{"id":10160,"date":"2008-10-15T08:27:19","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T13:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=10160"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:18","slug":"blog-action-day-2008-today-the-focus-is-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/10\/15\/blog-action-day-2008-today-the-focus-is-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Action Day 2008: today the focus is Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/10\/header_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10161\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/10\/header_logo-300x53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a> <strong><em>Y<\/em><\/strong>esterday, we posted a day early for <a href=\"http:\/\/blogactionday.org\/\">Blog Action Day 2008<\/a>, asking <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/10\/14\/dear-barack-please-talk-about-the-poor-on-october-15th\/\">Barack Obama to talk about the poor<\/a> and poverty in America at the last Presidential Debate.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll find out tonight whether either candidate or the moderator thinks poverty is important enough to be a debate issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">By the way, if you&#8217;re in Chicago, you can join Obama supporters who are holding a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/my.barackobama.com\/page\/event\/detail\/debatewatchparty\/gs54bv\">Blog Action Day &amp; Debate Watch Party<\/a>&#8221; this evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><strong>update<\/strong><\/em> (October 15, 2008; 11:30 PM):\u00a0 Sigh. Not one word on the poor or poverty from Barack Obama in tonight&#8217;s debate &#8212; even when talking about the inadequacies of our education system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogactionday.org\/img\/bd5c45e598cc3c38023a7025e607fbc8c89ca202.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> Over ten thousand weblogs have pledged to participate today, focusing on Poverty.\u00a0 For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At <em>Exploring the Matrix<\/em>, Prof. James F. McGrath at Butler Universityy looks at &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/blog-action-day-poverty-and-biblical.html\">Poverty and Biblical Economics<\/a>&#8221; (he wonders how so many Christians can ignore all the emphasis in the Bible on social justice)<\/li>\n<li>Martin Stone writes about getting &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/martinrstone.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/14\/out-of-poverty-with-dignity\/\">Out of Poverty with Dignity<\/a>&#8221; in the underdeveloped world.<\/li>\n<li>Skellie at the <em>Skelliewag<\/em> weblog offers &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skelliewag.org\/30-simple-ways-to-battle-poverty-with-technology-571.htm\">30 Simple Ways to Battle Poverty With Technology<\/a>&#8220;;\u00a0 <em>Train for Humanity <\/em>(which uses the web, social media, and blogging in tandem with everyday athletes in training to support organizations allevating the strife caused by genocide, internal strife or war), focuses on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/trainforhumanity.org\/2008\/10\/putting-the-action-into-blog-action-day-2008\/\">Putting the ACTION into Blog Action Day 2008<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>and <em>Web Teacher<\/em> instructs us on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.webteacher.ws\/2008\/10\/15\/blog-action-day-what-is-a-social-business\/\">What is a Social Business?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Sandy G at the <em>Mouse Trap<\/em> reprises a piece on <a href=\"http:\/\/the-mouse-trap.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/blog-action-day-poverty-and-iq-from.html\">Poverty and IQ<\/a>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more weblogs participating in Blog Action Day 2008, go to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogactionday.org\/live_updates\/featured_posts\">Featured Posts<\/a> selection at the Blog Action Day website<\/li>\n<li>the Blog Action Day 2008 page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/search\/%22Blog+Action+Day%22?authority=a4&amp;language=en\">at Technorati<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Technorati&#8217;s Blog Action Day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/videos\/tag\/%22Blog+Action+Day%22\">Videos<\/a> results<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Blog Action Day&#8221; search <a href=\"http:\/\/blogsearch.google.com\/blogsearch?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=%22Blog+Action+Day%22&amp;btnG=Search+Blogs\">results from Google<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em><strong>afterwords:<\/strong><\/em> (October 16, 2008): One of our favorite blawgers, Anne Skove of <em>court-o-rama<\/em>, posted an insightful piece yesterday on Poverty and Addiction &#8212;<br \/>\n&#8220;Blog Action Day 2008: <a href=\"http:\/\/court-o-rama.org\/index.php?category=Criminal&amp;amp;post=blogactionday\">Poverty or How Low Can You Go?<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 It features excerpts from an article in the Cincinnati alternative newspaper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cincihomeless.org\/content\/streetvibes.html\"><em>Street Vibes<\/em><\/a> by poet-storyteller <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dosmadres.com\/catalog\/the-tao-of-longing-by-michael-henson\/\">Michael Henson<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/09\/8148_512_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"65\" \/> Speaking of reprises, check out our story about the death of &#8220;Frenchie&#8221; Hamilton, and the rising tide of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/09\/08\/attacks-on-homeless-hit-home-in-pontiac\/\">attacks on the homeless<\/a> (September 8, 2008) by juveniles in the USA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>THE UNMADE BED<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">bus station hobo\u2014<br \/>\nfour plastic seats<br \/>\nand a tabloid pillow<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;text-align: center\">on each dawn-frosted bench\u2014<br \/>\na full sleeping bag<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">a young cop rousts<br \/>\nthe trestle couple\u2014<br \/>\ncooing pigeons<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;text-align: center\">in my pupils\u2014<br \/>\nthe mattress<br \/>\nin the storefront window<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">snores from the dumpster<br \/>\nat Executive Suites<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;text-align: center\">dreaming of Dickens<br \/>\non an empty belly\u2014<br \/>\none more vagabond<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: center\">&#8211; \u201c<em>The Unmade Bed<\/em>,\u201d a rengay by <a href=\"..\/2008\/02\/10\/the-published-haiku-of-david-giacalone-2005-2007\/\">David Giacalone<\/a> (#1) &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehypertexts.com\/CarrieAnn%20Thunell%20Poet%20Poetry%20Picture%20Bio%20Artist%20Art.htm\">CarrieAnn Thunell<\/a> (#2), in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahapoetry.com\/ahalynx\/223asym.htm\">Lynx<\/a><\/em> XXII:3 (October 2007)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><em>F<\/em>inally, Issa knew that the poor are often the richest in spirit:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">at his house<br \/>\nthough he&#8217;s dirt-poor&#8230;<br \/>\nplum blossoms<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">the world today!<br \/>\numbrella-hatted princes and paupers<br \/>\nblossom viewing<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8230; by <a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\/\">Kobayashi Issa<\/a>, translated by David G. 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