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Conversations on Hispanic Heritage Month

Media Cause

A lot of our food and music influence comes from her. . Music and dancing are very important in Hispanic culture, you have to know how to dance the bachata, merengue, salsa, etc. It’s a time for a celebration and for others to experience our food, dancing, and music. Luisa Chil, Sr. Media Strategist.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a group or as an individual, CARE Packages can help send girls in Afghanistan to school for a year, or help expectant mothers in Peru safely deliver. Their store also offers jewelry, African art and music, and clothing. It’s fun and you’ll be bringing hope to girls and women around the world. [ Send a CARE Package ].

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

This charity also has offices in India , Nepal , and Tanzania operates its own projects and supports partners in Tanzania, India, and Nepal and works on behalf of children in places like the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, China, and Bangladesh. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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Interview with My Dad, Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship

Have Fun - Do Good

He went around the world collecting traditional contemporary folk music, assembled those into themes on CDs, and began national distribution. He created a whole genre we now know as World Music. For example, I'd seen potters in Peru whose tradition was to make clay water jars for their community.

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Big Vision Podcast: Interview with llyse Hogue Rainforest Action Network

Have Fun - Do Good

If you like the music, it is from Kenya Masala's "Mango Delight". You can learn more about Kenya's work and his music by going to sourceconsultinggroup.com. Britt Bravo: Thanks for listening to the Big Vision podcast. For more information about the Rainforest Action Network, go to www.ran.org.

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