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JVIB 2012 Special Issue on Technology: Today's Game Changer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, we would so very much like technology innovators in the field of vision loss and blindness to propose exciting articles that will help the field move forward to maximize results for the people we all serve! The deadline for submissions is in January 31, 2012,and the call for papers is here. Help us make this a terrific issue!

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Changing lives through financial empowerment

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2012, 25 percent of Americans had more credit card debt than they had in their emergency savings. For the past six months I have worked with YWCA Maricopa County , expanding its Own It Financial Education program , which provides low-income women and families a free education teaching them how to become financially stable and independent.

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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In addition to teaching the community how wildfires contribute to water pollution, Elaina concluded that hunters on Guam should also be shown how to use bait to attract deer instead of relying on fires to flush them out. According to Elaina, halting fires and sedimentation on the reefs is especially critical because the U.S.

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Book: Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” The book is a big milestone, a delivery of almost twenty years of research, teaching, and inquiry into the ethical, political, and economic dimensions of philanthropy. He makes his thesis, arguments, and proposed solutions with data and entertaining storytelling. One recommendation had to do with the tax code.