Is there really any comparison?

(also I know I’ve posted the Obama speech a bunch now, but I’ve also watched it at least 10 times today and think it’s OK to rewatch it )

Which one inspires you? Which one do you find more presidential? Which speech is really about a “season of hope”? And most importantly did Bush live up to anything he said?

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Mother’s Day is this Sunday (don’t forget!), so be sure to take a look at some of the great posts we’ve put together in celebration of moms everywhere! Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

Katie Halper:

Top 10 Mother’s Day E-Cards

Hillary Andrews Will Not Lick Bob Stokes’ Swizzle Stick

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Nicole Hughes:

Top 10 Green Gift Wrap Ideas For Mothers Day

Peak Oil Strip Tease

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Andy Kondrat:

Tornado Devestated Town Rebuilds As Green Model Community

Radiohead Attempts An Eco-Friendly World Tour

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Jon Popham:

Nepalese Art Photography: Rubin Museum of Art

America’s First Wind-Powered City

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Giulia Rozzi:

Women For Women International Celebrates Mothers Day

Even More on the Kentucky Derby

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Gina Telaroli:

Video Blog: The Week In Social Action

The War Now Tomorrow and Forever

This Mother’s Day, change the life of a woman miles away by making a donation to Women for Women International. Women for Women International has empowered over 153,000 women survivors of war to move toward economic self-sufficiency with their year-long program of direct aid, rights education, job skills training and small business development. They have distributed $42 million in direct aid, microcredit loans, and other program services. Since 1993, Women for Women International has mobilized more than 125,000 women and men in 105 countries worldwide to reach out and support women survivors of war - one woman at a time. Check out this video featuring an uplifting story of Bobette and her mother Marie-Claire in Rwanda.

When you honor a special woman in your life by making a gracious Mother’s Day donation to Women for Women International, they’ll send a card to the woman of your choice, telling her that you made a generous gift in her honor. and give to http://www.womenforwomen.org/.

Every Monday Matters is a great new book that suggests 52 small things you can do to make a difference and create a better world. The idea behind the book is that if we all took a small action once a week on Monday, we’d all be in a better place for it. A sample of suggested activities include taking yourself off a junk mail list, donating a book, turning off the television, or switching to energy-saving light bulbs. The book is part of the Every Monday Matters Foundation, which has a website where you can post videos of yourself discussing or showing the Monday activities you’ve done to make a difference.

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