From Conducive Mag- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010Arrested by Haitian authorities for trying to cross illegally into the Dominican Republic with 33 so-called orphaned children, whose parents were later found to be alive, U.S. citizens and Idaho Baptist missionaries Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter remain imprisoned in Port-au-Prince pending investigation of alleged child trafficking. Seeking to save... […]
- Stressed Graduate Student March 8, 2010Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan offers relationship advice to a female law student and highlights the differences in how men and women handle dating in graduate school. […]
- Preserving Relationship with Parents Despite Their Disapproval Over New Job March 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on preserving the relationship with one's parents despite tension over a new do-gooder job. […]
- FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 February 25, 2010ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 […]
- A Bronx Girl Goes Home February 5, 2010The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, and back to the childhood and experiences that continue to shape her. […]
- Using Anger Constructively February 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively. […]
- Looking Back to the Future? January 30, 2010Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give... […]
- Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level January 28, 2010The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottled water, and want to stay... […]
- REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story January 21, 2010There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the... […]
- Dating a Separated Person January 18, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person. […]
- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010
Author Archives: Conducive
Welcome to the team, Laura Bramble!
Conducive would like to welcome our newest blogger, Laura Bramble, to our team! Laura is currently working as a freelance writer in Atlanta, and is inspired by the courage of everyday people making change. Laura believes that the courage to make the world a better place can be found in all of us, and that [...]
Welcome Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan!
Conducive would like to welcome our new advice columnist Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan to our team! Besides working as a psychologist for the past decade, Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan has also done research on community service, and advocacy work on improved access to care. Check out a more detailed article here.
It comes down to this, in order [...]
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Call for Politically Progressive Science Fiction/Fantasy Bloggers
Conducive Mag is looking for science fiction and fantasy writers interested in blogging to an audience of progressives.
We know that people become science fiction and fantasy fans for a host of different reasons, one of which is to make sense of the contemporary world. Bloggers must be willing to write about the intersection of [...]
Christmas For All Families
By Guest Blogger Leanne Leith
Christmas season in Korea. Tonight is the first ASK/TRACK (Adoption Solidarity Korea/Truth and Reconciliation for the Adoption Community of Korea) Christmas party for unwed moms and their children. We support them in their efforts to increase social services to struggling families, in an effort to reduce the supposed need for adoption, [...]
Call for Historical Bloggers
Conducive is looking for historians interested in writing to an audience of progressives.
Conducive is devoted to critical thinking about local and worldwide social problems, with a particular focus on finding solutions. It was started by sociologists who wanted to do more than research social problems. We wanted to create a space for progressive historians, artists, environmentalists, [...]
Book: Fugitive Visions
By Guest Blogger Leanne Leith
Ahh, another self-portrait.
This time it’s 5:30 a.m. in Seoul, S. Korea, and I’m waiting for the first train of the morning. I’m reading Jane Jeong Trenka’s new work, “Fugitive Visions,” and it’s disjointed nature perfectly describes adoptedness. How I felt growing up in the midwest. How I struggled [...]
Adoption Awareness Month: Thanksgiving and the Adoptee Pilgramage
By Guest Blogger Leanne Leith
Today I’m a little homesick. I miss my kids, my one true family. We’re a little strange. I haven’t even spoken on the phone to them the whole time I’ve been here, but that’s not something that’s ever been necessary with us. We know we’re in each [...]
Posted in Culture & History, Education & Family Tagged Adoptee, Adoption, Korea, National Adoption Month, pilgramage, TRACK 2 Comments
Trails of Little Rock: A Guide to Little Rock’s Land and Water Trails
Johnnie Chamberlin, Conducive Chronicle blogger and outdoor enthusiast, is author of the book Trails of Little Rock: A Guide to Little Rock’s Land and Water Trails. The book includes a number of trails that range in difficulty, length, and location. If you live in or around Little Rock, or plan on visiting, this book will [...]
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Be a Lifelong Activist
Conducive sounds off with Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way. If you are tired and overworked, she has a plan for you. This straightforward and concise text teaches you how to overcome your fears and blocks to live a happy and productive life with a progressive [...]
The Little Guide to Beating Procrastination, Perfectionism and Writer’s Blocks
So you have a goal in life, a mission, and a strategy. Then you execute it and sail toward complete success. Right? Probably not. At some point stress, exhaustion, and even burnout can bring your project down. But, you can reel it in. Hillary Rettig argues that what prevents ambitious and idealistic people from achieving [...]
Posted in Creating Solutions, Mind & Body Tagged burnout, failure, guide, Hillary Rettig, procrastination, success, writer's block Leave a comment
Positions Available
Editorial and Design Internships
As an editorial and design intern, you will learn to:
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Web design and layout
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Work on the print version of Conducive Mag to be launched early 2010
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Climate Crisis: Alaskan Village Shishmaref Sinking Into the Sea
The effects of climate change are not coming, they are here. For over a decade villages in northwest Alaska have been watching their coastlines erode away, as the warming climate reduces permafrost and the formation of sea ice that protects and maintains their shores. Many of the villages are in low-lying coastal areas near freshwater [...]
ETHICAL STYLE Fall 2009 Women’s Accessories Trend Alert
Many of us would like to be green and socially responsible shoppers, but it can be hard to know which labels are really practicing these values, and which are taking it on like a fad. L.A. Corralez helps you line up your social values with your wardrobe. Read her picks for Fall season’s ethical style [...]
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