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GENERATION CHANGE

150 Ways We Can Change Ourselves, Our Country, and Our World
Jayan Kalathil and Melissa Bolton-Klinger

November 20, 2009 /PRNewswire/ — History tells us that change is inevitable. Just in the last decade, the world we live in has changed dramatically—smart-phones, Twitter, Google, the Great Recession, protests in Iran, electric cars, climate change, elections in Iraq, terrorism on American soil. Sometimes it feels like things are moving so quickly that we can’t make a difference. According to Jayan Kalathil and Melissa Bolton-Klinger, the authors of Generation Change: 150 Ways We Can Change Ourselves, Our Country, and Our World, that’s just not true!

Whether you’ve worked for the Obama campaign, pushed your parents to recycle more, quit smoking, taken a volunteer vacation, raised money to fight breast cancer, you have already made a difference. But the authors of Generation Change are determined, though, that you can do more, that we all can do more. And it can be fun. Kalathil and Bolton-Klinger offer 150 recommendations that can change your life or change our world, including:

  • Walk shelter dogs
  • Help the homeless
  • Meditate
  • Travel the world
  • Be a mentor
  • Buy a malaria net
  • Green your school or workplace
  • Fight HIV/AIDS worldwide
  • Buy a goat
  • Dig for your roots
  • Don't tolerate prejudice
  • Pick up a book
  • Watch what you eat
  • Save school arts
  • Start a compost heap
  • Watch a presidential news conference
  • Spend and save wisely
  • And much more

Whether you are an established professional, a high school or college student, or a new graduate struggling to find work in a tough economy, the world is at your fingertips — via Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Google, YouTube, and more traditional media. We can all make more of a difference today than ever before. Generation Change is packed with advice, resources, and Web sites to help. So, look in the mirror, talk to friends and family, connect with the world, and go out and make change happen.

About the Authors

Jayan Kalathil is a public affairs professional with experience in the non-profit, television, and entertainment industries. He lives in New York City.

Melissa Bolton-Klinger has written and directed award-winning public service announcements and commercials for MTV, G4, VH1, the Partnership for a Drug-free America, the Global Fund, and Help USA. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband.

To schedule an interview with Jayan Kalathil and Melissa Bolton-Klinger please contact:
Thomas Semosh / 212 643 6816 x 224 / tsemosh@skyhorsepublishing.com

GENERATION CHANGE:
150 Ways We Can Change Ourselves, Our Country, and Our World
By Jayan Kalathil and Melissa Bolton-Klinger
Skyhorse Publishing Trade Paperback Original
Available now wherever books are sold, in stores and online.
ISBN: 978-1-60239-730-9
Price: $12.95

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