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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. He was able to get some work digging pit latrines to put himself through one semester of his remaining high school education, and then he ran out of money.

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Where are the twenty-something or GEN-Y Bloggers Who Are Writing About Social Change and Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. Zandria did a fabulous job of facilitating the session. Epic change raises money to provide micro-loans in developing countries. Even though I'm more like twenty-something times 2.5, Why did I go? Epic Change Blog is written by Stacey Monk.

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7 Ways to Have Fun and Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer It is my absolute honor to help people find pieces of peace within, while outwardly expressing this life process though dance with our bodies. I strive to be a perpetual student. I've narrowed it down to 7 ways to have fun and do good , that can be mixed and matched: Personal choices (e.g.

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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

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Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? The Engage Network is a nonprofit social venture that facilitates the power of small community groups to create social change. Maybe you're going to give money. She engages students at a concert level. We locked down.

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