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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Under the theme “Achieving Our Vision through Empowerment and Partnerships,” this was the first-ever combined General Assembly of both WBU and the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment ( ICEVI ), another world-class organization in the field. The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Nonprofit Technology News: Help for Charities to Develop Mobile Giving Capacity

Tech Soup

It is an advocacy group that will be “a strong voice in determining how mobile develops to best meet the needs of mission awareness, donor acquisition, engagement, and payments.” In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. million phones were stolen in the U.S.,

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: 5 Extraordinary Organizations

Tech Soup

The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is an organization dedicated to "creating a social, political and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists. Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. Get inspired to bring attention to your organization's cause. Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.: LAP is a U.S.

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Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

NAACP + NAACP Legal Defense Fund —The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization formed as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. The Color of Law. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. .

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Leading the Resistance: 28 Organizations You Can (and Should) Support Today

EveryAction

Legal Advocacy. Lambda Legal Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Raising the Floor of the Platform Economy: Co-ops, Unions, and the Struggle to Transform Technology

Non Profit Quarterly

In 2020, multiple platform companies, including Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and Postmates, spent over $205 million to pass Proposition 22 in California , a law that classifies platform workers as independent contractors, not employees. For instance, union leaders such as Larry Williams Jr. million on political lobbying, and another $1.8

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. National MS Society :: @ MSSociety.