Social Entreprenuer
Post your planning sheet, answers to these questions for your social entrepreneur, plus the document search here:
1. What motivated this person to want to change something in society?
2. How did this person get the community's support for the project?
3. What did the community gain?
4. What did the social entrepreneur gain?
Your essay needs to answer all of these questions; you can structure it like a typical problem/solution essay or cause and effect.
Post your planning sheet, answers to these questions for your social entrepreneur, plus the document search here:
1. What motivated this person to want to change something in society?
2. How did this person get the community's support for the project?
3. What did the community gain?
4. What did the social entrepreneur gain?
Your essay needs to answer all of these questions; you can structure it like a typical problem/solution essay or cause and effect.
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Carla Poindexter
English 1A 9-10
23 April 2009
Initial Planning Sheet
1. What is the subject of your paper?
Amy Bank
2. Why do you want to write about this subject?
I want to write about this subject because one assignment for my college English class is to complete a research paper about a social entrepreneur.
3. What audience will you write for? (Your audience will determine whether you need
technical or broad based information from your sources.)
My audience is a group of my peers and my English 1A professor.
4. What question do you want your research paper to answer?
Some of the questions I will explore are as follows:
1. Who is the social entrepreneur profiled?
2. What problem did the person profiled identify?
3. What did the community gain?
4. What is the name if the organization they started?
5. What is the main writing strategy you think you will use? (Description, process or causal
analysis, compare/contrast, problem/solution, classification, or argument are some
possibilities.)
I think I will use the description as well as the problem/solution writing strategy in my research paper.
Carla Poindexter
English 1A 9-10
23 April 2009
10 Sources for Social Entrepreneur Research Paper
1. www.ashoka.org
2. www.youtube.com
3. www.changemakers.net
4. www.puntos.org
5. www.lexisnexis.com
6. www.washingtonpost.com
7. The Lancet
8. CQ Researcher
9. www.hr.org
10. www.ips.net
Jennifer Gonzales
English 1A
23 April 2009
Initial Planning Sheet:
1. The subject of my paper is on the social entrepreneur Priya Karim Haji and her journey toward alleviating global poverty
2. I want to write about her childhood, schooling and initial involvement, her accomplishments and her current "fair trade" business
3. The audience I am writing for is conscious consumers and people aho care about global poverty.
4. The question I want my essay to answer is How fair trade not only affects the artisan's but also the consumer.
5. The main writing strategy I will use is compare/contrast or problem/solution.
My 5-10 sources: (or more =/)
1. www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2006/sepoct/classnotes/haji.html
2.http://www.worldofgood.org/about/
3.www.echoinggreen.org/fellows/priya-haji
4. www.policyinnovations.org/innovators/people/data/07504
5. www.elephantpharm.com/
6. www.abetterfootprint.org/videos
7. www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2003/2003_09_05.fest5.html
8. entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/news/news_features_2008.html
9. www.sustainablebrands08.com/speakers/bios
9. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=priya+haji&aq=f
10. http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=2337
11. http://www.socialfusion.org/co_worldofgood.html
12. http://naturalfoodsmerchandiser.com/tabId/66/itemId/3188/40-Under-40-Priya-Haji.aspx
13. http://www.freeatlast.org/about/board_of_directors.htm
Jason Bey. 1.Ed Rosenthal is my favorite California social entrepreneur.He strongly believed the cannabis laws have become more harmful tha the behavoir they were intended to regulate. 2.His highly publicized public battles with the Federal Courts have brought much needed attention to the issue,helping California gain support from several other states.Recent polls show that 80% of Americans support legal access to medical marijuana.3Community gained right to acess medical cannibas and relief from pain and suffering.4Ed Rosenthal setablished himself as an author,expert witness,publisher,and general humanitarian as well as earning a lot of money along the way. yup
Jose Vasquez
4/23/2009
English 1A 9-10
Initial planning sheet
1. What is the subject 0f your paper?
Mimi Silbert
2.Why do you want to write about this subject?
I want to write about this subject because is an assignment for my English class and also because I know about her.
3. What audience will you write for? (Your audience will determine whether you need technical or broad-based information from your sources.)
My audience is my classmates, which are college students and my English teacher.
4.What question do you want your research paper to have?
The questions I will answer are:
1. Who is the social entrepreneur profiled?
2. What problem did the person profiled identify?
3. What is the name if the organization they started?
4. Describe their relationship to the community that they serve?
Why they decided to address this issue?
