Comments for Nonprofit Girl http://nonprofitgirl.com Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:20:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Living in Portland: Indigo Traders in Multnomah Village by Simon Jones http://nonprofitgirl.com/2008/08/05/living-in-portland-indigo-traders-in-multnomah-village/#comment-858 Simon Jones Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:48:31 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/?p=143#comment-858 I read these posts about cool shops and I miss my Portland. Yes yes I know, Portland isn't mine, and I am as far away from Portland as an Englishman can be, but what i mean is that I love the place and I feel connected to it's free spirit and all. And now i feel like I should delete this comment because I sound more pretentious that Chris Martin of Coldplay! Anyway, I'll be there very soon. Lets do sushi and stuff! I read these posts about cool shops and I miss my Portland. Yes yes I know, Portland isn’t mine, and I am as far away from Portland as an Englishman can be, but what i mean is that I love the place and I feel connected to it’s free spirit and all.

And now i feel like I should delete this comment because I sound more pretentious that Chris Martin of Coldplay!

Anyway, I’ll be there very soon. Lets do sushi and stuff!

]]> Comment on Economics of culture; musing by Josh http://nonprofitgirl.com/2005/03/28/intellectual-property-rights-did-i-miss-something/#comment-854 Josh Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:21:48 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/?p=19#comment-854 "Western culture spreads and takes over the world." "Without letting Westerners off the hook for their cultural colonialism, I still believe that the day in which cultural knowledge can be assigned a monetary value is passing, if indeed it ever existed." Wow Christine, when I read your writing, it makes me wish I were a smarter person. I do hope you serve on an ethics committee of some influential group someday. Concerning your two quotes above, I have a few comments: I don't know how often you think about scripture or Christendom, but I do feel that our move from tribal living to intercultural living breaks down the purpose of life. The purpose of life is not for every individual to have the opportunity to be rich and prosperous, but for every individual to be happy and satisfied. The idea that capitalism could make everyone rich and prosperous sounds good enough. Unfortunately, the wealth is not spread equally. The rich and poor alike, take advantage of one another. Many of the poor take advantage of the welfare system, etc. Many of the rich don't want to share what they earned with those who they feel didn't work as hard, through increased taxes, etc. I feel GOD is good. His intension when dispersing people at the tower of Babel was to decrease evil, and decrease the abilities of advantageous persons in the world. Every great civilization, in my understanding, built it's wealth on the backs of slaves and the poor. Our country is a perfect example. Even with the cessation of slavery, it still occurs with migrant workers and outsourcing. Even with the cessation of slavery, african americans are still not considered as equals. “Western culture spreads and takes over the world.”
“Without letting Westerners off the hook for their cultural colonialism, I still believe that the day in which cultural knowledge can be assigned a monetary value is passing, if indeed it ever existed.”

Wow Christine, when I read your writing, it makes me wish I were a smarter person. I do hope you serve on an ethics committee of some influential group someday.

Concerning your two quotes above, I have a few comments:

I don’t know how often you think about scripture or Christendom, but I do feel that our move from tribal living to intercultural living breaks down the purpose of life. The purpose of life is not for every individual to have the opportunity to be rich and prosperous, but for every individual to be happy and satisfied.

The idea that capitalism could make everyone rich and prosperous sounds good enough. Unfortunately, the wealth is not spread equally. The rich and poor alike, take advantage of one another. Many of the poor take advantage of the welfare system, etc. Many of the rich don’t want to share what they earned with those who they feel didn’t work as hard, through increased taxes, etc.

I feel GOD is good. His intension when dispersing people at the tower of Babel was to decrease evil, and decrease the abilities of advantageous persons in the world. Every great civilization, in my understanding, built it’s wealth on the backs of slaves and the poor.

Our country is a perfect example. Even with the cessation of slavery, it still occurs with migrant workers and outsourcing. Even with the cessation of slavery, african americans are still not considered as equals.

]]> Comment on Making note of privilege by Josh http://nonprofitgirl.com/2007/11/05/making-note-of-privilege/#comment-853 Josh Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:58:10 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/2007/11/05/making-note-of-privilege/#comment-853 "I continue to have a sense of not quite belonging here" What do you mean by this, Christine? “I continue to have a sense of not quite belonging here”

What do you mean by this, Christine?

