Interview: Kris From An Angle

Name: Kris Anaya
Band: An Angle
What's your story for being in a band? How did you come to have a career in music?
Well long ago, I use to hang out with my cousin Mark Meraji. We would always listen to a lot of Bad Religion records. I thought he was really cool when I [...]

Money Where Your Mouth Is

Anyone heard of Jeff Caylor? Well you need to if you haven't. The singer/song writer has got talent, and a heart to top it off. The excerpt below was taken from JeffCaylor.com, Please check this guy out.

10% of each CD, song, or item sold that's on Jeff Caylor.com goes …

Perspective II

The three richest people in the world hold more wealth then the poorest 48 countries.

Perspective II

The three richest people in the world hold more wealth then the poorest 48 countries.

One Too Many Darfur Stories

"Keeping the spotlight on long-running humanitarian emergencies is notoriously difficult, particularly when the situation doesn't seem to change much - either for better or worse. This, argues Barrow, is Darfur's problem. "The biggest movement of people into camps took …

Edurelief, Like Education and Relief Combined

"Due to economic decline in the country a lack of funding in the education system is forcing families to either purchase textbooks required for their children's education or have their children drop out of school. Because of low wages and high unemployment rates the …

Perspective

6 billion people inhabit the earth, 1 billion live on less than $1 a day. What can you buy for a dollar? (Source: Worldbank.org)

Perspective

6 billion people inhabit the earth, 1 billion live on less than $1 a day. What can you buy for a dollar? (Source: Worldbank.org)

One Laptop Per Child

Nicholas Negroponte, the "OLPC" founder was on 60 Minutes last night talking about why it's good to give kids in 3rd world countries the opportunity to have a laptop and have this technology. He also talked about the revolutionary technology in the machine, and how …

Good Music

Have you checked out the bands on the "Bands/Friends" page? Find a band you haven't listened to before and give them a shot.

1000 Words II

Darfur Book

Here's some info and a link to the book, "Not On Our Watch" by Don Cheadle which we had a video on here about the other day.
From Publishers Weekly
"Over the past five years, youth groups, religious organizations, politicians and individuals have responded to the crisis …

Invisible Children On TV

Don't miss out on tonight's episode of Veronica Mars: the story is inspired by Invisible Children, followed with a PSA about the real invisible children and how to get involved.
"I Know What You'll Do Next Summer" (TV-14, HDTV) Airs Tues., 5/15 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on …

Combat Genocide Video

Here's a video from Don Cheadle talking about Darfur and the book he wrote about the genocide going on.
The clip is about 2 minutes, I really encourage you to check it out.
Video Link

Discourse Helps "To Write..."

Discourse Clothing will be donating 10% of their profits from all of our shirts sold until May 31st to the organization
To Write Love On Her Arms is dedicated to help prevent people from self cutting, depression and Suicide.
To purchase any of our clothing and support …

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day
[Don't forget to let your mom know you appreciate her]

Water Is Life

"Untreated sewage from factory discharges and urban centres now accounts for 10 percent of the Yellow River's flow, a prominent Chinese non-governmental group said.
The volume of waste water flowing into the river, China's second longest, doubled from 2 billion tonnes …

Kiva Doesn't Give. They Loan

Here is an interesting idea about how to better the poverty level in 3rd world countries. A lot of times people don't need or want handouts, they just want a chance.
Kiva.org lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. …

Tony Blair Resigns

"Tony Blair said Thursday he would step down as prime minister on June 27, closing a decade of power in which he fostered peace in Northern Ireland and followed the United States to a war in
Iraq that cost him much of his popularity."
What do you think about this? Is …

Freedom Project

Check out a blog entry about The Freedom Project event that took place to help International Justice Mission.