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5 Meatless Monday Dinner Ideas

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Inspired by Kalyn Denny's new Meatless Monday column on BlogHer , I decided to cook five meatless meals for dinner last week. I like Real Simple recipes 'cause they're quick to make. Meatless Monday is a nonprofit initiative of The Monday Campaigns. I make this dressing constantly, but don't include the egg yolk.

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Why You Didn't Hear About Cyclone Ivan's Destruction in Madagascar and How To Help Support Relief Efforts

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Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. Ivan's track is pictured below, with darker purple representing Category 3 strength and lighter representing Category 4.

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3 Answers for a Young Activist

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What are the 3 most common mistakes (the kind that serve as a barrier in achieving your big picture dream) you see people making? Most people who do social change work do so because they are emotionally connected to a cause. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Not realizing that "for sure" doesn't exist. the end of poverty).

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What is your 15SecondPitch? An Interview with Laura Allen

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I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. How do you as a progressive, compassionate person decide which causes to donate money to? If everyone who was very passionate about a given cause took the time to create a simple 15SecondPitch, I???d

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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I was in high school, I was 17 and my first trip to Africa was to Kenya with my family, just on a picture safari. I'm actually not the typical, at least in the way that we talk about it now, picture of a social entrepreneur because I actually didn't set out to create an organization at first. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Solutionary Women: Brande Jackson

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Last month I wrote a short post for Blogher, Roadies for a Cause , about a nonprofit called Lokahi Outreach , that partners with organizations like the ONE campaign and Oxfam to help them do grassroots campaigning on the road. Describe the work you do with Lokahi Outreach and what inspired you to start it.

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