5. What is the local component?
6. How does the community own the process?
5. What is the main writing strategy you think you will use? (Description, process or causal analysis, compare/contrast, problem solution, classification, or arguments are some possibilities.)
The main writing that I think I would use is problem/solution.
Jose Vasquez
English 1A 9-10
23 April 2009
My 10 sources for my Social Entrepreneur Research paper
1. www.wic.org
2. www.pbs.org
3. www.delanceystreetfoundation.org
4. www.socialent.org
5. www.youtube.com
6. www.galegroup.com
7. www.hearstfdn.org
8. www.grass-roots.org
9. www.eisenhowerfoundation.org
10. www.news.harvard.edu
Rebecca Evans eng 1a 9-10 4/23/09
Initial Planning sheet
1. What is the subject of your paper?
How body image affects girls and women and what Connie Sobczak and The Body Positive is doing to empower women.
2. Why do you want to write about your subject?
One in every five women suffers from an eating disorder. Positive body image and self esteem lead to happier and healthier people.
3. What audience will you write for (your audience will determine whether you need technical or broad based info from your sources)?
My English class, I will use broad based information.
4. What question do you want your research paper to answer?
How body image affects girls and women and how the Body Positive is helping.
5. What is the main writing strategy you will use? (Description, process, casual analysis, compare/contrast, problem/solution, classification, or arguments are some of the possibilities)
I will use casual analysis and a problem/solution writing strategies.
Questions
1.What motivated this person to want to change something in society?
Connie Sobczak has personally dealt with body image issues and in turn self esteem to the extent of developing an eating disorder. She saw her sister loose her life to bulimia. She connected their struggles to a lack of self esteem and a lack of positive body image. She saw the age of body image and eating issues starting at a younger age and decided that teachings and implementations needed to be established in young girls at a young age to empower them as women.
2. How did this person get the community's support for the project?
Sobczak went into schools with her partner Elizabeth Scott and conducted assemblies teaching body acceptance and self esteem in elementary school student. Teachers and parents were supportive as they saw the self esteem of their students rise and with a higher self esteem their grades and interactions improved as well.
3. What did the community gain?
The community gained children that had a raised sense of self esteem and in turn educated their parents and peers; the community creates a larger more accepting and community whole.
4. What did the social entrepreneur gain?
Sobczak gained community growth of self esteem as she saw children growing. She also began gaining hope that eating disorders and self esteem issues would hopefully be lessened by empowering elementary school children.
Rebecca Evans eng 1a 9-10
Sources
Internet:
http://www.thebodypositive.org/
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
http://www.epigram.org.uk/resources/199/EP_1102_MAIN_EPE1_010.pdf
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_beauty.cfm
http://www.youtube.com/user/cesobczak
http://www.about-face.org/
Books
The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness by Kim Chernin
The secret language of eating disorders written by peggy claude pierre
The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to be Perfect by Margo Maine and Joe Kelly
Scholarly articles
Gender, body size and social relations in American high schools. By
Author(s):Robert Crosnoe, Kenneth Frank and Anna Strassmann Mueller
http://prevos.net/ola/body_image.pdf
Other
Interview with Connie Sobczak
Andre Stephens
English 1A – 9:00 – 9:50
April 23, 2009
Initial Planning Sheet
1. What is the subject of your paper?
The subject of my paper will be Mimi Silbert the Delancey Street Foundation
2. Why do you want to write about this subject?
I want to write about this subject because the work Mimi Silbert does at Delancey Street is awe inspiring. She is selfless, amazing and shows her perseverance for change.
3. What audience will you write for?
My audience will be college students and my professor.
4. What question do you want your research paper to answer?
The question my research paper will answer is why Mimi is a social entrepreneur and how she gets down and dirty to bring about change in the lives of the people who live at Delancey Street and the community.
5. What is the main strategy you think you will use?
The main strategy I will use is description and problem/solution.
Sources for Social Entrepreneur Research Paper
http://0-find-galegroup.com.catalog.oaklandlibrary.org:80/itx/start.
do?prodId=EAIM
http://www.daelnceystreetfoundation.org
http://www.pbs.org/oph/thenewheroes/whatis/p_index.html
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ pub/pdf/ppus07st/pdf
Books:
John Maher of Delancey Street
Chapter in Book:
Passionaries, Turning Compassion into Action
Articles:
Each one Teaches One
Serving Time
Tipton
English 1A
Professors Sabir
Thursday 23, 2009
1. Richard Lee was motivated to change the outlook on cannabis, because he saw as well as many people across the nation that cannabis is not a bad plant if used in the correct way.
