other writing
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Where to give in 2018
It’s just about the end of year, when capitalists try to persuade you to buy a bunch of crap and tender-hearted do-gooders engage in a death-brawl to get your remaining few dollars. I’d like to take this opportunity to shamelessly plug the people I work for (paid and unpaid) throughout the year: INMED Partnerships for…
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An Interview with Photographer and Do-Gooder, Erica Reade
Today I spoke with photographer Erica Reade, who married her passion for social justice and her love for photography and the arts, in her position as Program Director at Leave Out Violence (LOVE). Erica and I met while we were both involved in social justice in NYC (and she took my headshot on the front page!).…
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What is education really worth?
Although education for African children is a popular charitable project, governments and NGOs are pressured to keep costs ridiculously low in areas that don’t always have the resources or infrastructure to run schools effectively in the first place. Although I know that budget struggles are not particular to Africa, the greater amount of international funding…
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The Major Arcana for the Superstitious Atheist
0. When I was a child, I believed in God and Santa Claus and magic in about the same way. They were these amazing beings or energies that did stuff for you. When I moved towards atheism as a teenager, I didn’t revise my assumption of my own passivity—that stuff happened to me, I didn’t…