Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

From the existential threat of human extinction to wars ravaging around the world, deadly forest fires and flooding, the ongoing threat to women’s rights globally — the list goes on and on. Beyond the news headlines, there are great stories of people who are making a positive difference for peace. I know I do.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

Mama Lucy is an Epic Change fellow, and has been an invited speaker at the European Summit for Global Transformation. Now, at just 23 years old, Maggie’s work has been featured in the New York Times, and her remarkable story has earned her the DoSomething & CosmoGirl awards. And now I hope you’ll join me!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

." ~ Caroline Lovell, Founder, Traveling Postcards Traveling Postcards facilitates the creation of handmade art postcards that are hand delivered all over the world to bringing awareness and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence, or repression. What is your favorite Traveling Postcards success story?

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Brodsky documents the inside story of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). According to their site, "RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977."

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Her newest book, the story of a Brazilian diplomat who worked for the United Nations for 34 years, has inspired an upcoming documentary and feature film. Her, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide was on my Favorite Do-Good Book of 2007 list. Check out the Chasing the Flame blog for more details.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I think the real answers lie in the small, diverse, creative solutions we come up with ourselves in our communities, by ourselves, or with our friends, or with a global group. India is next to Pakistan, which is right next to Afghanistan, and the US had just gone to war in Afghanistan. it just kept calling to me.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The Women of Color Resource Center has been around for a little over 17 years and we are a pretty impressive place, I think, because we are one of the very few places in the nation, and globally, that holds the interest of women of color, and girls of color as a central piece of our work. That's one key piece.

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