Poverty conversation
One of the reasons blogging became so popular waaaaaaay back in the day is because it was conducive to conversation. And today, the conversation on a particular topic is getting a boost – the topic is poverty.
Blog Action Day is an organization that encourages discussion on a single topic each year. They do this by asking bloggers to write on that topic on a particular day, in hopes that a continued, helpful discussion will take place.
This year the topic is (you guessed it) poverty. I wrote a post earlier (one I was planning to write anyway!), so today I’m just going to refer you back to the series I’ve been doing on the topic. (I wrote early to submit my post to the blog carnival at Missionary Blog Watch – check there today or tomorrow for other posts on the topic from a Christian perspective).
Here’s the series so far:
- Poverty – living on the minimum wage in Mexico (featuring a music video)
- Poverty (part II) – questions about poverty, links, and another video
- Poverty and Community – when helping the poor fails, and a suggestion of how we can improve things
These are difficult and controversial topics – I would love to hear your comments, whether you agree or not!