{"id":6053,"date":"2010-03-14T21:03:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T04:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2010-03-15T13:47:47","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T20:47:47","slug":"vote-here-just-posts-for-a-just-world-best-of-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/14\/vote-here-just-posts-for-a-just-world-best-of-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE HERE!  Just Posts for a Just World : Best of 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s here!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6067\" title=\"2009-jp-finalist\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist.jpg 1042w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingtokens.wordpress.com\">Alejna<\/a> and I are proud to share with you, the FINAL SELECTIONS for the JUST POSTS : BEST OF 2009!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Writing that was so very exciting that I had to supress the urge to animate the text with flashing rainbows and dancing bears&#8230; let&#8217;s break out the iced coffee and Jameson, y&#8217;all! \u00c2\u00a0WHOO-HOO!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please vote! <\/strong> And spread the word to others to  vote, contribute, nominate, write, and read! \u00c2\u00a0And most importantly &#8212; Thank you thank you thank you for your interest,  support, and involvement in the Just Posts!<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VOTING AND PRIZES!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right here, in THIS POST, you can vote for your favorite finalist by  category.\u00c2\u00a0 You can also write in a favorite overall post.\u00c2\u00a0 Fancy!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vote within as  many categories as you like, but please vote only once in each category.<\/li>\n<li>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no need to vote in  all categories at once\u00e2\u20ac\u201ccome back as often as you like before voting  ends.<\/li>\n<li>We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have the  polls up and open for one week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of Monday night, March 22nd, we will close the poll and start  to tally the results.  The top votes in each category will receive a  hand-made tile from a New Orleans artisan with a few trinkets thrown in  for good measure.  Using your votes and any additional written input, we  will recognize a post (or two, we&#8217;re not ruling out ties) as the Best  of the Best Just Posts.  We&#8217;ll do something extra special for this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just scroll on down and start voting if you&#8217;re ready! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those that are interested, here is a run down of our imperfect process:<\/p>\n<p>Using your comments and ratings we narrowed down the long list of finalists.  From there, we created categories that reflected all of those 130+ posts.  Then we went back to the comments and ratings and narrowed down the categories (our goal was 3 in each category; note some have 4).  We made great efforts to represent a variety of voices, writers and experiences.\u00c2\u00a0 In no way is this list or these categories representative of the broad  theme of &#8220;Social Justice.&#8221;  It represents what we&#8217;ve been able to  gather, write and have nominated.<\/p>\n<p>Based on those finalists, we narrowed down to 4 broad categories, with topics under each:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> POLITICAL\/LEGAL: Gender Equity, Sexuality, Race<\/li>\n<li> HEALTH\/WELLNESS: Food and Nutrition, Disease and Illness, Child Welfare<\/li>\n<li> SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES: Vulnerable populations, Education, Social\/Societal Values<\/li>\n<li> ADVOCACY\/SERVICE: Service and Action, Information and Advocacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Plus a HUMOR category as the <em>lagniappe<\/em>!)<\/p>\n<p>Now all that is left is the VOTING!\u00c2\u00a0 Did I mention that we hope you&#8217;ll vote?\u00c2\u00a0 And spread the word?<br \/>\n<a><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Thank you again for your support of the Just Posts! <\/strong><br \/>\n<a><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6067\" title=\"2009-jp-finalist\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2009-jp-finalist.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>JUST POSTS FOR A JUST WORLD : BEST POSTS OF 2009<\/strong><br \/>\n<a><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/app.sgizmo.com\/s\/survey_js2.php?id=63LE978C8DHIZ3TXW00Q7E65998OM2-259587\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script> <noscript>This survey is powered by SurveyGizmo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\">online survey software<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s\/259587\/63le9\" >Please take my survey now<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s here! 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