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I'm a mentor for the Young Caucasus Women's Project!

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I'm mentor for a blog project for young women from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia entitled YoungCaucasusWomen. Here's the project description from the site: Recruited from current FLEX. s your favorite artist (visual, dancer, performer or musician) and why???? I hope you'll take some time to follow the project!

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Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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This picture is from the "Chalk Art Phase" last summer in which we would write loving messages on chalk - Lilly is the artist, I'm the lookout and embellisher. Since finding cool things to do with your teens can be a challenge (at least for me), consider guerilla art love as your next Savor and Serve project!

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Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish: How I Have Fun, Do Good When I tell people about my project to live without buying any new plastic, they invariably want to know if it’s hard. The project could have been an exercise in guilt and public humiliation, but instead, it felt like a game. Click here to find a watch party near you. The answer?

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Thank you Darlene and Mata!

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One of my longtime flickr contacts, an artist named Darlene, just sent me a note that when her paycheck arrives, 10% is going to the Sharing Foundation. Donations thus far have focused mainly on library and school construction projects through various organizations. OMG, I can't believe this generosity.

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Meg Worden, Feed Me Darling : How I Have Fun, Do Good

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She is also a registered yoga teacher and plans to have a finished memoir project by the end of this year. Supporting art and artists, writers and books. She writes for Elephant Journal, The Nervous Breakdown, Jack Move Magazine and has been published in a variety of other places both online and in print. Feeding people.

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4x4 Joistke Tagged Me

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4 jobs I had: General Manager of the Pro Art Chamber Orchestra Management/Capacity Assessment Evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts Challenge Grants Day of Service Consultant for N-TEN Community Builder/Network Coordinator for Artswire, an online network for artists and project of the New York Foundation for the Arts.

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My Fairy Godmother Status at Dreambank, Sending Coffee Karma Via Akoha, and My BillMeLater Pay It Forward Shopping Spree

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was first introduced to the concept of the gift economy and pay it forward many years ago when I was the community builder for a first generation online network for artists, called ArtsWire. So, the irony of when I won $500 shopping spree from Bill Me Later at the BlogHer Conference in Boston. But, what would I buy?

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