Announcing the beta version of the RIPPLE OF HOPE Action Ticker

I'm excited to announce the beta version of the RIPPLE OF HOPE Action Ticker, a dynamic ticker containing direct links to connect you instantly with ways to improve the world. I started my blog, RIPPLE OF HOPE, as an online home for my writing and activism. While the initial focus has been the ongoing genocide in Sudan, there are many other issues and causes that cry out for action. Inspired by the words of Robert F. Kennedy from which my site draws its name, I decided not only to attempt to send forth tiny ripples of hope through my own work, but to use technology to empower others to send forth their own. Each person who uses this tool to take action sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and each person who puts the Action Ticker on his or her own site turns that site into a center of energy and daring, adding increasingly more ripples to the current of change.

Each link in the Action Ticker will connect you with the most direct place online to take action in support of that particular cause. You might be asked to sign a petition, send a letter, make a donation, or engage in myriad other activities, depending on the target organization. For now, the content consists of my own referals as well as suggestions from a small group of friends. However, I'm in the process of recruiting an Action Ticker Advisory Group of people who will be able to directly add and remove links in real time.

This is the beta version of the Action Ticker, so I encourage you to test it and post comments here. I'm interested in any and all feedback, but I'm particularly concerned with cross-platform and cross-browser formating issues, so here's a picture of what it's supposed to look like: actionticker.jpg

Thank you in advance for your support, and please consider sending this to a friend!