If you read many blogs, you likely already know that today is Blog Action Day — the goal being to help expand the conversation around alleviating poverty. From climate control to microfinance to saving children to inequality, Blog Action Day resulted in a lot of great thought about a variety of important topics. We need to start thinking more about how we can help rid this world of poverty. Putting our heads in the sand and ignoring today’s challenges is not acceptable. Instead, we need to tackle today’s critical issues with the energy of those passionate about the issues at hand. In order to reach the goal of halving the proportion of those living on less than a $1 a day by 2015, we’re all going to have to work together to make it happen and I believe microfinance is a huge piece of the overall puzzle.

I sincerely thank everyone who devotes their time, energy, and passion toward helping to alleviate poverty worldwide. The world is a better place because of you.