http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kdegrootcarter/ SUSTENANCE FOR THE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS en-us 2008-11-17T18:57:03+00:00 Publishers Marketplace Karen DeGroot Carter hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kdegrootcarter/index.html#20081117135516 Yesterday featured a Sunday drive up to Boulder to see an amazing shadow puppet play in the Canyon Theater of the Boulder Public Library. The play, River Story, is based on the Bulgarian folktale “Zlatka, the Girl Made out of Gold.” Margarita Blush, a friend and fellow 2008 Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute associate, is a native of Bulgaria as well as an extremely talented performance artist. Also a theatre and drama teacher at the Ricks Center for Gifted Children in Denver, Margarita not ... Karen DeGroot Carter 2008-11-17T18:55:16+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kdegrootcarter/index.html#20081110152657 All the work I’ve done over the past few months on ImagineAGreatElection.com has certainly been gratifying, but I’m most proud of the essay that’s posted on it called My Mixed-Race Family. Give it a read for a little insight into the impact of the Obama election from an increasingly not-so-atypical American family’s point-of-view. Karen DeGroot Carter 2008-11-10T20:26:57+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kdegrootcarter/index.html#20081104111840 For me, faith has a lot to do with elections. Faith that the best person will win, faith that the person elected will stand up for what he/she believes and will follow up on the many promises made over the last two tumultuous years of campaigning. I’ve held onto an instinctive faith that Barack Obama would be the Democratic nominee for president in the 2008 election since he arrived on the national stage during the 2004 election. Call that blind faith, but it’s what I felt, and when it ... Karen DeGroot Carter 2008-11-04T16:18:40+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kdegrootcarter/index.html#20081009111858 I've been busy. Sherry Seiber of Pearl Street Publishing (home of One Sister’s Song) is developing sites that delve into politics and law, and I’ve been working with her on one that’s near and dear to my heart: ImagineAGreatElection.com. Designed to help voters (like me) who prefer to tune out the media hoopla and read about politicians and their plans in specific terms, Imagine A Great Election provides nonpartisan bullet-point rundowns of top issues; abstracts of media reports regarding ... Karen DeGroot Carter 2008-10-09T15:18:58+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kdegrootcarter/index.html#20080929114159 Beyond THE FUTURE: Amex Members Project 2008 American Express is currently running its annual Members Project through which Amex card members can vote for charities in the running for significant funding. Voting for the top 25 projects ends at midnight tonight, when the top five will be announced. Winners are announced in October. Amex will fund projects based on how they place: $1.5 million for first place, $500,000 for second, $300,000 for third, $100,000 for fourth and fifth. Current ... Karen DeGroot Carter 2008-09-29T15:41:59+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kdegrootcarter/index.html#20080920105251 First thing this morning, I was greeted on-line by an AP article on an August 27-September 5 survey conducted by the Associated Press and Yahoo. The headline, “Poll: Racial views steer some white Dems away from Obama,” is sobering enough, but the article goes on to document many discouraging—but to some not at all surprising—facts: • 40 percent of all white Americans hold at least a partly negative view toward blacks. • Just seven in 10 Democrats support Obama. • Given a choice of several ... Karen DeGroot Carter 2008-09-20T14:52:51+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kdegrootcarter/index.html#20080815115604 Thanks so much to Tara over at Paris Parfait for posting a link to Blog Action Day 2008. The topic this year is poverty, and I’ve just registered to join more than 900 bloggers from around the world as they explore this critical topic on October 15. Join up at blogactionday.org. Karen DeGroot Carter 2008-08-15T15:56:04+00:00