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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

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John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category. Boston University provides in-kind space to host professional development forums, EVERFI supplies financial literacy coursework, and Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment adds expertise in the youth development space.

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

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You can vote for who will be awarded $100,00, named CNN's Hero of the Year, and be honored at "An All-Star Tribute" with Anderson Cooper at 9 ET Thanksgiving night. NICE News: CNN Heroes from Operation NICE • CNN's Top 10 Heroes Of 2008 from The Huffington Post heroes cnn activist nonprofit

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews. She was also awarded their annual Ida B. It was written in very scribbled Nepali, her literacy skills were incredibly rudimentary, but what she ended up writing was a piece of journalism. Wells prize for Bravery in Journalism.

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The Story in the Numbers

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Those who envision what could be possible by having Benetech apply innovative technology to the areas of Literacy, Human Rights, and the Environment, and who enable us to explore new opportunities for creating social good. For example, our 2008 major human rights grants from the Oak Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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She has been the recipient of many awards, including Fast Company's 2007 Social Capitalist Award, and the League of Women Voters' Women Who Could Be President Award. This year, 2008, is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I am always a big believer in that.

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