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Connecting With the Past through Technology: Oberlin Heritage Center

Tech Soup

But the Oberlin Heritage Center in Oberlin, Ohio, recently reminded me that technology can also be powerful when it. college town, Oberlin played a crucial role in the Underground Railroad, as well as acting as a hotbed of abolitionism, women’s activism and. family history information from all over the country.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

Have Fun - Do Good

On April 15, 2008 I talked with Janessa Goldbeck, the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network, about what we can all do about genocide. I first worked as an outreach coordinator for the Great Lakes region, which is six states: Illinois, Ohio, and a bunch of others around there. Someone should have done something.

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The Evolution of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising and the Rise of DIY

Connection Cafe

As a kid, I was fascinated by exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History on the evolution of man and loved to watch National Geographic specials showing archaeologists digging up bones and piecing together our long chain of predecessors: Homo Erectus, Neanderthals, Cro Magnons and the like.