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Libraries pivot to survive pandemic

Candid

Bridging the digital divide has become essential during the pandemic as many communities, particularly rural ones, do not have sufficient access to Wi-Fi or computers for students. Libraries have helped fill the void by providing hot spot access and in some cases laptops computers to students.

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The Sit-Ins: A Story of Creative and Strategic Struggle

DipJar

They are a DipJar customer whose cause and work deserve to be highlighted. Calling him Tour Coordinator doesn’t begin to describe his work, as he also assists with bookkeeping, marketing efforts, various special projects, and — yes — giving tours to visitors from around the world. Photograph Credit :Mark Herboth, ArchDaily.

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Print Access for All: Anna Reid in Chennai

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is a guest blog from Anna Reid, an Amherst student who interned with Bookshare.org International this past summer. Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that all people deserve "the right to seek, receive and impart information." Thanks to Anna for saying yes, and for sharing her experiences!

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Such was the sentiment in 2010 of tech CEOs such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Eric Schmidt, and Sun Microsystem’s Scott McNealy. At the time, Mark Zuckerberg was at Harvard University, and he developed it with his fellow students and friends, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.

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Research Friday: Government contracting in the new normal

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Nonprofit Finance Fund’s (NFF) 2013 State of the Sector survey explored a variety of financial and management challenges facing organizations across the country. In the United States, we rely on government to provide key economic supports.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

Mark Horvath - Mark’s work with invisiblepeople.tv telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. Put Solar on It - Put Solar on It is a campaign to encourage world leaders to put solar paneling on their homes, in the case of the United States, on the White House.

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Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh, My(Space)! The Fears People and Organizations Have

Care2

Talking to strangers--what you've been told you're not supposed to do since you were a child--may also make us feel vulnerable as we share who we are as part of the work of change. How You Will Change the World With Social Networking" (June 2010, Berrett-Koehler.) Other activists have found ways to balance caution and sharing as well.

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