Vice-Chairman Of Media Relations @ Invisible Youth Network

Being the Vice-Chairman of Media Relations @ Invisible Youth Network enables me to make a difference using a several things that come naturally to me--among them:

writing, engaging in conversations, and research

Please read my blog, Virtual Homemaker (starting with the preface if you aren't familiar with it) in order to get a more up-close-and-personal look at our organization.

I also use my creative abilities to keep people up on our activities. Two examples are (1) A virtual activity sheet that pulls together information from various locations to keep people up on what's happening in our organization, what we're about, information about our online shopping opportunities, etc. This is connected to with both virtual and real life connections. (2) A more specific information sheet dealing with the donation of both cash and material goods.

Be watching for the launch of The Voice of IYN this winter. This will be an ongoing virtual publication that isn't afraid of taking people out of their comfort zones when it comes to sharing information. It will also be a publication that will encourage interaction *bigtime*!!!

Ainsley Jo Phillips, Online Journalist

Check out some of the places where I write...

AJ Online

MyLot

Writing.com

Epinions

The Cos Communities

Coming Soon:
The Voice of IYN

To Russell With Love

I wrote this poem almost a year ago at the time I realized that I had fallen in love with Russell...

To Russell With Love

To love someone deeply gives you strength.
Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
~ Lao-Tzu

Miles apart and strangers to each other,
we set our goals for the coming year-
so often writing on the same page
without ever touching once,
even though we'd held these dreams dear
for far longer than the time
when the year, once more, became new.

How did it take so long
for our paths to finally cross?
How did the tiny spark
of our first encounter
grow so rapidly
into a full-blown fire
that both roared with passion
and gently warmed...
that both blazed
and gave a mellow glow?

Sometime
during the scheme of things
while we were preoccupied
with the business-as-usual
of turning the world upside down
and setting it on fire,
our hearts reached out to hug each other
forever.

Because of this,
we are braver, stronger, better
together
than we ever were
before the crossing of our paths
on that page of common dreams.

Miles apart,
we dream our dreams
-similar, alike, and different-
on separate pillows
in different time zones
while magically sleeping
heart-to-heart
because of our special love.

(February 26,2007)

Ainsley Jo Phillips