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When you ask college students if they blog or if they know someone else that blogs, and they’ll probably say, yeah, I have my one friend that has been blogging on their Xanga since sixth grade – it’s a private or semi-private journal, often just meant for (or interesting to) friends and/or family.

I’m here to tell you that today, there is another type of blogging out there, blogging for the powers of good against the forces of evil! Tomorrow, October 15, is Blog Action Day, a day dedicated to bringing thousands of blogs from around the world together to speak out about one issue and start a discussion – this year, the topic is poverty.

If you have a blog, put up a post about poverty. It doesn’t have to be anything unusual for your blog, just work it into whatever sort of material you normally have on your blog. (Here are some ideas for posts, if you’re stuck)

On the other hand, if you don’t blog, post a note or share links on Facebook or MySpace, comment and respond to other people’s Blog Action Day posts, do whatever you can and join the discussion.

A group of folks from here in Austin are getting together and coordinating some activities that are focusing on hunger here in Austin – join in if you can!

Comment below with links to anything you are doing for Blog Action Day!

P.S. In other breaking news, Twitter and other blogs are being used right now to help a family find their missing teenage daughter. The story has been retweeted (similar to forwarding an email or reposting a story) like wildfire today, CNet has coverage and here is the original blog post being linked to (at the moment, the website is having issues, but it will probably be back up later).

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