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Chris Brogan: What Were Your First Steps?

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I used the BBS to post questions asked by people in a local face-to-face support group who were not online. At the same time I discovered places like the Well, ECHO (east coast hangout) and Meta Network (where arts wire has hosted). You could log on and get ???just just in time??? I was networking weaving between the offline/online.

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What's Your Moment of Obligation?

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At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. Although our world still has tremendous challenges, I think more people, especially young people, realize the importance of being engaged in their communities on a local, national or global level.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

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You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. followed by 20-30 minutes of discussion with the audience facilitated by the hosts.

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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

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Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? The Engage Network is a nonprofit social venture that facilitates the power of small community groups to create social change. Now we all know who Rick Warren is because he hosted a debate; at that time nobody did.

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Women Rise Up Against War: Rae Abileah of CODEPINK

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To celebrate the first day, and hopefully prevent the recurrence of the second, here is an e-interview with Rae Abileah, the Local Groups Coordinator of CODEPINK. What do you do as the Local Groups Coordinator? Check out our local spotlight with great action photos on our site. March 20th is the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War.

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