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JULY 2, 2008

We're half way through 2008, so I thought I'd share how mine are going, and check in on yours. Read Darfur Diaries by Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro. Read Darfur Diaries by Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro. Watched Darfur Now. Challenge for rest of 2008: I only have 6 more interviews for 2008.

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MARCH 26, 2008

I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. Tell China to, "Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur." activism Darfur genocide human rights I don't have to solve the problem. I just have to do what I can.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is providing leverage for Tibetan, Darfurian, Burmese and Chinese human rights campaigns: The International Campaign for Tibet created the Race for Tibet. We believe China and the IOC should be held accountable to the promises they made during Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympics."

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JULY 12, 2007

Interesting tidbit: Harry Potter author JK Rowling used to work for Amnesty International ). Ambassador; John Prendergast, Senior Advisor to the International Crisis Group ; Dot Maver, Executive Director of the Peace Alliance ; and John Passacantando, Executive Director of Greenpeace. Harry Potter Darfur

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

YouTube’s 2007/2008 Clinton Global Initiative commitment enables nonprofit organizations (in the U.S. Just got a press release this morning announcing the launch of the YouTube Nonprofit Program ! In the coming months, nonprofit channels will have a centralized area on YouTube, making them and their videos more easily discoverable.

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JANUARY 23, 2009

My six 2008 Activist Resolutions went so-so: I did. Continue learning about why genocide happens and how I can take action by following blogs like the Genocide Intervention Network , ENOUGH , Stop Genocide on Change.org , Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth , and Human Rights Now. It stayed about the same. Donate 5% of my income.

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

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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