Video: Meet EFI
I realize I already blogged about Extended Family International (EFI) -- the nonprofit housing organization I work with -- but in case you didn't have the time to read through all of my passionate babble I thought I'd share this video with you. :)We originally created this video to play at our first Music for Malawa (malawa = the Kurdish term for "home") benefit concert, but updated it for general-use purposes. I could go on

A home for Kenyan orphans
A friend of a friend is doing some pretty cool work in Boston. I wanted to share it with all of you and give you an opportunity to be a part of the change she's trying to make in the lives of orphans in Kenya.A lady by the name of Dana Reichman has committed

Resurrecting Change 101
Shouldn’t bloggers blog every once in a while?It has been ages, dear readers. I could apologize for that, but instead I will share with you why I am not blogging so very often, or really at all, these days.I guess it all started with this blog. I had this idea to collect information that would help inspire people to initiate change. It just so happened that it worked extremely well, for me at least. Back in February I was asked to join the board of a startup nonprofit based on an idea a good friend of mine had come up with. He came across a need in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq near the end of last ye