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My Pay It Forward Portrait

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was created by Roy Blumenthal , an artist who lives in South Africa with many talents! By Roy Blumenthal. This is my pay it forward portrait. I met Roy via the portrait he did for Dave Wallace's web site and communicated via flickr.

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Be Sweet: Creative Products with a Conscience & More Do-Good Gifts

Have Fun - Do Good

Most of Be Sweet's products are made by artisans who work in job creation programs in South Africa. A card propped up beside it explained that it was produced by a company called, Be Sweet. If you have more ideas for do-good gifts, please post them here.

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

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BB: Your whole book, Loyal to the Sk y, is a memoir, and it's your entire path to becoming an activist and an artist. In terms of my own life, as I write in Loyal to the Sky , I grew up in apartheid South Africa. When we do open, and we let that pain through, things can start to move and shift in a way that is very healthy.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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American Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis is considered the first woman of Native American and African descent to achieve international fame as a sculptor at a time when artists of color were hardly celebrated and slavery was still legal. Gentileschi is remembered, however, as an accomplished Baroque artist whose trials did not define her art.

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Balancing People, Profit & Planet: An Interview with Reem Rahim of Numi Tea

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I am an artist and I was getting my Masters of Fine Arts at the time from John F. The folks in South Africa, where we get our Rooibos and Honeybush, actually have sort of earning rights. Britt: Your training is as a fine artist. So, we joined forces, he with his tea knowledge and myself. Kennedy University.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He plans to start a search fund (a vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors) to find businesses – and intellectual property – that have a social focus to help out developing countries, particularly South Africa.

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Data, Data Everywhere: But How Does It Relate to You and Your Work?

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with geeks, artists, and civil society activists. CNN used Twitter data to report on the 2010 World Cup Fever in South Africa. This year’sconference, to be held in Berlin in July, promises to be both interesting and useful for those who want to learn more about open data issues.

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