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To the Market: Empowering survivors around the world (via @ThirdEyeMom)

In early 2014, I founded TO THE MARKET | Survivor-made Goods (TTM) to promote goods made by and stories told by survivors of abuse, conflict, and disease.  TTM aims to combine an understanding of business and the market with my experience of working with survivor populations on the ground. With a team of volunteers and consultants, we developed a three-pronged social enterprise model aimed at mitigating the challenges of employing survivors.

Part one of TTM’s mission is to promote survivor-made goods for purchase. We do this through multiple distribution channels, including pop-up shops, custom sourcing, retail partnerships, and our online marketplace.  A second core TTM focus is creating platforms for survivors and their champions to share their stories with a new, larger audience of ears and hearts, including through TTM’s Stories and Huffington Post blogs.  Lastly, TTM provides tailored services to our partners employing survivors to help them improve their production and organizational management. Our Partner Portal provides basic mental health resources reflective of the common mental health dynamics experienced by survivors as well as trend forecasting to encourage more market driven decision-making.

Read the guest post from Jane Mosbacher Morris, To The Market's founder and CEO, on Third Eye Mom

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Social Good Summit 2014 Recap #2030Now

This year’s conversation #2030NOW centered around one critical thought: Where do we want to be in 2030 and how can we inspire and engage the millennials of the world to stand up, use their voice, and disrupt the system to demand change. #2030NOW challenged people to deeply reflect and act upon critical issues –  such as climate change, women and girls empowerment, gender and racial equality, eradication of poverty, improving maternal and child health, and promoting peace – that are threatening to destroy the world we want to have by 2030. It was a powerful summit reminding us that as we are approaching the end of the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) how are we going to continue to pressure our global leaders to be held accountable for and make positive change. How we going to ensure that the world in 2030 is the world we want to have.

Read Nicole Melancon's post on anotherjennifer.com

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Save the Children’s on the ground emergency response to Typhoon Haiyan via @thirdeyemom

A Filipino father and his children wait for food relief outside their makeshift tent in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban. Photo credit: Save the Children

The tragic Typhoon Haiyan that ripped through the Philippines a week ago today left behind a trail of destruction, death and sorrow that continues to unfold. Words cannot express the utter despair that remains in the aftermath of the storm. The images of destruction, desperation and fear remind us how powerless we are and how fragile life can be especially in the face of Mother Nature. Thousands of people have lost their lives in just a blink of an eye and the exact number of casualties is yet to fully be known.

As we know, images are powerful reminders of our hopes and of our fears. A picture can paint a thousand words.

Thanks to my work as an advocate and voice for Save the Children, I was able to get access to exclusive photos from Typhoon Haiyan as well as speak with Francine Uenuma, Director of Media and Communications at Save the Children yesterday to learn more about Save the Children’s on the ground emergency response in the Philippines. Here’s the story.

Read the full story, see the amazing photos and learn how you can help on thirdeyemom.com