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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The 50 nonprofits listed below are tackling some of the most important economic, social and political issues of our time. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. National Museum of American History :: @ AMHistoryMuseum. politicians follow any nonprofits on Twitter. Autism Speaks :: @ AustismSpeaks.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

We connect the local with global resources.” In its nearly 1,400 year history the civilization of Islam has developed immense diversity. The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. Dara described him as a very provocative guy, pushing philanthropists to be comfortable with trying new things and possibly failing at times.

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What Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions?

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"[S]top thinking about how crazy the times are, and start thinking about what the crazy times demand."-- Seth Godin A couple weeks ago blogger Latoya Peterson posted her 2008 Activist Resolutions on Racialicious. Atlasien of Upside-Down Adoption said she was going to become involved in a local organization for immigrant rights.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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"I think that people have long associated feminism with older white women and the idea of bringing that back to women of color, and bringing it back to young women of color and asking them what it means is an exciting time for me." In particular, it is important to think about what young women need to be thinking about in this moment of time.

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Ask Britt: How can I combine the creative arts with social impact?

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Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. FiftyCrows Foundation eschews these media politics and prioritizes social awareness by using arrestingly real, timely photographic images as a catalyst for education, cultural understanding and social action."

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Self-Censorship for Museum Professionals

Museum 2.0

For example, “Nazi science” came up several times as a “can’t”—but the Holocaust Museum’s Deadly Medicine exhibition was a successful project that didn’t bring the walls down. This is not to say that science centers are more censored than art or history museums—every kind of museum has its own hang-ups. and displayed in the museum.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Other times it is collected to record the human rights environment in a given context, perhaps a conflict or post-conflict situation. Over 8 weeks this last fall, I had the privilege of working with NGOs from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, in a series of trainings that took place in Phnom Penh, Beirut and Istanbul.

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