diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index f852bea9..0333d7ff 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ float: left;
 
 #aboutParms {
     margin: 30px auto;
-    width: 215px;
+    width: 218px;
     font-family: 'din-medium', helvetica, sans-serif;
 }
 #leftAboutParms {
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb
index 63a31af2..a0d531f6 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@
         <h3>GET INVOLVED!</h3>
 <div class="leaveSpace"></div>  
         
-        <p>Want to help is with design, code, marketing and management for Metamaps? We are an open value network, which for us means that we want to invite and empower peers to participate in creating value together.</p>
+        <p>Want to help us with design, code, marketing and management for Metamaps? We are an open value network, which for us means that we want to invite and empower peers to participate in creating value together.</p>
 
         <p>We welcome contributions in many forms. One of the easiest and best things you can do is to keep on mapping your ideas into the commons on the platform!</p>
 
-        <p>We welcome people of all skillsets to contribute to the project in different ways. Designers, researchers, academics, strategists, and facilitators can get in touch about opportunities to contribute to the project. If you're a developer, help us advance the code and take a look around out Github.</p>
+        <p>We welcome people of all skillsets to contribute to the project in different ways. Designers, researchers, academics, strategists, and facilitators can get in touch about opportunities to contribute to the project. If you're a developer, help us advance the code and take a look around our Github.</p>
 
         <p>Financial contributions are greatly appreciated in support of our work. All financial contributions are transparently governed and recorded in our value account system.</p>