2. Richard Lee got the community involved by showing them that you can smoke and sell cannabis legally.
3. The community gained a safe place to purchase cannabis goods as well as a license legally without the police in their business.
4. Richard Lee gained a community of people that supports and loves his business.
Planning Sheet
1. The subject of my paper is Richard Lee and Marijuana
2. I chose to write about this subject because; it is interesting.
3. I am writing for a broad audience young and old, it applies to all generations.
4. Is marijuana harmful or helpful to people
5. In my writing I will use the problem and solution strategy
Sources
http://marijuananews.com/blog/general-analysis/richard-lees-oakland-initiative-to-be-on-november-ballot-but-mpp%e2%80%99s-nevada-initiative-may-not-make-it-and-it-should-not-fiasco-embarrasses-and-undermines-cannabis-movement-with-mandatory-m/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weed
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=weed
Big Tenn Productions
http://www.hulu.com/watch/68615/family-guy-bag-of-weed
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/54
Effective Methods of Preparing Food & Drink With Marijuana, Hashish & Hash Oil - Excellent book for those supplying patients who need different dosages and forms of ingestion.
Cannabis in Medical Practice A Legal, Historical and Pharmacological Overview of the Therapeutic Use of Marijuana by Mary Lynn Mathre
Effective Methods of Preparing Food & Drink With Marijuana, Hashish & Hash Oil - Excellent book for those supplying patients who need different dosages and forms of ingestion
Marijuana Grower's Handbook: The Indoor High Yield Guide by Ed Rosenthal
Prescription Pot A Leading Advocate's Heroic Battle to Legalize Medical Marijuana (New Horizon Press, 2003). It chronicles the true life of George McMahon, one of five U.S. citizens who can legally smoke marijuana in every state. This is a must read!
Mesha Shavers
English 1A
Professor Sabir
23 April 2009
Initial Planning Sheet
I. What is the subject of your paper?
Social Activism in the Community
II. Why do you want to write about this subject?
To inform my audience about the good works of this social entrepreneur.
III. What audience will you write for? (Your audience will determine whether you need technical or broad-based information from your sources.)
I will write to inform my peers in my English class.
IV. What question do you want your research paper to answer?
A. What motivated this person to want to change something in society?
B. How did this person get the community’s support for the project?
C. What did the community gain?
D. What did the social entrepreneur gain?
V. What is the main writing strategy you think you will use? (Description, process or casual analysis, compare/contrast, problem/solution, classification, or argument are some possibilities.)
Mesha Shavers
English 1A
Professor Sabir
23 April 2009
http://www.glide.org/Timeline.aspx
http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/cecil_williams.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Williams
http://clinton4.nara.gov/Initiatives/OneAmerica/Practices/pp_19980803.17311.html
http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/commencement.html
http://media.www.asurampage.com/media/storage/paper896/news/2002/11/14/News/The-...
Mesha Shavers
English 1A
Professor Sabir
23 April 2009
http://www.glide.org/Timeline.aspx
http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/cecil_williams.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Williams
http://clinton4.nara.gov/Initiatives/OneAmerica/Practices/pp_19980803.17311.html
http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/commencement.html
http://media.www.asurampage.com/media/storage/paper896/news/2002/11/14/News/The-...
Jason Bey
Professor Sabir
English 1A
1. Ed Rosenthal and the emerging California medicinal marijuana industry
2. I strongly believe cannabis should be legalized. I am interested in harvesting medicinal marijuana and becoming an associate in a cannabis club.
3. My audience is college level adults,sick and elderly who may be considering using medicinal marijuana, and my professor.
4. How is marijuana useful to the community?What are the current marijuana laws in California?How is marijuana cultivated and sold through the cannabis clubs?
5. Style:Casual Analysis
Sources
1.www.hemprock.com 2.www.quicktrading.com 3.norml.org
4.www.california.org 5.Waiting to Inhale by Alan Bock 6.www.usdog.gov7.www.safeaccessnow.org 8.www.sciam.com(scientific American)
9.www.canabis.org
10.wwwallvoices.com
Initial Planning Sheet
1. What is the subject of your paper?
My paper is about Community Cinema.
