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Your Official 17NTC Local's Guide to DC

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With locally-sourced dishes that change daily, the Dabney recently received a Michelin star and is worth the wait. It recently gained national attention for the #FakeNews story that became widely-known as #PizzaGate. The hottest ticket in DC has to be the National Museum of African American History & Culture. The Dabney.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

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Temra Costa's book, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat features the stories of over 30 women and how they are changing our food system for the better as farmers, educators, mothers, chefs, businesswomen, and policy wonks. Our conversation began with my asking Temra, "How are women changing the way we eat?"

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How Can Philanthropy and Technology Co-Evolve for Development?

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According to Peter Schwartz, Co-founder and Chairman of the Global Business Network “ by focusing its patience, capital, and attention on the links between technology and international development, philanthropy will change not just lives but the very context in which the field of philanthropy operates.”

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Alexandra Rampy, Guest Post: The Cool Factor About Mobile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. Objective : 1) Measure the effectiveness among 18-45 year olds of event sponsorship and advertising in real-time and 2) Measure this audience’s interest in green issues raised by the global concerts and sponsors. But, for creative juices, let’s show off some coolness.). *.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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They shared stories from their experience there, and talked about how they are trying to do development and social change work differently. Our teams also learned leadership development skills and action planning so that they could be really clear on their own power, and ability to create change, and their action plan for success.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. I haven’t seen that much proof that internet has changed [post the Obama election]. Changes come through people and culture and not through technology. Youtube and facebook are just the new tools for political change.

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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange Talks about the Global Citizen Center

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Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. We started five years ago, a little over five years ago, doing the Green Festival. The Green Festival is a big green economy event that we co-produce with Co-op America.

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