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Volunteer and Market Yourself…Remarkably

“Remarkable Marketable Me” helps you share your remarkable gifts volunteering, making you more marketable along the way.



By Jean Robb

I didn’t have the best childhood. We didn’t have much, so if you needed something you had to find a way to get it. I started working at 11 years old selling candy door to door. I know very scary right, but at 11 years old all I knew was I had to sell a certain amount of candy before I could go home. When I knocked on a door, out came my foot and I didn’t move it until you bought a box of candy. The skills I learned from my difficult childhood, (my lemons) really became a blessing (my lemonade).

I learned at a really young age that persistence will open many doors. As an adult I have walked out on a stage with a tiger after Zig Ziglar and talked to over 2,000 people about overcoming their fears. I know you must be thinking…a tiger? I have volunteered for over 15 years with big cat sanctuaries and have learned you can do something you really love while helping others in remarkable ways. In today’s economy you hear lots of people say they can’t find a job. So what happens?

The longer you’re out of work, you start to lose your contacts. You’re not keeping up with the day-to-day changes in your trade. You’re simply out of the loop. The longer you’re in this position the more the fear sets in. What if I can’t find a job? I have so much to offer, how do I get someone to talk to me? Well as you can see, fear can really take a hold of you, it makes you feel like a deer in the headlights. How do you overcome these things?

First off, STOP listening to the FEAR and STOP making EXCUSES. Look, I’ve made many of the same excuses when I’ve let fear be a part of my life. I now realize that the answer to overcoming the fear is to replace it with remarkable things you can be proud of. Instead of asking why would anyone want to hire me, ask yourself why not me?

After volunteering you could say. Look at the change I’ve made in the lives of others. Look what I’ve learned along the way. Look at the skills I’ve been taught while helping others. Look at the great people I’ve met. They’ve seen first hand the type of passion I put into any job I take on. So how will this work? I have made a commitment to bring you a volunteering opportunity at least once a week. The process of volunteering can be more complicated than people may think.

Email me your news. I have included in each story all the information I received and the direct contacts to make it really easy for you to get your foot in the door. “Network, Network, Network” See how you can use that experience to build your resume. Most of all how did you feel about helping others today.

My goal is to get you to share with all of us your experience. Think about how much we can learn from each other. Please email me your pictures and story to remarkablemarketableme@gmail.com so I can post them each day. I will add the trademarks, video and links for you.


Jean Robb is a real estate agent in the Dallas – Fort Worth area who is committed to promoting the importance of volunteering for your community.We have the infrastructure in place with the best real estate team in North Texas, and the process for you and I, together can “give back” to those in need without costing you an extra dime. It’s a win/win for both of us. When you contact me, just mention this page and I'll donate 5% of my commission to any non-profit you want to help!

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

KONY 2012 ~ Make Joseph Kony famous and help the Invisible Children

          
http://www.invisiblechildren.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
Click on the link above to see the Kony 2012 main page!


Hi, Jean Robb here. Who is Joseph Kony and 
why make him famous?

Joseph Kony~ Remember this name ~Remember this face!

Joseph Kony is a very evil man.  Kony is Ugandan warlord who kidnaps children and uses them as child soldiers and sex slaves for his militia: the LRA. 


 A radically perverted and delusional terrorist, Kony has claimed to get orders and authority from divine powers.  Many of his followers and enemies believe he has been possessed by powerful spirits, which dictate orders through him. Instigating a cult in the form of an army of child soldiers, Joseph Kony is responsible for numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity.  He is among the International Criminal Court’s most wanted.







The documentary above calls for a massive event on April 20th called “Cover the Night,” culminating in the form of hundreds of thousands of supporters placing posters and stickers in every city across America.  These materials seek to make the name of Joseph Kony famous and eventually bring him to justice via awareness.Instantly, “Cover the Night” events on Facebook were started and grew to many hundreds of members who each committed to take part in this effort on the night of April 20th. The video states that when Kony is a household name, the US Government will have to keep American soldiers in Central Africa, on their mission to find Kony.  “In order for Kony to be arrested this year, the Ugandan military has to find him.  In order for them to find him, they need the technology and training to find him in the vast jungle. That’s where the American advisors come in.  But in order for the American advisors to be there, the US government has to deploy them.  They’ve done that, but if the government doesn’t believe that the people care about arresting Kony, the mission will be canceled.  In order for people to care, they have to know, and they will only know if Kony’s name is everywhere.”


WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? 

FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT GET THE WORD OUT. MAKE JOSEPH KONY FAMOUS AND BECOME THE VOICE FOR THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN

SIGN THE PLEDGE ~ CLICK HERE http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
An Invisible Children online pledge to stop Kony already has more than 100,000 signatures. Celebrities who have voiced their support include Oprah, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest, pop artist Lady Gaga, U2 singer Bono, Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, and actor George Clooney.

