going global

There has been a lot of talk swirling around over the past month about inclusivity, color and readership. About how to continue to foster a spirit of inclusivity amongst various groups and readers. And it got us thinking about the Just Posts.

One of my favorite things about the Just Posts from it's inception is that anyone can participate. Anyone who writes about an issue related to social justice or social issues from large to small is welcome to send in their link and have included in the roundtable. By definition it's open to everyone. But lately that's still not felt like quite enough because the hosts of the Just Posts, the lovely Mad and I both live on the same continent and both share the luxury of certain social issues relegated to our regions within that continent and our introductory posts on the Just Post Roundtables are coming from a specific part of the world.

Writing from one continent leaves six others out of the equation. While folks from all over the world are welcome to submit their links we've noticed that for the most part those links are coming from North America. To be expected perhaps but you know, I think we can shake that up a bit.

To that end we've invited Susanne and Hel to host the monthly Just Post roundtables on their sites and they have graciously accepted. We hope this will allow for more global representation, with a voice from Europe and from Africa lending their words and wisdom in their own roundtable introductions, and will hopefully encourage more readership and writing from places far away from where Mad and I sit.

So this month look forward to a broadened Just Post roundtable, 3 continents instead of 1, and our goal is to continue to seek partners from other places who can host us as well, so we can slowly expand to Just Post roundtables all over this great big world of ours. It's a work in progress and I am sure there will be growing pains but we hope you come along for the ride because there is nothing more important than awareness of the world around us and your writing each and every month makes us more aware of the life beyond the four walls I sit within.

And speaking of, our August Roundtable is coming up soon. If you have read or have written a post about social justice this month send the link to me at girlplustwo(at)yahoo(dot)com and I'll send you the button. You and the post(s) you've shared will be included at our Just Post Roundtable on the 10th and will now be featured on four blogs across the world.

If this is new to you send me an email or click on one of the Just Post buttons over there on your right. See them? It's the one with the purple dove. All are welcome.