]]> Comment on The O covers UFW/Beef Northwest at last by Josh http://nonprofitgirl.com/2008/06/04/the-o-covers-ufwbeef-northwest-at-last/#comment-852 Josh Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:50:32 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/?p=131#comment-852 Hey, Could you tell me a bit more about this and what you mean? Joshua Middlekauff Hey,
Could you tell me a bit more about this and what you mean?

Joshua Middlekauff

]]> Comment on Update: Loan forgiveness for nonprofit employees by HR 2699 provides student loan forgiveness for non-profit employees at Nonprofit Girl http://nonprofitgirl.com/2007/11/05/update-loan-forgiveness-for-nonprofit-employees/#comment-843 HR 2699 provides student loan forgiveness for non-profit employees at Nonprofit Girl Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:01:53 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/2007/11/05/update-loan-forgiveness-for-nonprofit-employees/#comment-843 [...] HR 2699 provides student loan forgiveness for non-profit employees September 17th, 2007 Looking for a status update on this legislation? See here. [...] [...] HR 2699 provides student loan forgiveness for non-profit employees September 17th, 2007 Looking for a status update on this legislation? See here. [...]

]]> Comment on The O covers UFW/Beef Northwest at last by John WIlson http://nonprofitgirl.com/2008/06/04/the-o-covers-ufwbeef-northwest-at-last/#comment-793 John WIlson Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:24:59 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/?p=131#comment-793 Christine, Nice to hear from you again...this has been quite a road that I and my company have been down the past year. We simply want the employees to have a fair vote, decide and move on. It amazes us that can't just happen. Take care. Christine,

Nice to hear from you again…this has been quite a road that I and my company have been down the past year. We simply want the employees to have a fair vote, decide and move on. It amazes us that can’t just happen. Take care.

]]> Comment on Ever wish you could decide how your tax dollars were spent? by Job Announcement: Asset Building Manager at NPF at Nonprofit Girl http://nonprofitgirl.com/2008/05/19/ever-wish-you-could-decide-how-your-tax-dollars-were-spent/#comment-792 Job Announcement: Asset Building Manager at NPF at Nonprofit Girl Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:28:37 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/?p=130#comment-792 [...] is not turning into a nonprofit employment blog, but since I did recently write about the Neighborhood Partnership Fund and the awesome work they are doing with IDAs in Oregon, I [...] [...] is not turning into a nonprofit employment blog, but since I did recently write about the Neighborhood Partnership Fund and the awesome work they are doing with IDAs in Oregon, I [...]

]]> Comment on Endings by Tanya http://nonprofitgirl.com/2008/03/25/endings/#comment-790 Tanya Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:37:23 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/2008/03/25/endings/#comment-790 Wow! Congrats on the new job! It's not that easy to find one going from public to private sector. Wow! Congrats on the new job! It’s not that easy to find one going from public to private sector.

]]> Comment on Farm workers protest worker treatment, shed light on beef feeding practices at Beef Northwest by The O covers UFW/Beef Northwest at last at Nonprofit Girl http://nonprofitgirl.com/2007/08/31/farm-workers-protest-worker-treatment-shed-light-on-beef-feeding-practices-at-beef-northwest/#comment-789 The O covers UFW/Beef Northwest at last at Nonprofit Girl Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:49:46 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/2007/08/31/farm-workers-protest-worker-treatment-shed-light-on-beef-feeding-practices-at-beef-northwest/#comment-789 [...] old news for me, as I first wrote about this last August, but hey…nice to see the Oregonian has taken an interest in these farmworker [...] [...] old news for me, as I first wrote about this last August, but hey…nice to see the Oregonian has taken an interest in these farmworker [...]

]]> Comment on HR 2699 provides student loan forgiveness for non-profit employees by Suzanne Skaff http://nonprofitgirl.com/2007/09/17/hr-2699-provides-student-loan-forgiveness-for-non-profit-employees/#comment-785 Suzanne Skaff Sat, 31 May 2008 00:59:59 +0000 http://nonprofitgirl.com/2007/09/17/hr-2699-provides-student-loan-forgiveness-for-non-profit-employees/#comment-785 I am totally for this as 'tuition reimbursement' is rarely offered for those of us who work for non-profit agencies. I am totally for this as ‘tuition reimbursement’ is rarely offered for those of us who work for non-profit agencies.

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