Links of the Day, August 28

Where the Wild Things cupcakes = priceless. News It’s wildfire season in the Southland. California puts on a garage sale to try and bulk up its financial situation. Human trafficking UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) releases a new anti-human trafficking manual. Health care 40 Days for Health Care Reform. Miscellaneous Former Ku Klux …

Back in a few

Tomorrow morning, I leave California, my home for the last three years, for Pittsburgh, where I’ll be staying with Adam & Katie (and their fam) for a couple days, and hopefully catching up with Jordan. Sunday, I’ll drive down to DC, and start the internship on Tuesday. Once I’m settled in a little bit, I’ll …

Links of the Day, August 20

News The Lockerbie bomber is freed on compassionate grounds to return to Libya. Human trafficking An international sex trafficking ring is broken up in Los Angeles. Health care Another article taking apart the lies on health care reform. Check out the President’s faith-based call-in with Faith for Health and Sojourners. Robert Reich advocates a march …

Oasis 3-week update

Week Three One of the highlights this week was the trafficking training session put on by the Coalition Against Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) LA, which took place on Wednesday. The focus of the training was ministering to survivors of human trafficking, particularly sex trafficking. As a result, many of the other attendees were workers at …

Today's news

I have tickets to go see U2 when they come to the Rose Bowl here in Pasadena in October 25. Obviously, I’m still not even sure if I’m going to be in Pasadena, but still … I’m so excited! The G20 summit is going on; let’s hope they can figure something out. At 9:30am on …