{"id":1033,"date":"2011-09-01T15:17:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T19:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2011-09-01T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T19:17:43","slug":"go-activist-faith-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/09\/go-activist-faith-friends.html","title":{"rendered":"Go, Activist Faith Friends!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After much prayer and many <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=1020\" target=\"_blank\">requests<\/a>, our featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/faces-of-the-famine-tell-congress-to-help-now\" target=\"_blank\">petition<\/a> to encourage our nation&#8217;s leaders to help famine victims in Africa has surpassed over 100,000 people! THANK YOU for supporting this effort!<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t joined yet, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/faces-of-the-famine-tell-congress-to-help-now\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have, please help by:<\/p>\n<p>1. Tell others on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/faces-of-the-famine-tell-congress-to-help-now\" target=\"_blank\">petition<\/a> breaking 100,000 signers.<\/p>\n<p>2. Share the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/faces-of-the-famine-tell-congress-to-help-now\" target=\"_blank\">petition<\/a> with some friends via Facebook, Twitter, or by email.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for helping change the world!<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><strong>DILLON BURROUGHS<\/strong> is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith. Dillon served in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has investigated modern slavery in the US and internationally. His books include <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Undefending-Christianity\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9780736937023\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Undefending Christianity<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Not-in-My-Town\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9781596693012\/?itm=3\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Not in My Town<\/em><\/a> (with Charles J. Powell), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/thirst-no-more-dillon-burroughs\/1100165356\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Thirst No More<\/em><\/a>. Discover more at <a href=\"http:\/\/activistfaith.org\/\">ActivistFaith.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After much prayer and many requests, our featured petition to encourage our nation&#8217;s leaders to help famine victims in Africa has surpassed over 100,000 people! THANK YOU for supporting this effort! If you haven&#8217;t joined yet, you can here. If you have, please help by: 1. 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