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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. 8) First Book Marketplace :: fbmarketplace.org. From books and DVDs to toys and party supplies, playtime has never been more educational and fun.

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July Cause Awareness: Disability Pride Month

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Disability Pride Month is a great awareness month dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and the importance of people with disabilities in our communities, promoting the visibility of people with disabilities, and honoring the inherent right to a better quality of life for people with disabilities. Doug Flutie Jr.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

federal law supports braille instruction. With Bookshare , Benetech’s online library for people with print disabilities, our ebook-based approach to the accessibility challenge has already delivered on the promise of ending the famine of accessible books in the United States. Accordingly, U.S.

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

He has an MBA from [major university] and a law degree from [another major university]. The donor promised his patent would completely fund the university, wipe out the national debt, and make America the happiest place on Earth. He apparently went to undergrad at [another college] - they had no records of him when I called.

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Can Compassion Be Cool?

Have Fun - Do Good

The book is a collection of 20 short profiles of well known, and not so well known peacemakers who the authors divided into five categories: choosing nonviolence, living peace, honoring diversity, valuing all life, and caring for the planet. Some of the peacemakers profiled include Martin Luther King, Jr.,

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. We write software for people with disabilities as well as human rights and environmental groups. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Identity 2.0

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A totally bizarre title, contrived by the publisher since memoir-writing was not “in&# when the book was published, Rosen overlays the two very different stories of his grandmothers with a meditation, mediated by a literary view of Jewish history, on change and alienation. Rosen has small ideas that make me feel.