Your plan for helping those hurt by Hurricane Matthew might actually cause more harm than good, so think twice before booking a flight. We’ve all…
You learn a lot about people when you ask them for money. Whether you’re selling a product, raising money for a cause, or just need…
In The Problem with Little White Girls…, I posed a problem. Millions of mostly unskilled men and women were traveling to developing countries with one mission…
On July 25th, Imba Means Sing, filmmaker Erin Bernhardt’s indie filmmaking debut, is making it’s NYC premiere at Symphony Space on Broadway. Imba Means Sing, an award-winning documentary…
I have never known the relationship between Haiti and the Dominican Republic to be great. There was, from the first time I visited the DR…
On April 2, 2015, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired the documentary “Volunteers Unleashed” after a controversial reworking of the film in response to threats…
In the aftermath of Mother’s Day, all I can think about is how shitty it is to become a mom in the USA. I have,…
NAME: Pippa AGE: 22 LOCATION: New York, New York SCHOOL: Columbia University ABOUT ME: Writer. That’s my online dating profile. It is everything that, according…
Last week CBC Doc Zone released Volunteers Unleashed, a documentary that challenges the efficacy of international volunteer work and voluntourism, on national television in Canada….
It started with dinners. Ten to twenty people, a few pizzas, and a topic – the state of politics in America. Every month or so,…