On 15 October 2008 it’s Blog Action Day, an annual nonprofit global event that aims to bring together the world’s social media community to post on the same day about an important issue for the sake of raising awareness and sparking a powerful global discussion. This year the issue of focus will be poverty.Living in Africa, this is of course something that is very close to not only my but all of our hearts. Millions of people are deprived of basic common necessities such as food, water, clothing and shelter, and all too often they go unnoticed, forgotten and pushed aside. However, as bloggers we can unite to shift awareness from our daily, sometimes inconsequential scribblings to something far more beneficial and necessary in nature. This is one such example.So I’m inviting the rest of the South African - and global - blogging community to participate in this year’s Blog Action Day by publishing one blog post, podcast or video about poverty on 15 October 2008. Diarise it now!For more information on how to participate click here and follow the cause on Twitter.Here’s to changing the conversation! Who’s with me?ShareThis