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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

CTO, Greenpeace International. Before her time in Sacramento she worked for environmental NGOs throughout Arizona, California, and Bolivia. Given Croatan Institute’s focus on ecological concerns, a recurring consideration is the implication of climate change for communities of color. Priscilla Chomba Kinywa. Amit Patel.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

Each year the International Computer Refurbishers Summit awards a lifetime achievement award. After she co-founded the Foundation For Friends of Nature in Bolivia, a million acres of natural habitat were put in to public trust. It was not an easy road for Nancy. Coming Back Home and a Challenge of a Lifetime.

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See3 Celebrates Blog Action Day

See3

Bloggers, activists and friends gathered at our office to watch The New Silver , a film about a woman in Bolivia who is fighting to build a better life for her family with the help of microcredit. Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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I actually started out with International Studies, and more academic. A woman journalist from Sudan had her story about the flogging of a woman who was wearing pants get picked up, and it made international headlines. They're coming from Nepal, the Philippines, and Bolivia. I've realized that they're very related.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

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And, at a time when the international women's movement is facing challenges, it would be great to have a reminder that good news is going on, that good work is being done, that progress is happening. I thought, in a world so full of bad news, maybe it would be heartening to have good news like this.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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I think my favorite example of that is a women's group from the highlands of Bolivia who wrote to us maybe seven or eight years ago. of total philanthropic resources each year that actually directly go to benefit women and girls, and that includes both domestic and international grant making.

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