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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

Classy

Organization Mission: SF Parks Alliance champions, transforms, and activates parks and public spaces as the only 501(c)3 citywide nonprofit dedicated to this work in San Francisco. They believe everyone deserves access to safe and welcoming public spaces, regardless of where they live. National Forest Foundation.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

VisionLink

His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. Martin Luther King, Jr. I share this dream.

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Using Pinterest To Raise Awareness About Violence Against Women in Nigeria

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mari mentioned in an email was that one of the women in this workshop was a lawyer, who heads up WRAPA (Women’s Rights and Protection Alternative) and LACVAW, a coalition of 70 orgs working on rights issues (see below). This workshop participant had never used social media, but was open to learning and asked many great questions.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

VisionLink

His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. Martin Luther King, Jr. I share this dream.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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