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TechSoup Brazil Partners with the UN Foundation for Social Good Brazil

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TechSoup Brazil teamed up with the UN Foundation, IBM, BrazilFoundation, and others for the Social Good Brazil International Seminar held on November 6 - 8 in Florianopolis, Brazil. Social Good Brazil followed on the heels of Mashable and the UN Foundation's Social Good Summit , which was held in New York City in September.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Moreover, we recently held a two-day workshop in New York City, bringing together a wide range of activists and funders, developing a model we plan to replicate around the world. Ugandan LGBTI activist and Martus user Richard Lusimbo at the 2014 RightsCon human rights conference.

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Join Our 24-Hour Round-the-World Twitter Chat

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NEW YORK CITY. BRASILIA, BRAZIL. Host : @DonaTec , @VergaraEugenio. West Africa Time (2 p.m. Topic : What sort of stories should nonprofits tell? Host : @penplusbytes , @AfricaJerry. Eastern Daylight Time (3 p.m. Topic : Leveraging data storytelling for advocacy. Host : @SilkDotCo , @sa0un. LUSAKA, KENYA.

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A NetSquared Happy Holidays

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New York City, New York: 501 Tech NYC Holiday Gathering 2015. Guatemala City, Guatemala: #Tecday2015 del #CampusTec. Porto Alegre, Brazil: Evento De Design De Aplicativos Para Celular. Mississauga, Ontario: HUSTLE HOUR — Bring Your Work! Friday, December 11, 2015. Monday, December 14, 2015.

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

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And then, of course, we have Riane Eisler , whose new book is about the wealth of nations, speaking, and she, too, is an idealist. We have Angus Wright , who does books about the political environment in Brazil and saving the rainforest for the world. And if you can think of other new ideas, we'd love to hear from you.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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They came from the favelas of Brazil, from Alaska, from the Bronx, immigrant women from the Bronx. They're going to come into New York City, D.C., The ones we felt that with the proper training could become loud voices for their communities, and really offer solutions and a fresh perspective to the world agenda.

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Solutionary Women: Anna Lappé of Grub

Have Fun - Do Good

And I was reading it, and the organization works with low-income young people in New York City, and was an organization that was teaching young people about how to cook healthy food. And so I got to this description of this organization called b-healthy! which stands for Build Healthy Eating and Lifestyles to Help Youth.