2. Why do you want to write about this subject?
Because this organization educates people across America about different issues of today.
3. What audience will you write for? (Your audience will determine whether you need
technical or broad based information from your sources.)
My audience will be my English 1a peers and my Professor.
4. What question do you want your research paper to answer?
Why was this organization started?
Does the community change after they discuss issues?
5. What is the main writing strategy you think you will use? (Description, process or causal
analysis, compare/contrast, problem/solution, classification, or argument are some
possibilities.)
My main strategy I will be using is description and problem/solution.
Tipton Audra’
English 1A
Professor Sabir
Monday 27, 2009
Social Entreprenuer Outline
1. Richard Lee/ Marijuana
2. Richard Lee identified smoking and sailing legal marijuana
3. Cannabis University, Oakland CA
4. Richard Lee relationship too the community is beautiful. He provides a legal way to educated yourself, sale, and to grow marijuana.
5. Richard Lee decided to address this issue, because marijuana is not a bad drug, therefore people should not be punished using it.
6. Everybody works together, and do what they are supposed to do. The community owns this process because people that are apart of this process makes sure they are playing by the rules, in things that you can and can not do. That way the communities as well as Richard Lee are able to keep this legal Marijuana process alive.
Donnovan Jiles
English 1a
1.What motivated this person to want to change something in society?
Ed Rosenthal felt that the marijuana law in the United States had become more harmful to society than the behavior they intended to control.
2.How did this person get the community's support for the project?
He got the cmmunities support by promoting and developing civil policies to help legalize the medical use of marijuana.
3.What did the community gain?
The community gained with the passage of California’s Proposition 215 in 1996, which athorized the medical us of marijuana.
4.What did the social entrepreneur gain?
He also gained with the passage of California’s Proposition 215 in 1996, which athorized the medical us of marijuana.
Carla Poindexter
English 1A 9-10
27 April 2009
Social Entrepreneur Outline
1. Who is the social entrepreneur profiled?
Amy Bank is the social entrepreneur I profiled.
2. What problem did the person profiled identify?
Domestic violence against women and youth is the problem identified by Amy Bank.
3. What is the name of the organization they started?
The name of the organization Amy Bank started is Puntos de Encuentro. Puntos de Encuentro means Meeting Point. Another common translation of Puntos de Encuentro is Common Ground.
4. Describe their relationship to the community that they serve.
Amy Bank lived in Nicaragua for 22 years.
5. Why did they decide to address the issue?
Incidents of domestic violence against women and youth were at an all time high, therefore, Amy Bank decided to create a catalyst for change.
6. What is the local component?
Puntos de Encuentro is also based in San Francisco, California.
7. How does the community own the process?
The community takes ownership of the process by participating in activities that help to eradicate violence in the home.
Jennifer Gonzales
English 1A
27 April 2009
My Outline:
Introduction
Thesis: Although Priya Haji’s World Of Good organization focuses on improving economic and social conditions in underdeveloped countries by selling artisans handmade crafts and using fair trade guidelines, as consumers we need to be more conscious of the products we buy, because not all products make a significant impact on the world.
1st Major Point: Priya Haji’s steps towards social entrepreneurship and the founding of her World of Good organization.
Evidence:
2nd Major Point: What the organization does and why they do it
Evidence:
3rd Major Point: What is fair trade and why Haji’s organization uses it.
Evidence:
4th Major Point: How fair trade impacts people and the communities that use it.
Evidence:
5th Major Point: Why it is important for consumers to be conscious of their purchases.
Evidence:
Conclusion
Works Cited Page
Mesha, is your SE Cecil Williams, formerly at Glide Memorial Church?
Andre Stephens
English 1A – 9:00 – 9:50
1. Introduction
2. Who is the social entrepreneur profiled?
Mimi Silbert
3. What problem did the person profiled identify?
A high percentage of criminals that are released end up going back into the system within three years. There needed to be a rehabilitation program that provided people with the skills they need to make a positive difference in the community.
4. What is the name of the organization they started?
Delancey Street
5. Describe their relationship to the community that they serve.
The program does not cost anything to taxpayers. Silbert, who is the President and CEO, also lives at the San Francisco headquarters and follows the same rules and regulations as the people in the program.
6. Why did they decide to address the issue?
In order for the residents to be contributing members of society, they must be accountable for their previous actions. They have to become a part of the solution instead of just the problem.
