Reporting Poverty: Interview with Katherine Boo

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September 29, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Much of what was said did not matter, and much of what mattered could not be said. - Katherine Boo - Reporting Poverty: Interview with Katherine Boo While covering poverty and social welfare for the Washington Post in 1993, Katherine Boo was commissioned to write a magazine profile of the new vice president. For most reporters, such an assignment would signal entry into the big leagues. Social issues are regarded as a beat journalists cover until they are deemed important enough to interview politicians, bureaucrats, people of power. "In journalism, if you get to be really hot stuff, that's where you get to go -- to the White House!" Boo told The Guardian. "And that's too bad," she added, "social issues are kind of worthy things that people graduate from." Following three years of research in an Indian slum, the Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist discusses what language can't express, her view that nobody is representative, and the ethical dilemmas of writing about the poor. { read more } Be The Change Make time to listen deeply to someone's story this week. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Nursery Rhymes Bring Down the House The Dash Between The Years 27 Non-School Skills Children Need 7 Must-Read Books on Education Raising Kids to be Less Stuff-Centered Where Children Sleep: A Poignant Photo Series Are You Training Yourself To Fail? Coelho's 1 Min Manual For Climbing Mountains DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 120,848 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World

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September 28, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace In time of care and sorrow, keep a fountain of joy alive in you. - Dietrich Bonhoffer - No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World Steve McCurry is an American photojournalist best known for "Afghan Girl" a haunting photograph of his that first appeared in National Geographic. Of his work he says, "Most of my images are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person's face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person, a person caught in a broader landscape, that you could call the human condition." This luminous collection of quotes and photographs from around the world by McCurry is centered around living in joy. { read more } Be The Change Practice living in joy today. Even if by just making an effort to smile at everyone who crosses your path. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Kids on Love Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure Top Ten Kindness Stories for the New Year 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less A Guide to Finding Your Passion The 'Before I Die' Project How to Change When Change Is Hard DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 120,810 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Reading Into Grief

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September 27, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn. - Phil Collins - Reading Into Grief "I had written a memoir three years earlier and couldn't find a publisher...I was burnt out. At 29, I contemplated retirement. I wasn't only disappointing myself. My dad, Lawrence J. Epstein, has always been my mentor and biggest cheerleader. A retired English professor who has published ten books on subjects ranging from comedy teams to folk singers to Jewish affairs, he and I often spent hours talking shop. Though I'd had some success with newspaper and magazine publishing, a book contract for me was our shared goal. Five days into my soul-searching trip, my mother-in-law called my hotel room-- at 3am -- to say that my then 64-year-old, previously healthy father had suffered a heart attack and needed emergency sextuple bypass surgery." { read more } Be The Change Give someone an opportunity to feel needed today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time 10 Keys to Happier Living 11 Amazing Thank You Notes How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings A Guide to Finding Your Passion The Power of Self-Compassion DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 120,774 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Somebody Tagged Me!

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September 26, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Somebody Tagged Me! "'What is it?' Sabrina asked. One glance inside and my suspicion was confirmed. Lying inside were 2 tupperware containers. I could not see their contents from my bird's eye view but I could see a fresh mango and a bag of chocolates peeking from the corner of the bag. And the incredible aroma had already permeated the front office area. 'Someone has tagged me with an anonymous act of kindness!' I replied with a smile and a shake of my head. The joy and gratitude that I was feeling must have been the same feeling that went through the people that we fed on Saturday's Hear the Homeless event. It was the exact same thing. I was quietly going about my day when someone stopped me and made an offering to me, an offering from the heart." Katy Turse shares her real world story of receiving an unexpected act of kindness. { read more } Be The Change "The whole process of life is a giving. It is a transaction. In every giving there is a taking." A thoughtful reflection follows. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness The 3 A's of Awesome 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 Over Ten Thousand People Attend His Funeral A Guide to Finding Your Passion 5 Classic Commencement Speeches A Professor's Lesson 30 Years Ago DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 120,735 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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