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Gen Y Nonprofits and Social Change Bloggers: Meet Miss Jones

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Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. For example, people use the website to get tangible info about the school like costs, location, classes, and programs. Julia Smith, who blogs at the idealist. As well as being simple.

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3 Answers for a Young Activist

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I thought I wanted to be a massage therapist, until I took a class and realized on the first day that I had to touch hairy, naked people I didn't know! Cross-posted from BlogHer. nonprofit social entrepreneur career advice Breaking down what you want to do into small, manageable actions can help you move through your paralysis.

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Interview: Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been an educator for pretty much all of my adult life (even at Bennington, I was a tutor, and taught some classes in technology.) When I first started out consulting, one of the first pieces of advice I got was that giving things away free is an avenue to getting business. Cross posted at Blogher

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Women Rise Up Against War: Rae Abileah of CODEPINK

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The biggest challenge we face is achieving our goal—stopping the war in Iraq, bringing home our troops, and supporting Iraqis to build peace—in the face of US apathy, misguided belief, and a wealthy ruling class that is addicted to oil interests and power. Check out CODEPINK’s favorite pink blogs (and advice for how to start your own).

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

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I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. I hope you'll take the time to read it, because they all have some great advice.

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