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Blog Action Day: 4 Ways to Alleviate Poverty in Your Community

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Guy takes celebrities around the world to connect with young leaders who are creating change in their communities. For example, I live in Oakland, CA where according to an August 2008 Oakland Tribune article , 17.6% of Oakland residents are living in poverty. Be aware of how you talk about, and interact with poor people.

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13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day

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Genocide Intervention Network Mission: "The Genocide Intervention Network empowers individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide." People's Grocery Mission: "Our mission is to build a local food system that improves the health and economy of the West Oakland community." Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Funding Personal and Social Transformation: Paula Sammons, Seasons Fund

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Groups like Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice located in Oakland, California, working on the front lines of the reproductive justice movement. Cross posted from BlogHer. Seasons Fund supports work that is transformative at the personal, organizational and field-wide levels. philanthropy activism nonprofit spirituality

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process with staff and advisory board feedback. Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher. The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event.

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Solutionary Women: Mei-ying Ho

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The podcast isn't up yet, but here is a partially modified transcription of our conversation which you can also read along with profiles of other Solutionary Women on Blogher : What is SOUL? SOUL is a training center based here in Oakland. It’s really exciting to be in community with people in this way. So I’m only 26.

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29-Day Giving Challenge: An Interview with Cami Walker

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I work with a medicine woman from Oakland. There's a woman named Erin who is a community manager of our site. Whether they choose to stay an active member of the community online or not, most people on their 29th day when they post say, "I am going to keep doing this. I really do encourage people to take part in the community.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

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Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. And in those communities high school is a luxury, so the local school in the local community typically goes through sixth grade.