Why a blog for Beyond Borders?

When we decided to update the Beyond Borders Web site, we asked the designer to integrate a blog into the new site. This is it.

We're not sure yet how well this will work, but our hope is that a blog will stimulate more interaction and deeper reflection about why we do what we do and what we're learning along the way.

When I say "we," I'm not just thinking of the Beyond Borders staff. I'm thinking of you and everyone who makes Beyond Borders what it is--staff, board, supporters, people we serve directly and indirectly, and people who just stumble onto our site and are curious about us.

You can share in creating this blog by posting comments and by e-mailing us topics you would like to discuss or thoughts you would like to share.

Beyond Borders, as our name suggests, is about overcoming what divides us, going deeper to find (and nurture) what connects us across economic, political, and cultural lines or anything that isolates people into pockets of fear, loneliness, arrogance, humiliation, ignorance, greed, or misery. We want to be a channel for love, trust, humility, understanding, unity and peace.

Our day-to-day work is focused on bridging the stark economic and educational disparity that separates most North Americas from most Haitians. We'll talk about our efforts in this blog. But we hope our words will resonate with anyone struggling to heal the divisions that disfigure God's image in humanity and extend God's reign of justice, mercy, and love on Earth.

David Diggs

Comments

[Mary Cassell]

David,
I think that using this Web 2.0 tool is a very good idea. As you say, the aim is to delve more deeply into the BB work. I know that at work (which is a public library for me), we are playing with blogs, wikis and podcasts as a means of meeting people where they are in terms of assisting with their information and research needs. BB has the same potential to enhance reflection and practice in the social justice works that you do.