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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). What did you do to celebrate Memorial Day today? A simple commitment. Did you #gosilent?

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

These sorts of echo chambers are common inside the Twitterverse – it’s the same with most celebrities and musicians who also tend to only follow each other, but in the case of nonprofits and politicians who are working on many of the same issues, not following the nonprofits listed below is a lost opportunity.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

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The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES! 2013 nten challenge Fundraising givingtuesday'

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children. Giving Tuesday is also promoting many of the ideas in Giving 2.0

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education. Traveling Postcards is an opportunity to be held for the time it takes to create a card, and then celebrated as your voice joins hundreds of others to stand strongly in the face of repression and isolation.

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50 Nonprofits To Be Grateful For This Thanksgiving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the spirit of gratitude and giving and in celebration of the American holiday of Thanksgiving , below is a list of 50 nonprofits that serve American society. Because 3-4 million cats and dogs are euthanized each year in America. Because America ranks 14th in reading, 17th in science, and 25th in math. Feeding America.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. She once took a microphone in a big celebration on Women's Day that we had at our office there, and she addressed a group of men who are the governor, and the mayor, and different government officials. That's the story of Women for Women.