Darrylynn's Participating In The Revlon Run/Walk For Women!

Founder of the Good Works Space Darrylynn and her daughter Helen will be participating in the Revlon Run/Walk For Women this weekend.

"With one in three women predicted to develop cancer in her lifetime, everyone has felt the effect of women’s cancers. Now it’s time for women’s cancers to feel the effect of us – our determination, our strength, our optimism, our refusal to surrender. In a word, a word that the EIF REVLON Run/Walk For Women embodies uniquely every year … our Womentum.

Just one day before Mother’s Day, the morning of Saturday, May 8th will be like no other. Buoyed by the knowledge of the difference you are making and exhilarated by the energy of the Run/Walk crowd, you will discover the part of yourself that lets you be a part of something bigger than yourself … your Womentum.

You don’t have to be a woman or an athlete – you just have to care about winning the fight against women’s cancers!"(www.revlonrunwalk.com)

Please check out Darrylynn's fundraising page!

Learn About KIND - April 9 2010

A big, KIND thank you to everyone who came out to support Kind Campaign and Good Works Space Friday evening! It was truly an inspirational night. Molly and Lauren's moving speech was so eye opening and shed light on the issue of girl-against-girl crime and their goals for the future. Every age group is affected, and part of the girls' mission is to speak at schools around the country to bring awareness to this problem at an early age. What an amazing night.

Watch Lauren and Molly's speech



A couple press photos

...and you can find a lot more here: PR Photos

Good Works Space spreads a little KINDness

Kind Campaign, founded by Lauren Parsekian and Molly Stroud, is an organization, movement and now a documentary devoted to bringing awareness and mending the affects of "girl-against-girl" crime that is so prevalent around the country.

Good Works Space and the two ladies are hosting an event on Friday, April 9. Join us for a very informative and fun evening that supports such an important cause. Hope to see you there!

More about Kind Campaign at: www.kindcampaign.com

"A Day in My Shoes"

On March 19, photographer Amy Martin Friedman displayed her beautiful photographs of women and their shoes in Good Works Space as part of the "A Day in My Shoes" project that donates proceeds to a worthy charity called “Safe Passage” to help women of domestic spousal/partner abuse to get back on their feet. Each framed portrait had a story next to the photograph about the shoes chosen and about the hardship experienced with emphasis on how each woman overcame her circumstances.
more of Amy Friedman's work at: www.martinfriedmanphotography.com

Thank you for showing us what's in your heart!

The Leakeys discuss fair trade in Africa - March 10

Thanks to all who attended the Leakey event on the evening of March 10th!!! It was a wonderful group who came to hear Katy and Philip speak about fair trade in Africa and their own Leakey Collection which features products created by the Masaai tribe in Kenya. We learned that fair trade is an important step in leading to independence, not simply "money falling from the sky" but creating a beneficial collaboration between buyer and producer to help improve the lives of the Masaai.



for more information visit www.leakeycollection.com

'What's In Your Heart?' interactive art installment

"What's In Your Heart?" asked Petra Eiko during her February through March large-scale installment of interactive artwork in the Good Works Space. The author and artist invited individuals to reflect and share their innermost thoughts, and the result was a beautiful compilation of responses, unique yet related.The "What's In Your Heart" project provided a sense of connectedness, reminding us that we are not alone.
The illustrations and thoughts of visitors will later be compiled into a book by Eiko that will bear witness to what is truly going on in our hearts.
for more information: www.the-green-heart.com

"Hope is a Game-Changer" Project - Buy a book/Give a ball

Zero Minus Plus is pleased to carry the line of Invisible Sun books as part of the "Hope is a Game-Changer" project. "Buy a Book/Give a Ball" was created by photographer and full-time philanthropist Bobby Sager and his Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Roadshow.
"All of Bobby's proceeds from THE POWER OF THE INVISIBLE SUN go towards the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT which puts indestructible soccer balls into the hands of kids in the most difficult places around the world. These balls are a lasting symbol of hope. A light no matter how small—the power of the invisible sun."

www.poweroftheinvisiblesun.com

Falling Whistles

The Good Works Space at Zero Minus Plus was pleased to host the Falling Whistles event in October 2009. The Falling Whistles story began with just a journal documenting the lives of boys in the Congo region of Africa armed on the frontlines of war with only a whistle, then evolved into a full on organization that spreads awareness. By purchasing a whistle, you not only call attention to the cause but also provide aid. Proceeds go to rehabilitate and advocate for war-affected children in the Congo. Thanks to all who came out to support!