What Are You Doing to Survive the Recession? CNN’s Road to Recovery and The Recessionista want to know

Some of you may watch CNN’s Road to Recovery program. I know I do. Lately, I have been addicted to their reports of how everyday people are coping in this Recession. I also enjoyed the two recent stories NBC Nightly news did on their “Making a Difference” segment. I was pleased to see the Comedy Stimulus package from Jay Leno and The Tonight Show right out of my hometown of Los Angeles. I also enjoyed the story about the Nights of Laughter from the Skyline comedy club in Appleton, Wisconsin. It’s important for people to smile a bit right now, and not loose their sense of humor. We’re losing so many other things, please, don’t let us loose the humor. It’s one of the reasons I try to offer a few chuckles via my own sense of humor here on the blog.

Now, onto some important news. CNN is offering all of you the chance to share your Recession Survival stories on their Road to Recovery series. This is very appropriate in this age of social networking.

CNN is asking people around the world ‘What is the one thing you are doing to beat the recession?’ What change have you made in your family or personal life? Have you made a change in your career?

If you’re interested in sharing your story, here’s how you can join the conversation. Grab a camera and send your photos or videos showing the one thing you are doing to help navigate and survive in the recession to CNN via the link below. The best responses will be shown on CNN International and CNN.com

Video responses can be posted on iReport.com . Click on this link to learn more, iReport:

If you’re not comfortable sharing your story via video with CNN’s broadcast, post a comment here on the blog and let all of The Recessionista’s readers know how you are doing. You’ve all heard from me about my ups and downs, my survival shopping tips and my tax struggles. Now it’s your turn. Let us know how you are doing. Community is the answer. And it’s closer than you think. That’s the power of the Internet and the blogosphere.

Did you know that Eleanor Roosevelt received over 2,000 letters just from children during the depression? If only she had had blog comment functionality to go with her My Day newspaper column, she might have been able to respond and share her thoughts with the world. Information is power in these tough times and we have the advantages of technology that the Roosevelt generation did not. It’s reported that Mrs. Roosevelt received over 300,000 letters in total from all segments of the US population during the Depression. Unfortunately, her staff was overwhelmed and was forced to respond via form letters. Remember, there was not even any photocopying to help get responses to this massive amount of mail out. This meant that only a handful of the people who wrote in were referred to social agencies.

If you’re interested in learning more about the letters Mrs. Roosevelt received during the Great Depression from children, check out the book, Dear Mrs. Roosevelt on Amazon edited by Robert Cohen. I find it fascinating.

Every leader of a country around the world received letters during the Depression from their constituents. It’s just seems that more of the ones to Mrs. Roosevelt have survived and been compiled.

Wherever you are reading from around the world, check out CNN’s Road to Recovery series or Brian William’s on NBC’s Nightly News “Making a Difference“ segment via the International broadcast system of the Interent. These shows remind us that there are still alot of good things happening all around us.

It’s especially good to know that a comedy stimulus package is now available. Thank you Mr. Leno and The Tonight Show!