Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

On August 1, 2013, I testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on the subject “ Innovation in America: The Role of Technology.” We don’t create solutions from scratch: our innovation is adapting existing raw technology to meet the needs of the users in the social sector.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 19, 2015

Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1964 It is still the Winter of America''s discontent. I grew up in an America where legally-mandated segregation was reality. In the America I grew up in, Black children were educated in segregated schools, separate although far from equal. Douglas Zimmerman President and CEO VisionLink, Inc.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 21, 2013

Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1964 It is still the Winter of America''s discontent. I grew up in an America where legally-mandated segregation was reality. In the America I grew up in, Black children were educated in segregated schools, separate although far from equal. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 25, 2021

It’s entirely possible, given the tangled maze of laws and processes relating to these unclaimed assets. For example, research large nonprofits such as the American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, NAACP, UNICEF, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America in several state databases. This blog was sponsored by Escheatment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Facilitated by Lucy Bernholz, the panelists discussed how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people in America. California Passes New Law That Bans Bots From Pretending to Real People: California Gov. More on the new law here.

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Everyaction

JUNE 6, 2018

The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people. Equality Federation is the movement builder and strategic partner to state-based organizations advocating for LGBTQ people. Transgender Law Center. Equality Federation.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Founded by the United Nations , WHD advocates for the "safety and security of humanitarian aid workers, and for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises.". Oxfam America. Oxfam America envisions a world without poverty. For decades, Human Rights Watch has defended the rights of people worldwide.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. of America v. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2012

Even given the number and publicity of mass shootings in the US, people still mostly don''t really like gun control. In fact, only 29% of people surveyed most recently think that we should ban the possesion of handguns. Handguns are only used to shoot other people. . Blog Category: America Oakland Current Affairs Tweet'

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2012

Even given the number and publicity of mass shootings in the US, people still mostly don't really like gun control. In fact, only 29% of people surveyed most recently think that we should ban the possesion of handguns. Handguns are only used to shoot other people. . Blog Category: America. So what is it? Current Affairs.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 24, 2013

What I hope you walk away with is the knowledge that there are people in those companies who care about you,” said Tech Impact’s Associate Executive Director Anthony Pisapia, in his welcoming remarks. These 16 weeks have been a blast,” said Michael Washington, who interned at law firm Cozen O’Connor. The journey starts here.”.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

A nonprofit needs assessment is a way to determine if people will benefit from the services you’re hoping to provide through your nonprofit. How many people need this solution, and how will you determine who meets the criteria of need? How many people do you realistically think you’ll need to get started?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 17, 2019

In the last decade, crowdfunding, or the collection of small donations from a large number of people, has taken the fundraising world by storm. We’ll show you how to set up an effective campaign that brings in the money while staying within the bounds of the law. Check state laws. Pick a project. Keep in mind, we’re not lawyers.

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Qgiv

JULY 3, 2023

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.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people who are blind or otherwise disabled when it comes to reading print. We have the privilege of being able to serve people with disabilities in large part because of a generous provision in U.S. copyright law. How do we uphold the social bargain?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

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. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

I launched a bloggers campaign as part of the Sharing Foundation's America Giving Challenge. law of reciprocity). I turned to one of my favorite nonprofit marketing bloggers and colleagues, Marc Sirkin , for some advice and help with the America's Giving Challenge for the Sharing Foundation. I want to mention a few recent posts.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

On August 17, 1894, the Tariff Act was signed into law, which included exemptions for nonprofit organizations. This work transforms our communities and impacts millions of people within North America and abroad. Here at Qgiv we celebrate nonprofits seven days a week. Send a message of thanks.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

Alexis Bonnell is the former Chief Innovation Officer of USAID, where she had the privilege of working with thousands of innovators, inside and outside of USAID who are changing the world and helping millions of people become self-reliant. In 2018, USAID received a 10/10 in Innovation in the “Results for America” study of Federal Agencies.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2010

