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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

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"It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way.

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BlogHers Act and Other Ways to Help Myanmar Cyclone Victims

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Hundreds of thousands are now homeless. And BlogHer has responded. Earlier today, Lisa Stone of BlogHer let us know that BlogHers Act and Global Giving expanded the Mother's Day fundraising initiative to include support for a project for emergency relief. (I Thank you to everyone who has donated to the BlogHers Act.

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Submit Your Children of the Recession Story to Katie Couric

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Yesterday I represented BlogHer on a conference call with bloggers from the Silicon Valley Moms Blog, and Katie Couric. One in 50 American children is homeless, and as more homes go into foreclosure that number will rise."

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Changebloggers List + Wanna Meetup?

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Spare Change TED blog TED talks (video) TimeToShine Tri to End Homeless Up with Women (they've requested help with improving their blog) Vampituity What Gives? Pulse and Signal The Serendipity Factor SocialButterfly Social Media for Social Change So What Can I Do?

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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. Reports suggest 15,000 are homeless because of the storm, and 22 dead.

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My New Favorite Song: Dear Mr. President

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I'd never listened to a Pink song before until fellow Blogher editor, Miriam Verburg, posted about her hilarious video, "Stupid Girls" where she parodies young celebrities like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and the Olsen Twins. What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street? Very funny. President Come take a walk with me.

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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story." " What do you think? AFP Blog picks up on some Web2.0 Some very useful posts in there!

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