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My friend Lisa’s son, Cody is an activist. He’s 15 years-old and has embraced social activism in ways that I have only given random, fleeting thought to, and have never, ever acted upon. I’m too chicken. Too busy. Too lazy. Too complacent. Too in my own head.

But Cody is not. He’s diving in and trying to change the tide, and right now he could use a little help so he can spread his much-needed help around. Right now he’s scrambling to make some money for:

a service learning trip where we will help more than 1,000 local refugees from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. They are currently situated on government property called Batey Libertad which is a community composed of families, individuals, and groups (www.bateylibertad.org). The projects I would be involved in would include: building a house, reforestation, clearing land for eventual creation of a community garden, and working with local women on their candle-making enterprise. The group is staying for 2 weeks (15-29th of June). I would be one of 12 students from the State of Illinois, working with the University of Illinois’ Center for Global Studies, and 1 of 2 students from Urbana High School. The group will come together as one to provide these crucial services.

Please pop on over to Wordy Diva to read the rest of Cody’s wonderful letter of intent, and if you can, make a donation. I’m headed over to do just that as soon as I hit post. It sounds like every penny will make a difference. Then I’m going to send my soon-to-be 15 year-old son out to Urbana to hang out with Cody. He seems like a good influence.

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