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BlogHers, Gender Blogging, and Linux Chix in Cambodia!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Click To Play Here a round up of some the fabulous women Bloghers in Cambodia and Linux Chix that I met. Dee Dee with the BlogHer bag! s democracy - it was just about showing the beauty of her country, sharing her experiences in school, and learning from her peers and fellow students. I am enjoying reading her blog.

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Meet A Social Butterfly Who Cares About Nonprofits Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Currently, my day job is a graduate student at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism where I will graduate this month. In June, I will start full-time at the social marketing firm based in Washington, DC where I've been completing a fellowship, working on the client team representing the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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What's Your Moment of Obligation?

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The systemic problems in the public school system I worked in overshadowed the impact we were making with our arts programming, and the lack of political and social change aspirations of my career counseling students was starting to trouble me. Cross-posted from BlogHer. A lot of things have changed since 2002.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ). Haven't you changed the model some, because it was a fundraising model through students fundraising, and now it's a little bit different? We would bring students.

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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. So yes, awareness around Fair Trade is growing, but it's growing slowly basically because the resources are still insufficient to tackle the job in a major national way.

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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? On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. I met with people like Erin Potts, the founder of the Students for a Free Tibet concert series.

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