{"id":5811,"date":"2010-01-13T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=5811"},"modified":"2010-01-14T20:22:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T03:22:14","slug":"just-posts-for-a-just-world-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/13\/just-posts-for-a-just-world-december-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Posts for a Just World: December 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>A note about giving to Haiti&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Many have asked my thoughts on donating to Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday&#8217;s terrible earthquake.\u00c2\u00a0 My preference is to give to smaller organizations.\u00c2\u00a0 In particular, I like to have contacts at the organization whom I trust.\u00c2\u00a0 In the Haiti example, we donated to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hashaiti.org\/\">H\u00c3\u00b4pital Albert Schweitzer<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0<strong> <\/strong> Deschapelles is located north of Port-au-Prince and is currently treating patients from the suburbs of the capital.\u00c2\u00a0 As now homeless residents of Port-au-Prince travel for medical care and shelter, I imagine that this community will grow in size and in medical need, beyond the injured they are currently treating.\u00c2\u00a0 I do have a professional relationship with the managing director, and have heard compelling stories of the programs and projects they undertake at this center.\u00c2\u00a0 The medical staff at the H\u00c3\u00b4pital is Haitian.\u00c2\u00a0 When you give, you give directly to this center, to this community, to these people, within this country.\u00c2\u00a0 For those reasons, I feel, based on my experience, that my donation will go the furthest.\u00c2\u00a0 It is my recommendation for giving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>December 2009 Just Posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Claudia<\/strong> at <em>The Bottom of Heaven<\/em> with:<a href=\"http:\/\/thebottomofheaven.com\/2009\/12\/18\/some-thoughts-on-the-princess-and-the-frog\/#comment-1059\" target=\"_blank\">Some Thoughts on the Princess and the Frog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Country Girl<\/strong> of <em>Country Girl\/City Girl<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/countrygirl-citygirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/can-we-talk.html\" target=\"_blank\">Can we talk?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Emily<\/strong> of <em>Wheels on the Bus<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/wheelsonthebus.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/18\/a-letter-to-the-peeps-in-copenhagen\/\" target=\"_blank\">A letter to the peeps in Copenhagen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Erika<\/strong> of <em>Be gay about it. <\/em>with <a href=\"http:\/\/begayaboutit.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/06\/everybody-hurts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Everybody hurts.<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/begayaboutit.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/24\/merry-christmas-to-all\/\" target=\"_blank\">Merry Christmas to all.<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/begayaboutit.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/29\/shine-your-light-share-your-story-and-win-a-contest\/\">Shine your light, share your story \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6AND WIN A CONTEST!!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ginny <\/strong>at <em>Praying to Darwin<\/em> with: <a href=\"http:\/\/prayingtodarwin.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/19\/a-tree-grows-in-the-psych-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Tree Grows in the Psych Ward<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>girlgriot<\/strong> at <em>If you want kin&#8230; <\/em>with: <a href=\"http:\/\/girlgriot.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/08\/im-asking-\/\" target=\"_blank\">I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m asking again: How long? again-how-long\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>h.e.g.<\/strong> of <em>Faith and Aids<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/faithandaids.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/10\/speaking-out-against-ugandas-anti-homosexuality-bill-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking out against Uganda\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kitty<\/strong> at <em>The Show Must Go On<\/em> with: <a href=\"http:\/\/cinemagypsy.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/02\/see-ya-in-your-nightmares\/\" target=\"_blank\">See Ya in Your Nightmares<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Magpie<\/strong> of <em>Magpie Musing<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magpiemusing.com\/2009\/12\/charity-vs-democracy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Charity vs. Democracy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Meloukhia<\/strong> at <em>This Ain&#8217;t Livin&#8217; <\/em>with: <a href=\"http:\/\/meloukhia.net\/2009\/12\/glee_sectionals.html\" target=\"_blank\">Glee: Sectionals<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/meloukhia.net\/2009\/12\/antifeminist_spam.html\" target=\"_blank\">Antifeminist Spam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>submom<\/strong> of <em>The Absence of Alternatives<\/em> with&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secretinnerlife.com\/2009\/12\/i-wish-my-hotel-had-porn.html\" target=\"_blank\">All things on cable TV considered, I wish my hotel had porn\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thailand Chani<\/strong> of <em>Finding My Way Home<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/thailandgal.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/sacred-life-sunday-no-slime-zone.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sacred Life Sunday: No Slime Zone!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>wrekehavoc<\/strong> with <a href=\"http:\/\/wrekehavoc.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/01\/world-aids-day-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">world aids day 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you for reading, nominating, and thinking about Just Posts!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/justpostdec2009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5813\" title=\"justpostdec2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/justpostdec2009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/justpostdec2009.jpg 684w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/justpostdec2009-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;- A note about giving to Haiti&#8230; Many have asked my thoughts on donating to Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday&#8217;s terrible earthquake.\u00c2\u00a0 My preference is to give to smaller organizations.\u00c2\u00a0 In particular, I like to have contacts at the organization whom I trust.\u00c2\u00a0 In the Haiti example, we donated to H\u00c3\u00b4pital Albert Schweitzer.\u00c2\u00a0 Deschapelles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[121],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5811"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5811"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5815,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5811\/revisions\/5815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}