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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The 50 nonprofits listed below are tackling some of the most important economic, social and political issues of our time. They are active in our communities, in our schools, and have valuable knowledge and experience that our nation’s elected officials could learn from and be inspired by, and yet very few U.S.

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10 Years of PeaceTalks: What Does Peace Mean to You?

Saleforce Nonprofit

It often feels like there is little hope for our future and that there’s barely anything we can do to solve any of these big issues. This is why the PeaceTalks platform was created 10 years ago with the first ever Geneva PeaceTalks being held in 2013 at the United Nations. The Taliban attacked me three times.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a group or as an individual, CARE Packages can help send girls in Afghanistan to school for a year, or help expectant mothers in Peru safely deliver. issued credit cards. [ Shop Concern Gifts ]. It’s fun and you’ll be bringing hope to girls and women around the world. [ Send a CARE Package ]. Although Concern is based in the U.K.,

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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

Qgiv

Because it recognizes the root causes of social ills, by definition it describes a long-game issue that extends beyond solving challenges for an individual. Example: Sam came home from Afghanistan with PTSD that threatened his family, his job, and even his life. This encourages sustained donor loyalty over time.

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Foo Camp 2009

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

That's why conversations can cut right to the issue that people are debating. There were people already doing cool stuff, like InSTEDD and some great work around mashups of humanitarian data in Afghanistan, as well as folks discussing lauching cool new social enterprises (but we can't talk about them yet).

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The Craig Newmark Beneblog Interview

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There are two hot issue right now on Craig's social action radar, the new launch of the All For Good website and next weekend's Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp in Berkeley. Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

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. You had to improve the land.