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Harry Potter Alliance Raises Awareness About Darfur

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In May 2005, Andrew Slack and his friend Justin Oberman started a MySpace site to discuss the connections between the Harry Potter series and social justice. When the site took off, 27-year-old Slack created the Harry Potter Alliance. Go to DarfurScores.org , and find out how your elected leaders have been graded regarding Darfur.

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Paul Rusesabagina & Bloggers for Darfur

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The talk was also sponsored by Facing History, Facing Ourselves , Human Rights Watch , the Museum of African Diaspora , Marines' Memorial Association , Bay Area Darfur Coalition , Amnesty International and Stacey's Independent Bookstore. People from the Bay Area Darfur Coalition were handing out info. darfur genocide rwanda bloggers

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Join Stop Genocide Now's 14 Day Challenge

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While thousands of people board planes to visit family and friends during the holidays, Gabriel Stauring and Stacey Martino from Stop Genocide Now will be traveling to the Darfur/Chad border. You can see a video of stories they collected from refugees on the Darfur/Chad border during their last trip here. Darfur blog genocide video

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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According to their site: "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Beijing the 2008 Olympic Games in 2001, disregarding international criticism of China's human rights record. They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January.

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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. Photo Credit: Camp by Mark Knobil.

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Vote for the First Anti-Genocide Hotline on Reddit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm also highlighting this because it is a terrific example of using social news sites like Digg and Reddit o promote a cause (the Reddit guys were among my first video blog interviewees back in Nov. 2005 ) I had (wrongly) assumed that getting to the top of social news sites was a matter of dumb luck or that if something went viral.

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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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Effective sites and campaigns provide space for people to express themselves. March for Women's Lives allowed people who couldn't march to post messages and stories on the March for Women's Lives' web site. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation created a site for young people. It is the most popular part of the site.

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