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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

She was also awarded their annual Ida B. We use journalism because it is a very empowering profession, enabling people to become the "question askers" in their societies. They come from all different casts, all different religions, and from indigenous backgrounds in Mexico. BB: So right now you work in Nepal and in Mexico?

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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

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Jose sits on various economic development boards: the Oakland Workforce Investment Board, the Bay Area Business Advisory Board of Directors for the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, and the OneCalifornia Bank Advisory Board. He came in the '70s when there was still the Bracero Program in Mexico. That's a good question.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The event will feature keynotes by top thought leaders in games and social impact, the G4C Awards ceremony, breakout sessions and workshops, game arcades, and more. Mexico / Less than $4,000. On June 23 and 24, the core programming of the Games for Change Festival is moving to its old (and new!) Technology / #G4C / @G4C. Technology.

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Saving the California Condor: A Collective Impact Story

ASU Lodestar Center

As of July 2011, there are 399 condors known to be living , including 188 in the wild, in California, Arizona, and Mexico. Let’s revere individual accomplishments a little less and start heralding the work of groups a little more — like the Lodestar Foundation does when it awards the Collaboration Prize. It was a good question.

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400 More Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising

Connection Cafe

Seeing a significant number of emails being sent during this time period begs the causation or correlation question. My multichannel award goes to The Nature Conservancy. From the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico. We know from other Blackbaud research that most online donations happen between 11am ET and 2pm ET. Email Frequency.

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Favianna Rodriguez: Political Digital Artist and Printmaker

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Utne Reader named Favianna one of their 2008, 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World , and she recently received a Sisters of Fire Award from the Women of Color Resource Center. I took my artwork to Japan, and to Mexico City, and to places where you think, "Well, you know, I'm not dealing with people in East Oakland."

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MCON13 Live Blog: The Millennial Movement (Jose Antonio Vargas, Define American)

NTEN

They gave me five interviews, no holds barred, I asked him uncomfortable questions a journalist should ask a profile subject. On the walk he turned the tables and started asking me questions. Seems like a simple question. I can write for big papers, win some awards, and maybe then I can get papers! Not the case.