Glosslip Radio Teams Up With Blogcritics For Blog Action Day ‘08 – Global Poverty
Tomorrow, October 15 from 12:00pm – 2:00pm EDT, Dawn Olsen of Glosslip.com and Eric Olsen of Blogcritics.org will be co-hosting with host Easton Ellsworth, U.S. Director of Blog Action Day, for the “Talkathon For Poverty Relief,” in partnership with BlogActionDay.org and BlogTalkRadio.com. During our two-hour segment we will be talking with the following guests:
12:15 pm Katy & Philip Leakey, Founders, The Leakey Collection, Activists who empowered an African village to rise from poverty by creating/marketing a jewelry line.
GIVEAWAY: Leakey Collection jewelry to top poverty blog of the hour – but blogger must call into show within an hour to collect prize.
12:30 pm Chris Garrett – Co-author: “ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income”
12:40 pm Debbie Jordan, Author: “The World I Imagine: A creative manual for ending poverty and building peace.”
-Jordan says we will never have peace on earth as long as anyone is forced to live in poverty.
1:00 pm ET
Anthony Citrano of CosmicTap.com, a social commentary blog, Co-founder of Pop!Tech, a leading conference about the intersection of technology and culture
-TOPIC: Politics and social policy and their collective impacts on poverty
1:30 pm ET
Diana Scimone – Founder of Born to Fly International, non-profit that works to stop child trafficking around the world.
-TOPIC: Diana will be blogging about the direct connection between poverty and child trafficking
We encourage those participating in the event to call in and share your thoughts on poverty relief and discuss charitable causes which can help aid those stricken by poverty. If recent events in the economic market have shown us anything, it is how we are all connected and responsible for each other in our success and failure. Please join us in the important event, as bloggers and blogs take to internet to turn words into action!
CALL-IN NUMBER: (347)308-8594
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Hi Dawn and Eric!
I’m looking forward to talking with you both and Easton on Blog Talk Radio tomorrow. It’s going to be a great day. And now…I better go finish my post!
Diana Scimone
http://www.dianascimone.com
Twitter: @BornToFly
Comment by Diana Scimone — October 14, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
I know about the Leakey Collection! I own a couple pieces of zulugrass, the jewelry made by the Maasai women. it is pretty stuff. Awesome people!
Comment by A Watcher — October 14, 2008 @ 7:32 pm
Hi Dawn!
I want to thank you and Eric for giving so generously of your time for this event! I’m looking forward to listening in throughout the day.
And again, it was a pleasure meeting you last month.
Best,
Deb
Comment by Deb Ng — October 14, 2008 @ 8:18 pm