{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.</p>","icon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","favicon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"leskCi--KDW","title":"TEDx Macatawa 2015 Session 1b: Helen Zeerip, Grant me Hope","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/session-1b-helen-zeerip-grant-me-hope/","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"content_html":"<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.tedxmacatawa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/helenzeerip.jpg\"/></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/grantmehope\">https://www.facebook.com/grantmehope</a></li>\n<li>300,000 kids need homes</li>\n<li>25% of the kids end up homeless</li>\n<li>“<a href=\"http://www.pathwaysmi.org/\">Pathways MI</a>” does foster care and adoption</li>\n<li>Misconceptions for adoption - Expensive: no, children are basically free for adoption</li>\n<li>Bad: foster children are not bad kids</li>\n<li>Less than 2% will continue further education without being adopted</li>\n<li>they need someone to care, make a difference, be an influence, be their parent</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2015 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"https://www.facebook.com/grantmehope\n\n300,000 kids need homes\n\n25% of the kids end up homeless\n\n“ Pathways MI ” does foster care and adoption\n\nMisconceptions for adoption - Expensive: no, children are basically free for adoption\n\nBad: foster children are not bad kids\n\nLess than 2% will continue further education without being adopted\n\nthey need someone to care, make a difference, be an influence, be their parent\n\nCategories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2015 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","date_published":"2015-03-12T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:32:23.137Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"session-1b-helen-zeerip-grant-me-hope","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/session-1b-helen-zeerip-grant-me-hope/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/leskCi--KDW/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/leskCi--KDW/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/session-1b-helen-zeerip-grant-me-hope/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Thu Mar 12 2015","date_published_ms":1426176000000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.","copyright":"©2007–2026 Stephen Braunius","itunes:type":"episodic","items_sort":"published_at","items_order":"desc"}}