7. What is the local component?
The San Francisco headquarters has been in existence since 1971. They also have facilities in New York, New Mexico, North Carolina and Los Angeles.
8. How does the community own the process?
The community benefits from the businesses that the organization runs such as a trucking business and restaurant.
9. What does the social entrepreneur gain?
The knowledge of knowing that she has made a difference in the lives of the people in the program and the community.
10.Conclusion
Jennifer Gonzales
English 1A
27 April 2009
My essay questions:
1. What motivated this person to want to change something in society?
Priya Karim Haji was instilled with social justice since she was a child. She comes from a family who supports social services. Her father, who is a doctor, taught her how to be an entrepreneur. She helped her father open up Free Clinic in Texas when she was just in High School.
2. How did this person get the community's support for the project?
Haji got the communities support because she showed them that what she really wanted was change. She supported and assisted many people in getting the help they needed. She showed passion in what she did.
3. What did the community gain?
Communities gained employment, education and improvements in the community.
4. What did the social entrepreneur gain?
Haji gained a solid business that now makes profit while still benefiting the poor.
* What is the subject of your paper?
The subject of my paper is on the social entrepreneur which is Jane Lue and her great achievement toward the immigrants and refuges that come to this country.
*Why do you want to write about this subject?
I am really interested on what Ms. Lue have archive to people. And I want to talk about the organization that she started which is Upwardly Global.
* What audience will you write fore?
My audience is my classmates and my English teacher.
* What question do you want your research paper to answer?
Who is Jane Lue and how she devoted her professional life to help immigrants and refugees improve their career situations?
How does her organasation which is Upwardly Global help refugees and imegrants?
* what is the main writing atragegy you think you will use?
I will use Description, process, casual analysis, compare/contrast, problem/solution, classification.
Andre Stephens
English 1A – 9:00 – 9:50
April 29, 2009
Introduction:
According to The New Heroes, “A social entrepreneur identifies and solves social problems on a large scale. Just as business entrepreneurs create and transform whole industries, social entrepreneurs act as the change agents for society, seizing opportunities others miss in order to improve systems, invent and disseminate new approaches and advance sustainable solutions that create social values” (pbs.org). Mimi Silbert is a social entrepreneur. Although Mimi Silbert’s Delancey Street Foundation is involved with the homeless, substance abusers, prostitutes, ex-felons and those who have no where else to go, she is making a difference in their lives and the community, because the residents receive the tools they need to successfully contribute and live in society.
Conclusion:
Mimi Silbert is definitely a social entrepreneur. She really takes pride in improving the lives of those who are at the bottom end of the spectrum. With her educational background and determination, she is able to help the residents of Delancey Street turn their lives around. Even though Silbert and the Delancey Street Foundation deal with substance abusers, ex-felons, prostitutes and the homeless who have no other options, she is the driving force in their lives and community. When the residents leave the program, they will be equipped with the tools they need to be assets and contribute to the community in a positive way.
Cecilia Martinez
English 1A 9-9:50AM
April 30, 2009
Initial Planning Sheet:
1. The subject of my paper is on the social entrepreneur Marlene Sanchez, who currently is the executive director for the Center of Young Women’s Development in San Francisco, California.
2. I want to write about her childhood, her struggles in the juvenile justice system and her success in the CYWD program. I also want to talk about her current project of empowering other juvenile system all over the country into incorporating CYWD’s restorative principles, strategies, and mission.
3. The audience I am writing for my college class and professor.
4. The question I want my essay to answer is: How the traditional justice system should incorporate restorative principles like the ones that CYWD uses with their youth.