We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! In this month’s chat,we had some good discussion around social media guildines and online community moderation. Read the full transcript here!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

The earliest Women's Day observance was held in 1909 in New York, when the Socialist Party of America commemorated a strike of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. women became the majority of law students. The UN finds that 119 countries have now passed domestic violence laws, though enforcement remains a problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

One of the biggest reasons is that among people who are blind, braille literacy has been linked with higher education levels, higher likelihood of employment and higher income. federal law supports braille instruction. Accordingly, U.S. In this sense, you could say that we are radical braille advocates.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. We need to have comprehensive data to deploy broadband to the most people possible. Without effective deterrents, Internet providers will continue to discriminate against lawful content.

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VisionLink

JULY 4, 2010

Marching bands playing the songs of America – My country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty. May it wave as our standard forever – a grand patriotic cacophony of song opening a young boy’s heart to the meaning of America. And in everything else we, the people, argue about, in all of it we hear the sound of freedom.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. United for Social Change, sister organizations working to positively influence how black boys and men are perceived and treated by law enforcement and in society.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

She relates her entire experience pre-fame, from growing up working-class on the South Side of Chicago, to being an Ivy League undergrad/law graduate. With that being said, #IAmBecoming a better advocate for myself, the people I love and the causes I champion. Sean Mayer is part of Public Allies' Class 13.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2019

Why does an EU law have such a monumental effect on privacy globally? Second, as the strictest privacy law in the world to date, it has become the gold standard for privacy frameworks. These events all pale in comparison, though, to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) in the European Union.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

In 2001, its 40th anniversary year, AI expanded its mandate considerably to incorporate economic, social and cultural rights, as well as the body of international law governing armed conflict, thus committing itself to advance all human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

One thing I love doing is talking to people I don’t know. And here we are… Tania Luciow is a lover of sparkly flats, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund , and Convio. This is her story: EG for CC: What’s your elevator pitch about what the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund does?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

” California’s New Smartphone Kill Switch Law. California is finalizing a law that will mandate a ‘kill switch’ be included on all new smartphones. The problem this new law addresses is that last year an estimated 3.1 The effect of the law will be pretty fast. million phones were stolen in the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2014

"There's a mystique behind us, but 99 percent of us are people you wouldn't expect, like a lawyer sitting next you – 99 percent of bikers are law-abiding citizens. Back in my 20s, I was a law enforcement officer. The 1 percent of bikers that are outlaws even support us, though.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2015

Watch out for the T-Rex, lego people! How about this graphic novel version on big data by Al Jazeera America? We’re feeling pretty squanchy, ourselves, about this big news on the voting enfranchisement front: Oregon recently passed its New Motor Voter bill into law. Who needs cotton?

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

We also started to notice just how many elders and families are affected by food insecurity: more than 34 million people in the United States alone. It doesn’t take a ton of education or even a degree to help people. If any of these people say the trash, we now know there’s a vital resource being wasted that can and should be diverted.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

In this case, parents with kids dealing with substance abuse, local media, medical professionals and law enforcement. Frank who works with the Partnership for a Drug-Free America in Arizona. “Many, many people would rather volunteer a little bit of time for a worthy cause than donate money,&# said Grant.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Beyond employee retention, having an employee giving program also makes your company an attractive option to people outside of your company—jobseekers and consumers. Studies show that jobseekers, and particularly younger workers, are more likely to work for a company based on their dedication to corporate responsibility.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

These are the people behind the great nonprofit Story of Stuff animated environmental videos. This is a new Croatian company that has developed an affordable device that allow disabled people to control their environment with voice commands like ‘turn on the lights’ Miroslav Vrankic was trolling the conference looking for U.S.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 18, 2011

The museum is free to all-comers and showcases pieces from Slim's extensive collection of European and Mexican art, including pieces by major international artists whose work is not easy to find in Latin America. Slim's son-in-law designed the building. They unnecessarily pit "ordinary people" against experts.

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