ChickSpeak

With the recent release of her debut album, Little Voice, and in light of the fact that we’ve had her album playing on repeat in our ChickSpeak office, we knew we had to find out more about the beauty behind these soulful and heartfelt songs.
What we found was a young woman who’s passion for meaningful […]

“Always believe in yourself-if you don’t no one else will.”

Fast Food Nation. SuperSize Me. “I’ll take mine with extra cheese, double patties and um…yeah…a diet coke. Extra Value everything, please.”
Are we listening to ourselves speak?
America is pinned with the stigma of overeating, indulging in high-fat, sugary snacks and rarely eating our fruits and veggies. It’s no wonder that a growing epidemic is that of […]

“I would put women into positions of power currently held by men; and have men switch roles with women—and keep it that way for a year.”

What if one girl with a big dream could start a movement that would raise millions of dollars in donations for families in need, send letters of hope and support to millions of people who deserve it, and garner the attention and praise of the President of the United States of America himself? What if that girl […]

It is hard for young girls to articulate what a donation can mean in their lives but often their smiles and affection say it all.

Be vulnerable, not a smarty pants. Work with kind people. I have no time for mean people. My other advice is, do what you love because it will never feel like work.

“When people hear ‘Africa’, they think it is a hopeless place,” Chikoti commented. “By talking about my experience, I hope it will help show that there are ways of turning your situation around and making a change for the better. It is a choice. My goal in life is to have people change their way of thinking, even for just a brief moment. There is so much to be grateful for.”

SpotLight on Katherine Chon, Brown University Grad
Katherine Chon is co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Polaris Project, a Washington, DC based nonprofit organization combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery. She’s a total inspiration to us because, simply put, she recognized problem and used her voice and resources to do something about it. She took […]

My name is Kari Thompson and I am a junior at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. I worked with Liz Higgins, also a junior from Doane College, on this project.
I was instantly compelled to this research because date rape drugs are a problem in college social life. Drug induced sexual assault is a problem in […]