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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. Elevate America a workforce development program, that provides one million vouchers for Microsoft e-learning courses and select certification exams at no cost to recipients.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

federal law supports braille instruction. The convergence of standards in digital publishing and major advancements in braille codes – such as the recent adoption of Unified English Braille (UEB) format by the Braille Authority of North America – are on our side. Accordingly, U.S. This is important here in the U.S.,

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

This project began as a Code for America project in Detroit. Although San Francisco is currently in a housing crisis/real estate boom , it also has some of the strongest tenant laws in the country. This app was the winner of a Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund and Capital One hackathon. Video : Code for America.

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

Tech Soup

I first found about Facebook’s terrible news feed policy change when nonprofit leader Peter Campbell posted on Twitter about the Wired piece I Liked Everything I Saw on Facebook for Two Days. In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. Here’s What It Did to Me.

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Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

Color Of Change —Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. . Whether you prefer to read, listen, or watch, there are an abundance of ways to educate yourself and change your way of thinking.

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

Non Profit Quarterly

Electronic transaction platforms like Amazon, Uber, Grubhub, and Airbnb have perhaps permanently changed the way that we live and work. The labor movement has usually consisted of workers negotiating with companies over wages and working conditions or pushing for social change. million on political lobbying, and another $1.8

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

EveryAction

We believe change is possible in every community. The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund's mission is to change the face and voice of America's politics and achieve equality for LGBT Americans by increasing the number of openly LGBT officials at all levels of government. Southern Poverty Law Center. Make the Road New York.

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