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What Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions?

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"[S]top thinking about how crazy the times are, and start thinking about what the crazy times demand."-- Seth Godin A couple weeks ago blogger Latoya Peterson posted her 2008 Activist Resolutions on Racialicious. Africa is not a country. Interview more activists/visionaries of color for the Big Vision Podcast. It is a continent."

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews.

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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

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KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation on July 2, 2008. You can also listen to it on the Big Vision Podcast. Britt Bravo:What is KickStart doing?

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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Below is an edited transcript of our conversation for the Big Vision Podcast which you can listen to online , or download from iTunes. billion people are without clean water. More than half of those people are women and girls. What we heard was that our colleagues in Africa really needed support around water.

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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

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including finding a small group of people to support you in your process. On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. Below is an edited transcript of an interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. You see somebody who inspires you.

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Arts Activist Naomi Natale and The One Million Bones Project

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Both an installation artist and photographer, Naomi was the founder and director of The Cradle Project , a large scale installation calling attention and raising funds for the 48 million children orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa. Naomi served as an artist-in-residence at Columbia College Chicago in 2008, 2010 and 2011.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

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Off the Mat, Into the World is an educational, experiential and motivational process for people interested in conscious activism and service. You can also listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast. * I realized I had a platform where, for whatever reason, people would pay attention to me. I raised a lot of money.