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Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mary Mwende told us about her journey from Mombasa, Kenya, to being one of ten girls chosen for the Global Give Back Circle , a mentoring and empowerment program. Peter has extensive international experience in Latin America and Africa and discussed the problems and solutions he sees from the ground.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

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The mission of World of Good, as a company, is to create the largest distribution system for fair trade, handmade items from artists' and women's cooperatives around the world. So the problem that happened was that a lot of organizations were saying, "Well we don't have a standard way of pricing. We are not thinking about this alone.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

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The Engage Network and Julia Butterfly Hill and Marianne Manilov and Alissa Hauser, they came to me with the solution to my problem. CCF's intention is to help this evolving culture by helping to create the next generation of doctors, lawyers, scientists, artists and poets. That's what's causing all the problems in the first place.