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Slacktivism: Can Cartoons Raise Awareness or Just Make Us Feel Good?

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In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) Whether it started on accident, was part of a specific campaign, or originated in Greece , this meme seemed to really have legs!

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Are you passionate about conservation and environmental causes? Despite her family's affluence, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood in Chicago during the 1930s was not without hardship, discrimination, and segregation. askformore. Rachel Carson. You can thank marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson for that. Fund their work! Yara Shahidi.

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