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Lisa Stone Interviews Global s Founders on Yi-Tan 1/9

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Blogher Lisa Stone interviews Ethan Zukerman and Rebecca MacKinnon, Global s Founders. Are you an alternative world news agency? A stage for global activism? The call is tommorrow, but you can always listen to the audio file. The topics: * What does it mean to be a "conversation community"?

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Why You Didn't Hear About Cyclone Ivan's Destruction in Madagascar and How To Help Support Relief Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. Joan has been an important contributor to these roundups, providing amazing coverage at her blog, The Purple Heart.

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How Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions Going?

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This year I've interviewed Christina Arnold of Prevent Human Trafficking, Cristi Hegranes of the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World , Kavita Ramdas of the Global Fund for Women, Anisha Desai of the Women of Color Resource Center, Janessa Goldbeck of Genocide Intervention Network, and Ari Derfel of Save Your Trash.

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Solutionary Women: Mei-ying Ho

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The podcast isn't up yet, but here is a partially modified transcription of our conversation which you can also read along with profiles of other Solutionary Women on Blogher : What is SOUL? Last week I sat down with a former co-worker, Mei-ying Ho, who is now the Co-Director of SOUL , for an interview for my Big Vision podcast.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

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At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. PR: I got interested in issues of hunger and poverty when I was in college, and was particularly interested in rural poverty in the developing world, and started studying ways to approach that, alternative ways to approach that.