A World We Dare To Imagine Final: Roots The mission of my organizations Roots is to bring people together in planting a new movement towards ending human trafficking. My organization will collaborate with Real Life Church’s Undergrounds, a successful coffee shop that gives their sales proceeds towards organizations that are for such a cause . We will expand on the business and create a chain of coffeehouses to generate more revenue for the organizations. This allows the organizations to help those individuals out in rescuing them, giving them medical or psychological aid, and helping them start new lives. Real Life is a mega church and has significant power to spread the word about this initiative. From the roots of Real Life Church's network with other churches across the world, our organization will build a chain of coffee houses in their locations. When you walk into any of our coffee houses, you will see Underground’s and our core statement, “using coffee to change lives...
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A World We Dare To Imagine #1 My first step in making this world a better place would be to collaborate with my church, Real Life Church, to create a movement towards ending human trafficking. Real Life has a successful coffeeshop called Undergrounds that gives their sales proceeds towards organizations that are for such a cause. I would want to expand on this business and create a chain of coffeehouses to generate more revenue for the organizations. Through Real Life Church's network with other churches across the world, I would start to build the chain of coffeehouses in their locations. Real Life is a mega church and has significant power to spread the word about this initiative. In addition, they can provide employment opportunities as well to support the coffee shops. As the businesses become more successful, I would want to provide opportunities for church members to serve and take an active role in fighting and raising awareness about human trafficking. Also, I would ...
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Random Blog Post #3 Ever since I was young, I have had a strong relationship with my grandpa on my mom's side. I am very close to my family, but especially to him. My grandpa is the most generous and loving man I know. A majority of our conversations surround food. Ever since I could remember, he has always asked where I wanted to eat and would take me wherever my heart desired. When I was in kindergarten, my favorite spot of choice would be McDonalds and we'd both order Happy Meals of cheeseburgers, fries, and soda. Today, I have more of an adventurous palate and the places have expanded to restaurants including, "More Than Waffles" and "Lazy Dog Cafe". The one constant in these small adventures is that no matter where we go, I always enjoy spending time with him. I am always captivated by what he has to say whether it is telling me about his day taking care of my younger cousin Scotty to sharing about his past family vacations with my mom. He is the bes...
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Born on Third Base Post #2 I find Born on Third Base a fascinating book and I like what it has to say about the growing issues of climate change and wealth inequality in Chapter 12. There are increasing greenhouse gasses within our atmosphere and an increasing inconsideration for our environment's health. It's sad to see how the wealthiest fossil fuel companies benefit at our earth's expense. I am moved by this chapter because I feel strongly about protecting the environment. I feel that it is important to care about the environment because it is for the sake of our society's health, especially those who are poverty and live in poor areas that are more affected by the consequences of climate change. I believe it's especially important to teach the younger generation about these values and how the environment impacts us. This chapter reminded me of when I was a part of the children's ministry and how on one day, I taught them about the blessing of God's b...
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Born on Third Base Blog Post #1 I found Born on Third Base enjoyable and interesting to read because of how it explores the major issue of inequality in our society. I love Chapter 2 and how it talks about the importance of having empathy within our society for those who are impacted by the consequences of social inequality. I was reminded by how I should always have a sense of gratitude because "if you live in the United States, you are probably in the top 5 or 10 percent globally". I was inspired by how it says that individuals with more economic resources have significant power to make a change and to help resolve the issue of social inequality. As I am pursuing a career in the entertainment industry, I hope I can help produce movies that will talk about issues like this and motivate change. I am liberal and I believe that everyone has to pay taxes. Chapter 4 caught my attention when it talked about the time that Collins was a guest speaker on a conservative radio...
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Random Post #2 I absolutely love running on the open road. I enjoy waking up early to map out a new road for myself. I try to find a trail that is both challenging yet fun. It's like trying a new adventure every day. My run does not always go exactly to my plan for the day because I might decide to try a new path that I discover along the way. My favorite spots to run are at the beach because of the cool weather and ocean breeze. I love taking my dog along for the trip because he keeps me motivated to not stop running. No matter where I run, I always feel a sense of peace. I think one of the major reasons why I love running is because I find it to be the ultimate stress reliever. Running allows me to put all of my worries aside and focus on the road at hand. From the beat of my IPod's music to the various trees I pass, I take in all of my surroundings as I run. Every time I run, I feel a sense of gratitude and happiness with my life. Running reminds me to slow down and b...
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My Life on The Road Post #2 I find it interesting and inspiring that the author does not own a car "because adventure starts the moment [she] leaves [her] door". I love that she does not have any plan for the day, but just lets life happen and takes it as it is. I am more of a person who needs structure and can sometimes get too caught up in a certain plan of how things "should" go. I have and still am learning to let go of my perception of how things "should" go and just rely on my faith in God to take care of it. I have heard about how mindfulness, or focusing on the present, contributes to one's happiness and I believe this is true. When I forget what I want to happen and focus on and appreciate what I have right now instead, I feel grateful and at peace. I love how the author talks about the positive aspects of public transportation and how it's an opportunity to meet a diverse range of people. Public transportation allows us to learn abou...