Becky Blanton
Becky Blanton is a journalist, photographer, ghostwriter, and speaker. The late Tim Russert credits her essay “The Monster”, for his decision to include a chapter on forgiveness in his best selling book, Wisdom of Our Fathers, Letters from Daughters and Sons. She spoke at TED Global in 2009 about her experience of being homeless for a year and living in her van with her Rottweiler and cat. She is currently back in her van, traveling and writing about the homeless who are or have moved back off of the street. She also blogs for Change.org, and is working on her book Staying Hungry, about what it takes to move out of homelessness and back into life. To find out more about Becky please visit http://beckyblanton.com.
Angelina Jolie and Microsoft: Giving Beyond Measure
The public may think of Microsoft as a company of computer geeks, scientists, innovators, and technicians, but Microsoft thinks of itself as a “company of immigrants.” And it’s this astute awareness of the diversity of its employees and their origins that has led Microsoft to pursue legal programs that aid immigrants and their families. “Microsoft [...]
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Hope Always Survives
I equated being homeless for a year as somewhat like winning a Powerball lottery; it was sudden and somewhat unexpected – I mean, I knew it could happen, but I didn’t really think it would. It was totally life-changing, in both good and bad ways. And, it taught me that people really are fickle and [...]
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