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The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones: Help Me Spread the Word

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I'm helping Green for All get the word out about Van Jones ' new book, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Two of Our Biggest Problems. I'm here to tell ya that Jones will go down in history as one of the visionary voices of our time. He was recently named as a TIME Magazine 2008 Hero of the Environment.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

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Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." You can be an expert and have a strong voice--a voice visitors want to hear--without being the only voice in the room.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

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In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. why not museums? and staff.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. The greatest thing that I came away with is that the United States' and the European notions of what African history is all about, are so simplified. It is a much more complex and nuanced history.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. It is our turn to make history. New voices energizing conversations. This event continues and builds on the legacy of the COOL National Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 32+ year history. General / #fcny / @FastCompany.

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

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What is Women's Earth Alliance, and what problem you're trying to solve? The problem that we are addressing is a great one. How do they help to address some of the challenges and problems that you just spoke about? AD: I definitely have had very similar experiences to Melinda in terms of my professional history.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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But what can you do about a problem that seems so overwhelming? On April 15, 2008 I talked with Janessa Goldbeck, the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network, about what we can all do about genocide. The first book that I would recommend reading is called, A Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide.

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