5. The main writing strategy I will use is compare/contrast and problem/solution.
Sources:
http://www.cywd.org/Press/DalaiLama.pdf
http://www.cywd.org/Press/WomensFoundation.pdf
http://www.cywd.org/Press/GirlTroublePressRelease.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/girltrouble/
http://www.sparksf.org/grantmaking_grantees.html
http://www.teenwire.com/infocus/2005/if-20050809p374-CYWD.php
www.globalgiving.com/pfil/2157/projdoc.doc
http://www.reentrymediaoutreach.org/gt_video.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/11/LV299441.DTL&hw=Marlene+Sanchez&sn=005&sc=108
Jennifer Gonzales
English 1A
30 April 2009
My tentative introduction and conclusion:
Introduction: Americans are known for buying large quantities of material items. Everyday money is spent to purchase thousands of items in stores, via the internet, and on television. Americans spend without limitations while many countries are suffering from wealth deprivation. There is a simple solution to what can be done to help. An easy conscious decision when buying products is to purchase wisely and that can help someone in another country gain wealth and happiness. Priya Karim Haji is a social entrepreneur who helps alleviate global poverty. Haji has been instilled with social justice since she was a child. She comes from a family who supports social services. Her father, who is a doctor, taught her how to be an entrepreneur. She helped her father open up the “Free Clinic” in Texas when she was just in High School. She is a graduate from Stanford University and has a MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas Business School. When she graduated from UC Berkeley she came up with the idea to start an organization that aids people who live in rural and poor urban communities. Her organization is called, World of Good. It connects sellers in underdeveloped countries with buyers in developed countries. It works with ethical artisans who handcraft a variety of products. Primarily, the organization helps people who have no education. World of Good creates employment and proper living so that they can provide education for their children and make improvements in their community as well. World of Good uses fair trade standards which make sure the workers are taken care of and well compensated. Although Priya Haji’s World of Good organization focuses on improving economic and social conditions in underdeveloped countries by selling artisans handmade crafts and using fair trade guidelines, as consumers we need to be more conscious of the products we buy, because not all products make a significant impact on the world.
Conclusion: World of Good is an expanding business that demonstrates good fair trade practices and informs consumers of the benefits of purchasing from fair trade producers. Now that Haji has a solid business that accumulates profit and still benefits the poor she is even more inspired to do better. Haji continues to support the fair trade organizations and will carry on with joining makers all over the world with a chance to expand their own businesses. Supporting organizations like the World of Good will ensure that poor communities get the assistance they need. It also encourages and motivates future entrepreneurs to continue to follow the vision in hopes of ending global poverty. Until then, it is up to consumers to make more conscious decisions about the products bought because one never knows how the dollars spent can help an entire community achieve success and happiness. (more to follow)
Hong Tang
English 1A 9-10am
Initial Planning Sheet
1. What is the subject of your paper?
Marc Gold
2. Why do you want to write about this subject?
I want to write about this subject because I have to find a social entrepreneur who’s from Northern California and Marc Gold is a part time psychology professor in College of Alameda.
3. What audience will you write for?
My audience will be my English 1a professor, Ms. Sabir and for those who wish to know more about Marc Gold.
4. What question for you want your research paper to answer?
Who is the social entrepreneur?
What did this person do to support our community?
How did he first started his project?
What motivated him to support the poor communities?
5. What is the main writing strategy you think will use?
My writing strategy in terms of this essay is problem/solution, classification, and causal analysis.
10 Resources
1. www.100friends.com
2. www.youtube.com
3. www.worldpeaceemerging.com
4. www.whereisliz.com
5. www.exquisitesafaris.com
6. www.insearchofsanuk.com
7. www.travelwritersnews.com
8. http://justcauseit.com/tags/marc-gold
9. http://tngnt.net/marc-gold/
10. http://chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=26018
Sobczak remains hopeful in her battle against eating, body, and self-esteem issues. With limited government funding Sobczak not only struggles against the media and false interpretations but also with the financial sector. Government funding is allocated to, “For the 10 million suffers of eating disorders only $12,000,000 is allocated toward research and treatment while the 4.5 million suffers of Alzheimer’s receive $647,000,000, and the 2.2 million suffers of Schizophrenia receive $350,000,000.” Neda Eating disorders are the deadliest physiological disease, killing thousands annually. Connie stays motivated by seeing the progress made by the leaders of the Body Positive. Since the start of the Body Positive, fourteen years ago, the first women are now in their late twenties and have gone on to change their communities. Numerous members of the Body Positive have graduated college with psychological degrees, others have gone into holistic healing, and others into community activism. She has changed lives and seen recovery. With her own daughter she perhaps witnessed the most fervent change. While Connie never directly taught or lectured her daughter on body and self love, through osmosis and mirroring positive role models she learned through observation and integration. Sobczak’s daughter mingled with the positive actions and feelings of women around her. Instances of talking against diets, eating when hungry and stopping when full, exercising for friends, fitness and fun, and using one’s time to volunteer, enjoy nature, or educating the mind. Connie Sobczak is continuing her work with the Body Positive by putting out two new movies for adults on body image, expanding the website, and traveling to numerous conferences throughout the United States offering tips and trainings on teaching self love and acceptance. There is hope for self love and in turn love and respect for the earth and all its beings.
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