SIGN UP FOR TRI  
WHAT IS THE TRI CAMPAIGN?

TRI is made up of an army of individuals dedicated to the rescue of Joseph Kony's child soldiers. TRI members give $3 a week so that they can get the message to the masses, fuel global activism, and transform policy toward peace. 

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TRI VIDEO http://www.invisiblechildren.com/abouttri


 GET AN ACTION KIT

Kony 2012 Action Kit

 People will think you’re an advocate of awesome. Everything you’ll need to take part in our KONY 2012 campaign is included in this kit: an official campaign.
+ T-shirt 
+ KONY bracelet
+ Action guide
+ Stickers
+ Button
+ Posters.


You can decorate yourself and the town with this one-stop shop.

 CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR ACTION KIT http://invisiblechildrenstore.myshopify.com/products/kony-kit


http://www.invisiblechildren.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
Invisible Children, a charity that seeks to end the Ugandan conflict and raise awareness about the use of child soldiers and other human rights violations by Kony and the LRA, produced the "Kony 2012" viral video. An accompanying Twitter campaign, "#StopKony," has been trending worldwide since Tuesday. According to The Washington Post, Kony is undeniably brutal, and the World Bank estimates his LRA has abducted and forced around 66,000 children to fight during the past two decades. In October, President Obama committed 100 U.S. troops to help the Ugandan army remove Kony, who has already been branded a war criminal by the International Criminal Court. Documentarian Jason Russell writes, "KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice."

 

About Invisible Children

Invisible Children, Inc. is headquartered in San Diego and employs 43 full-time, permanent staff who work alongside hundreds of volunteers to spearhead our awareness and advocacy work internationally.
Invisible Children first began its work in Uganda in 2005. Based in Gulu, Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) began by working alongside local visionaries, such as Ms. Jolly Okot, who identified the areas of greatest need in northern Uganda at the time. Relying on this local leadership and expertise, Invisible Children Uganda worked to develop programs on the ground.
ICU currently employs roughly 100 Ugandan professionals, working alongside four international staff members to implement and manage program activity on the ground. Three out of four of ICU’s senior management team are Ugandan. Current international staff members fill roles that revolve around communicating with IC’s San Diego office and international supporters.



OUR PROGRAMS

Invisible Children programs in northern Uganda

The Lord’s Resistance Army was active in northern Uganda for more than two decades. It has left Uganda, but the region will be in recovery for years to come. Since 2005, Invisible Children has been focused on providing access to quality education and improving the livelihood of a post-conflict community.

Legacy Scholarship Program

Provides merit-based scholarships and mentoring to motivated and talented secondary and university students from northern Uganda who were affected by the conflict. Currently supporting 590 secondary students and 250 university students, the program is educating the next generation of leaders in northern Uganda.

Schools for Schools

Partnering with 11 of the top secondary schools in northern Uganda affected by the LRA insurgency, Schools for Schools works to construct and renovate school structures while also building teacher capacity and developing curriculum.

Mend

A social enterprise geared toward facilitating financial independence and development for women formerly abducted by the LRA. The program currently supports 16 seamstresses who use their tailoring skills to create unique, high-quality handbags. Each Mend product carries the name of the seamstress who made it and seams a personal connection between the products, their makers, and consumers.

Livelihood

Takes a holistic approach to providing sustainable economic growth and improved living conditions for war-affected northern Ugandans. It supports rural communities using a three-pronged approach: Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA); Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH); and Functional Adult Literacy (FAL).

Learn more at www.invisiblechildren.com

Invisible Children programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic

In areas that are currently threatened by LRA violence, Invisible Children programs are geared towards civilian protection, encouraging defections, and rehabilitation of former LRA abductees.

Community Protection

Invisible Children funds the Early Warning HF Radio Network, which links communities currently affected by LRA violence. This network helps to warn communities of pending LRA attacks and allows local humanitarian groups to provide timely assistance to those in need. This network also feeds into the LRA Crisis Tracker, a public website that provides near-real-time information on current LRA activity. www.LRACrisisTracker.com

Defection

Fliers designed by Invisible Children are distributed in areas where LRA groups are known to travel. The fliers say that it is safe to come out of the bush and that ex-combatants will be allowed to return home. The message is translated into 3 local languages and includes pictures of LRA combatants who have successfully escaped. Invisible Children also sponsors FM radio stations, like Radio Zereda, which broadcasts defection messages from Obo, CAR.

Rehabilitation

The Rehabilitation Center in Dungu, DRC, is the first in the region for LRA victims. It treats the most severely traumatized children with psychosocial counseling, vocational training, and family-reunification services. The center can host up to 250 former LRA abductees at a time.




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