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Hadley China

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turns out to have had a major program in China for almost 20 years, and they have come up with a cool way to use the net. Hadley's international branch is located in Fuzhou, China. Hadley-China students, support staff from Hadley-China, and native English speakers log onto a website at the same time.

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China Social Entrepreneurs

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One had to assume there's a lot going on in China, too, but it's hard to connect with. Through the twin code in the book, the children in cities can find contact information of rural children on Twin Book's website and make communication through letters with rural children.

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Client Spotlight: National Society of Black Engineers

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The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a student-governed, nonprofit organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with chapters at universities all over the world. In 1971, two students–Edward E. At the time, 80 percent of all Black freshmen students were dropping out after their first year in the engineering program.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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According to their site: "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Beijing the 2008 Olympic Games in 2001, disregarding international criticism of China's human rights record. Both the IOC and the Chinese have argued that the Games will "improve human rights in China" and therefore Tibet.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. How did they do it?

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. How did they do it?

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

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We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). starting to act more like China than the home of the free. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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