Entries Tagged as 'Social Justice'

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

One day before the race

I’m feeling a mix of anticipation and excitement (“wow! a real marathon!” “wow! SF is cool!”) with a bit of fear as well (“will I make it to the finish line without an exploding kneecap or total quad domination??”) as race day approaches fast!
I’m excited, no doubt. Tony and I are going to run this race […]

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Running for IJM Part III: How you can help

Support us as we run for the IJM! I’ve opened up a donation link through an application called Causes. You can go ahead and donate via credit card as shown:
Donate to the cause online! ยป
We hope to hit our fundraising target of $1000 by race day (August 3rd). That’s only NINE days away. I’ll be keeping you […]

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Explaining my framework for action (and how Grace plays into it all)

Bowen asked me a good question on my last post — ”Any reason why IJM in particular?”
I answered to the effect that 1) it was the first organization that my friends had mentioned to me regarding human trafficking and 2) I have an older friend who worked there a couple of years ago.
I want to follow that up with […]

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Running for IJM Part I: Who they are and why I care

The International Justice Mission is a Christian organization that fights modern-day human trafficking. I’m going to spend a little bit of time introducing them to you and tell you why I care about this cause.
The modern-day slave trade
Last semester, a few friends of mine taught a DeCal course on “The Modern Slave Trade”. I had the privilege […]