I haven't posted anything about BlogHers act, yet, and I need to get on the ball with that, I know.
Since I've been involved with this site as an editor over the past year and a half, I've been perpetually amazed by the creativity and the vision behind it. I feel really lucky to have gotten involved and once things get switched up for me this year, I'm hoping I'll have more time to join in. Meanwhile, I'm excited that Cooper and Emily are heading this up. They have brought so much attention to the natural and political disaster that was Hurricane Katrina, and also have advanced the cause of mothers who think and write online like few others.
The links will tell you what BlogHer's Act is all about, but it's basically an effort to identify a single global issue that needs attention, and also to create a "voter manifesto" for the 2008 candidates, identifying four major issues that the community would like to focus on.
We were asked to give our suggestions in both of these areas, and it was really, really hard to narrow it down. This is what I came up with in my submission. It's a little ranty and I can't say I was happy with it, but I posted it anyway. I feel really strongly about so many things and I so want to believe that there can be some positive change in our world. I can't say I'm completely optimistic, but at least there's an opportunity here to discuss issues of global and national concern that sometimes get swept away in the tide of daily life.
I hope you'll link to the BlogHer's Act initiative in your own work, and get involved in whatever way makes sense to you. I'm still thinking about what equates "action" instead of just pondering and perseverating over the problems. Hopefully that'll come clearer as 2008 gets closer.
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