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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. Atlasien of Upside-Down Adoption said she was going to become involved in a local organization for immigrant rights.

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How Can You Make An Impact?

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." -- President-elect Obama's acceptance speech November 4, 2008 In her post today, Congratulations President-elect Obama: Now, BlogHers, what will YOU do to change America? BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone asks us to make our own "transition plan," and ask ourselves how are we are each going to help create change in America.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Citizen journalists have repeatedly emerged as critical in crisis reporting and several citizen journalist platforms have emerged to harness their potential to report hyper-local news. The Netroots community is built around progressive politics in America. The social object can be a person, a place, a thing or an idea. The Obama Girl.

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

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You can listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast : Or read the edited transcript below. When I think about what my grandparents ate, and what their parents ate, they ate food that was as fresh as being harvested that day, as local as their backyard garden, and as seasonal as whatever was in season. Grub Project.

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Online Fundraising Ideas: Nonprofit Fundraising During COVID-19

Whole Whale

100% of the $1.75M in proceeds they raised went to Feeding America. Holidayheroes.org , a local Chicago nonprofit whose mission is to provide joy and entertainment to children who are seriously ill, created a Double Good virtual fundraiser. Thank Frontline Workers. Coursify Your Content. Online Auctions. Digital Tribute Wall.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

My first time in really understanding what that meant was in 2008. And if you have not heard, I have a podcast, “Let’s Take This Offline,” and you can go ahead and binge listen while you do your running, or your walking, or you’re sitting lakeside this summer, kind of decompressing from a really hellish year.

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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. The reason we don't is because it's a market failure.