Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I’m now on the prowl for examples from the nonprofit world of “Little Bets” and was excited to read about how Unicef created a fictional profile for a 13-year-old girl named Ami Musa, from the poor, war torn African country of Sierra Leone.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

It's not often that the UN World Food Programme gets a role in a movie, but it does in Blood Diamond with Leonardo DiCaprio, which was released early this month. The WFP provided food aid from 1991-2002 during the civil war in Sierra Leone. diamond hunger conflict activism The film has gotten mixed reviews.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

While many remember it as a male-dominated organization, Cleaver, Angela Davis, and other women actually played a large role in leading the movement to empower African American communities during the Civil Rights era. Olivia Bouler's environmental activism started early. Queen Anna Nzinga. Laskarina Bouboulina. Embassy personnel.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Many of them do really meet our basic criteria of being women-led, of reflecting the work of a group of women, rather than just one or two individuals, and of really tackling critical human rights challenges and societal challenges in which women are playing key roles. We should call them social benefit organizations."

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