My sister was telling me how she spent the weekend with some other couple friends & their kids. “All of the other ladies had really important jobs, like being a lawyer or doctor. And then there was me,” she told me. Now, wait a second. You run a business, I said. That’s a job. A [...]

Our prayers are with our brothers and sisters in Haiti. Please consider a donation, however small, to one of these fine organizations (courtesy of the Associated Press and other sources):
- InterAction, a coalition of U.S.-based international non-governmental organizations, has a list of agencies responding and how to donate to them. Find it here:http://www.interaction.org/crisis-list/earthquake-haiti
- To donate [...]

Sometimes we just love our town of Portland, Oregon. We were the first city in the Northwest to pass a Sweatshop Free purchasing policy, ensuring that all city agencies that purchase apparel do so from companies that “disclose the locations of their manufacturing facilities and abide by ethical sourcing practices.” The City, like any other [...]