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Our First Valentine’s Day! By ecraig - Posted February 13, 2013 Jonathan and Priscilla-cake

So, this is my first Valentine’s Day as a married man and Valentine’s Day is something I don’t want to get wrong! The question is, do I let comfort and convenience control what I buy Priscilla or do I take the time use the money that I have to love my neighbor as myself [...]

Register for Spring Break By Jonathan Walton - Posted October 8, 2012

So, what are you doing for spring break? How about coming to New York City to learn what it means to fight sex-trafficking and labor slavery, get practical training on how to feed the homeless, care for vulnerable young people and transform corporations? How about not just learning how to do it here, but also [...]

Jason Russell, Mike Daisey and Jesus By Jonathan Walton - Posted April 24, 2012 JonathanIC

The low wages, long hours, abuse and suicides are not a myth or rumor but the realities of millions of people who work in manufacturing plants in China and other developing nations. FoxConn, most famous because it produces the Ipod, Ipad and other Apple Products burst into the forefront of a media frenzy when the [...]

Apple Opens Up to Investigations at FOXCONN! By Jonathan Walton - Posted February 13, 2012 ApplePhoto

Apple has heard the critics and is now ready to dig deeper into Foxconn’s working conditions. The iPhone maker announced today that it has asked the Fair Labor Association (FLA), an organization “dedicated to ending sweatshop conditions in factories worldwide,” to investigate Foxconn facilities in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China. The first inspections began this morning in the [...]