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Pick up the Sunday NYT Magazine: It's All About Empowering, Funding & Educating Women

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I also celebrated my 40th birthday by setting up a Birthday Wish using the Causes application on Facebook, and raised $580 for Women for Women International with my Facebook pals. Why am I so focused on this organization? I also make loans to women entrepreneurs using Kiva.org.

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An Interview With Facebook’s Libby Leffler: Facebook and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I sat down for an interview to learn more about her work at Facebook and tips for nonprofits. I focus on the great work that causes and nonprofits do on our platform to engage with supporters and inspire advocacy. I focus on the great work that causes and nonprofits do on our platform to engage with supporters and inspire advocacy.

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The Bots are Here: Leading With Our Humanity in the Age of Automation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, in Liberia, the bot asked 13,000 young people if teachers at their schools were exchanging grades for sex. 86% said yes, uncovering a widespread problem and prompting Liberia’s Minister of Education to work with UNICEF on addressing it. Building your contact lists and signing up volunteers for your cause.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Are you passionate about conservation and environmental causes? Before her historic flight, Jemison served as a Peace Corps Medical Officer in Sierra Leone and Liberia, where she oversaw the medical system that serviced Peace Corps and U.S. askformore. Rachel Carson. You can thank marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson for that.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below. I just saw a remarkable film made about a grantee organization that the Global Fund had supported for many years in Liberia. BB: You do a lot of interviews.

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