Brummet's Conscious Blog

Recommended Resources Today, I'd like to celebrate people and organizations who have had profound impact on helping the homeless, providing aide during crisis and creating better communities: Let's begin with two articles in home safety that we all should read, however during any kind of family or community crisis we will need to know this information. (*submitted by  Marie Villeza)  20 Ways to Keep Kids Safe WhenThey Are Home Alone Have a House Fire EvacuationPlan - Kiran Bedi shares her thoughts on visionary leadership --  focusing on prevention and education, learning and meditation: https://www.ted.com/talks/kiran_bedi_a_police_chief_with_a_difference - The International Rescue Committee – provides aide to humanitarian crises victims. from their  site :  " The world’s more than 60 million displaced people, the highest number ever recorded, require more than “aid as usual...  More...

Dorothy Day House of Hospitality * Moronke Oluwatoyin joins us today to share information about a special NGO that offers aide to the homeless. She invites you to check out her site for international tutors  @ http://susxtutors.co  ** Blog owner note: I had to edit this article somewhat due to grammar corrections, as such some of the sentences are a bit different from the original submission. NGO domains which stands for non-governmental organization are entities usually nonprofit which work independently. The city of Memphis is among the top three cities in America in terms of homeless citizens. Over two thousand men, women and children are considered to be homeless, this is a realistic figure. Homeless people looking for shelter find themselves in such situation for a variety of reasons. The underlying reason could probably be caused by loss of job, a serious illness, a lack of marketable job skills, a house that probably got burn...

-- Quote of the Day -- “ I believe a man is born first unto himself for the happy developing of himself – the world is a nursery and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted.Some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood; they are born to ‘humanity’ – to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the multitudes .”  ~DH Lawrence -- Referral Corner -- Its time again for us to celebrate the incredible positive, proactive work done in the world by so many individuals... We love to highlight non-profits, and others, in this section - offering their sites so that you can follow up, network, share with others, or support them in some way.  New Start Highland : this organization was established to provide practical help to homeless people who are moving into their own home. They offer everything from home improvement, ...

-- Quote of the Day -- " Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate The uselessness of anger. " ~ Dali Lama  -- Lillian's Referral Corner -- This section of our blog is useful for me to share resources for our readers to check out - Places that are striving to make a huge impact on the international movement toward conscious, sustainable living. Today, I would like to highlight homelessness and clean energy. Focus the Nation is a national non-profit headquartered in Portland, Oregon that works toward building a clean energy economy within the USA region. Info @: www.focusthenation.org   Stop Homelessness has an ambitious goal of eliminating homelessness in the Greater Vancouver region (BC, Canada) through inspiring leadership and coordinated action plans.  Check them out @: http://stophomelessness.ca   Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio program, news...