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An Interview with Jessica Rauch about The Generation Project: Passionate about Teaching Young People

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I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A. I left the classroom in 2007 to join Teach For America staff where I pioneered graduate school recruitment for the organization through May of this year. Why are you passionate about teaching young people?

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Advice for the College Senior Who Wants to Make a Difference

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A couple months before graduation I went to my religion professor's office hours to ask for advice. If you are a college student, or someone in career transition, who wants to find work that fulfills your big vision for a better world, I have a few words of advice, and some books to recommend. My advice: 1. Why do you organize?

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Solutionary Women: DeeAnn Resk

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We currently travel throughout North America, Asia, and Europe, and some college credit is available. The Stand for Peace project teaches elementary school kids about diversity, respect, and peace. What tips, resource and advice would you give to someone who wanted to do the kind of work you are doing? Continual learning.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JournalMarketing's advice to communicators and execs: Doing new media is more important than learning new media. An excellent primer about RSS in Teaching Hacks Wiki that looks at RSS in terms of different outcomes - productivity, professional development, community building, and others. You know, I'll have what she's having).

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

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And in 2001, I joined a training company and worked for them for five years and then set out on my own in 2007. So I’m going to teach you what works so you don’t have to make the mistakes that I did. Paul to teach them a bit about what goes on in Ethiopia, or Uganda, or wherever their camps are. Creatively thanking.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

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His first book, Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen , which he co-authored with Anna Lappe , won a 2007 Nautilus Award for Social Change. In America, I think oftentimes one of the first things that gets cut are people's food budgets. What advice do you have for them if they're interested, but don't know what to do?

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Got the Winter Blues? Giving May Cheer You Up

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Maya Angelou In December 2007, the New York Sun article, Why Giving Makes You Happy reported that: "According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, people who gave money to charity in 2000 were 43% more likely than non-givers to say they were 'very happy' about their lives.

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