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Between May 9 and August 19, 2011, I walked 1 million steps and raised $1,500 for RAINN.
It’s time to celebrate all that’s been accomplished.
As promised, in this video I dance to one of the most humiliating songs in my collection, the one that got the most votes from my poll conducted over email, Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Tumblr.
Enjoy.
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WE DID IT!
As of this morning, the new fundraising goal of $1,500 for RAINN has been reached. WOOHOOOO!
As thanks for going above and beyond, I will dance to a humiliating song in my celebratory video this weekend. Reblog & comment with your choice for which song I should dance to by the end of the day Friday:
A) Groove is in the Heart by Deee-Lite
B) Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees
C) Axel F by Crazy Frog
Also, I am due to walk by 1 millionth step tomorrow.
Thank you all for your support and for spreading the word. If anyone still wants to donate, you can do so here.
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Between May 9 and August 31, 2011, I’m walking 1 million steps to raise money for RAINN.
With your help, we crushed the original fundraising goal of $1,000. So we had to up the ante. Now we’re going for $1,500.
$1,400 has been raised so far. We’re so close!
I’m due to reach 1 million steps around August 21 (10 days ahead of schedule!). If we can raise $1,500 by then, I will dance to an exceedingly embarrassing song in my celebratory video.
You get to pick which song. Here are the choices:
A) Groove is in the Heart (Deee-Lite)
B) Stayin’ Alive (The Bee Gees)
C) Axel F (Crazy Frog)
Vote your pick by reblogging and commenting - and donate at http://karma411.com/1MSteps to make sure we hit the goal!
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Thank you to everyone who’s helped get the 1 Million Steps for RAINN campaign to its $1,000 goal!
We’re a month ahead of schedule, so if we can get to $1,500 by the end of August, I will do something embarrassing and/or awesome.
But you get to decide what.
Place your votes in the comments!
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DONATE AND LEARN MORE HERE: http://karma411.com/1MSteps
Between May 9 and August 31, 2011, I’m walking 1 million steps to raise $1,000 for RAINN.
I’ve got one month to go, and so far I’ve walked 800,000 steps and have raised $880. With only $120 to go, I think we can do this thing.
We had an awesome fundraiser in Ellicott City - thanks to Shane Tolson for all the hard work and for helping to raise $157 for the campaign.
I wanted to do something different with this video. I realized that I hadn’t talked about why I’m doing this, so I thought that was an important question to address.
I think sex is a beautiful, wonderful thing. It sickens me that some people twist it into a method of torture that does physical and psychological damage.
What sickens me even more if that the victims often have conflicting feelings over whether it was even partially their fault. I want to say to anyone who’s felt that way that no, it’s not your fault. Not even a tiny bit.
There was a poster at my college that said something to the effect of, “Maybe she wore a short skirt. Maybe she went walking by herself at night in a dangerous area. Maybe she got too drunk. That may be poor judgment, but poor judgment is NOT a rape-able offense.”
Only 1 in 15 rapists will ever spend a day in jail. Can you imagine if that was the statistic for any other crime?
Fortunately in all this, we have RAINN. RAINN celebrated its 17th birthday this past week, and in 17 years of helping victims, educating the public and improving public policy, here’s what they’ve accomplished:
—helped 1.6 million people
—expanded their hotline to include an online hotline and a hotline specifically for members of the military who are assaulted
—When they started, 30% of sexual assault cases were reported to the police, and today 44% are reported.
We’re making progress. We can do so much more. Wouldn’t it be awesome to live in a world where nobody was sexually assaulted?
That’s why I’m walking 1 million steps. $1000 is only a drop in the bucket, of course, but it’s a start.
Thank you to everybody who’s contributed thus far. If you haven’t had a chance yet, please go to karma411.com/1MSteps and donate today.
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Between May 9 and August 31, 2011, I’m walking 1 million steps to raise $1,000 for RAINN.
I’ve got 700,000 steps down and still need to raise $420.
For those in the DC/Baltimore area, there will be a fire-spinning fundraiser July 30 in Ellicott City, Md. Mark your calendars and visit http://on.fb.me/rainnfundraiser for details.
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DONATE AND LEARN MORE HERE: http://karma411.com/1MSteps
Between May 9 and August 31, 2011, I’m walking 1 million steps to raise $1,000 for RAINN.
600,000 steps done and $580 raised to date - woot!
If you haven’t had a chance to donate yet, I’m only asking for $10, just once.
Check out this awesome fire-spinning fundraising event July 30 in Ellicott City, Md.: http://on.fb.me/rainnfundraiser
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Between May 9 and August 31, 2011, I’m walking 1 million steps to raise $1,000 for RAINN.
I’m halfway to my goal of 1 million steps! OMG!
If you haven’t had a chance to donate yet, I’m only asking for $10, one time. Less than a cost of a movie ticket.
Also, there will be a fire-spinning fundraiser July 30 in Ellicott City, Md. Mark your calendars if you’re in the area - more details to come soon.
DONATE AND LEARN MORE HERE: http://karma411.com/1MSteps
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Between May 9 and August 31, 2011, I’m walking 1 million steps for RAINN.
In this update, I just passed 400,000 steps - 2/5 of the way to my goal!
So far I’ve raised about $350, but my goal is to raise $1,000 by the time the campaign is through.
I couldn’t have come this far, though, without some seriously awesome people, so in this video, I give shout-outs to everyone who’s contributed time and money to the cause so far.
Donate and learn more here: http://karma411.com/1MSteps
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