One year at RACS!
Today is my first job anniversary at Refugee Advice & Casework Service (RACS). Funnily enough, I started in…
The job that changed my life: looking back on my career at International Justice Mission
Leaving my job at International Justice Mission (IJM) definitely feels like the end of an era. It has…
I’m an anti-slavery tour guide. Sort of.
I’ve always fancied being a tour guide for a time. Sure, it would get old pretty soon, but…
Marketing is broken. Can we fix it?
Why marketing feels icky To be honest, I would never have guessed that I’d end up with the…
Two thousand bucks on booze
At the start of last year, I made a commitment to donate as much as I drank. Now, in the interests of accountability and transparency, I'll show you how I matched every cent spent on alcohol this year with donations to charity.
Half-time: the benefits of alcohol
I'm halfway through my commitment to match my charitable giving with my alcohol spending.
See how much I've paid for booze so far. And see which charities are going to be better off for it!
Making fashion ethical, and ethics fashionable
The 2017 Ethical Fashion Report is out today. I had the great privilege and pleasure of being part of Baptist World Aid's research team.
Read the report ... and read some of my reflections, about what I've learned and why ethics in fashion matters.
Making those booze bucks count
Pre(r)amble Yeah, yeah, I know you were after something profound, poignant perhaps. Something about resolutions. Something fitting for…
The cynical optimist
I’ve always been a cynic. From the time I was in primary school hearing about French nuclear testing in the Pacific, Aung San Suu Kyi being put under house arrest and the Monica Lewinsky scandal, I didn’t have much faith in people.
Strangely enough, this dark view of the world eventually led me to Jesus, my hope. So now I am this walking paradox, being both a cynic and an optimist.
Two weeks ago, I blogged about democracy and the need for greater participation. On Monday, a bunch of us put that into practice by meeting with over a hundred senators and members of parliament in one day.
Crazy Baptist Girl
Apparently among some of my classmates, I had a reputation as the Crazy Baptist Girl at school. After…