-20 • ( 2 )

Thanks to Susoz, I now know we have an Australian netroots progressive activism group a la MoveOn.org in the States, which is Get Up! MoveOn did some credible work in fundraising and lobbying at the last US election. It will… Read More ›