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Hurricane Sandy Art Relief: An Interview with Elana Haviv

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CMCE creates academic and artistic programs to help children and youth understand and overcome violent world events. Elana designed The Telling History Project: Understanding the Past to Create the Future , a curriculum to teach students about human rights.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

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In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. Give your artistic students the opportunity to show off their skills by hosting a virtual art show.

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Interview: SXSW4Japan Raises over $120,000 #sxswcares

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This included SXSW organizers, the Red Cross, Hurricane Party, the Hanson Brothers, and many more to promote the campaign. Hanson led a 12-hour telethon that featured over 40+ artists. Partnerships – We partnered with as many groups and sponsors as we could. What you will change the next time? Hindsight is always 20-20.

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Cleaning Off My Desk for the New Year

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Rockin' CD to Benefit Hurricane Katrina Survivors The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has produced a CD called, " Eye of the Storm: Love and Rage from the Bay to the Gulf ", to benefit survivors of Hurricane Katrina. The CD features music and spoken word by Bay Area artists such as Aya de Leon and Michael Franti.

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22 Email Ledes That Always Work!!

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To make ends meet, artists would sometimes team up as a studio — helping each other come up with ideas, chipping in when someone was in danger of missing a deadline, teaching each other tips and tricks. And we are bracing for yet another intense, potentially deadly hurricane season. Water levels are rising. The heat is overwhelming.

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Volunteering Can Be Good for Your Job

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bekka writes about volunteering at the Algiers Regional Branch Library in New Orleans where she sorted through books that thousands of people sent to the New Orleans Public Library System after Hurricane Katrina. Sarah Lynn Seaton participated in a Women Build with Habitat for Humanity last May in Knoxville.

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Buy a Song, Support a Cause

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The album Instant Karma , a collection of John Lennon remakes by artists like U2, Ben Harper, and R.E.M., Satchmo.com has a list of 35 Hurricane Katrina Benefit CDs. Below are some recent examples I found of proceeds from songs, or CDs benefiting a cause or nonprofit. I'd love to hear your examples too.

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