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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. I recently finished reading A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power.

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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

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In 2008, Will was named a John D. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching, "Let's Move!" - her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America. and Katherine T.

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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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See3 Celebrates Blog Action Day

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October 15th is Blog Action Day , an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world's bloggers, podcasters and videocasters to post about the same issue on the same day. Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Netroots community is built around progressive politics in America. On the day of the 2008 US elections, the Obama campaign was able to assign trimmed down telecalling lists to volunteers by ticking off the names of the people who had already voted. The social object can be a person, a place, a thing or an idea. The Obama Girl.

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Online Fundraising Ideas: Nonprofit Fundraising During COVID-19

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100% of the $1.75M in proceeds they raised went to Feeding America. The project started in 2008, and they’ve raised over $50 million doing these types of things for sick and injured kids through online gaming fundraisers. If you’re interested in learning more, you can also listen to our podcast episode on this idea!

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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. At the end of 2008, I initiated a new project called the Grow. In America, I think oftentimes one of the first things that gets cut are people's food budgets. You have a new book coming out, Vegan Soul Kitchen. Grub Project.