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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

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"[Y]ou don't necessarily have to solve a problem. I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. I don't have to solve the problem. Tell China to, "Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur."

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Not On Our Watch: The Least Depressing Book About Darfur You'll Ever Read

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It isn't often that you can't wait to keep reading a book about genocide, but that is how it was while I was reading Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond by Don Cheadle and John Prendergast. Raise awareness 2. Darfur activism book Don Cheadle John Prendergast So refreshing. Raise funds 3.

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Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An organization dedicated to “never again” a genocide — such as those in Europe, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur — must raise awareness and advocate with as much energy as it raises money. No problem. All departments of the organization need to know what the other departments are doing.

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Mobilizing Donors and Activists in an Overwhelmed World

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On Friday, I was on a "Darfur Activist" conference call produced by ENOUGH , the Genocide Intervention Network , STAND and the Save Darfur Coalition. Anyone could call in and hear an update about developments on the ground in Darfur and Congo, and upcoming legislation, events and campaigns. million nonprofits in the U.S.

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Serious Games Initiative

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Darfur is Dying game probably caught your attention. It caught mine as I'm interested in the role of play in problem-solving, what ever the scope of the problem. promote awareness. From inspiring young cancer patients to fighting poverty to peaceful resistance of oppressive regimes. I found a compelling reason here.

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Notes from The Seven Things Everyone Wants: What Freud and Buddha Understood (and We're Forgetting) about Online Outreach

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Not listening is the root of most problems, personal and professional. Two of their staff members recently returned from Darfur and are putting together a video to raise awareness about it. They are collecting questions from supporters about Darfur to include in the video. *

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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But what can you do about a problem that seems so overwhelming? It is all so far away, it doesn't really affect me, it is very sad, but there are a lot of problems that affect me more. Over and over we were told, someone should have said something. Someone should have done something. If it happens again, you need to do something.

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