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Writing to Change the World

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This year's speaker was journalist, Samantha Power , who received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for her book, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. Anya Achtenberg will be teaching an online workshop, Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World, later this year.

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Advice for the College Senior Who Wants to Make a Difference

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Research classes/workshops in a skill I want to learn. This fantastic book is filled with profiles of social change visionaries like Priya Haji , CEO and Co-Founder of World of Good ; Katie Redford Co-Founder and US Office Director of Earth Rights International; and Wendy Kopp , Founder of Teach for America. Sign up for it.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

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His first book, Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen , which he co-authored with Anna Lappe , won a 2007 Nautilus Award for Social Change. In America, I think oftentimes one of the first things that gets cut are people's food budgets. Kellogg Foundation. He was also a co-host of the PBS series, Endless Feast. Grub Project.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm writing this post from 30,000 feet aboard Virgin America as I fly back to California from a whirlwind week on the East Coast. more like the Berkman Center Thursday evening blogger meetups I used to attend from 2005-2007. Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. That's rare in a conference setting. It reminded more of a saloon than a conference.