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Amanda believes in collaboration, empowerment, trust and wicked-good customer service. She has served as the vice president and creative director of a national fundraising firm and chief development officer in arts and higher education. She has loved every minute of it. billion capital campaign.

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March Cause Awareness: Women’s History Month

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By 1981, the celebration had spread far and wide, enough that President Jimmy Carter officially made the week of March 8th, 1980 National Women’s History Week. Every year, the National Women’s History Alliance selects a yearly theme to focus on for the month. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.”

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ).

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

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I had an opportunity to interview Paola for the Big Vision Podcast, and wanted to share the transcript with you. Many of them had almost nothing by way of material resources, but they had imagination, and if you have imagination, you can, it turns out, light the dark with all kinds of creative arts. And, their weapon is poetry.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

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On March 5, 2009 I interviewed yoga teacher and co-Founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, Seane Corn , for the Big Vision Podcast shortly after she returned from a trip to Cambodia with participants from Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge. She utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

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Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes. Welcome to the Big Vision Podcast where we talk with individuals and organizations that are creating positive change. And I work here at Ella Baker Center.

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