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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. One of those individuals is Paul Ohisa, and he's a refugee from Sudan. His dream was to go back to Sudan, and to contribute and help rebuild. It had been bombed.

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President's Update

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For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. By announcing this in many press interviews, I've managed to create lots of external pressure on myself to get this done!

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Mobilizing Donors and Activists in an Overwhelmed World

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I'll be posting the interview with Marsha later this month). Many people feel like they can't change issues like the genocide in Darfur, they feel too big. Darfur activism philanthropy advocacy social change But why aren't more people doing these things? Why isn't being anti-genocide as "popular" as being green?

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. They broadcast and unite women's voices from around the world into a powerful force for change. We unite those voices to accelerate change.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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Our members envision a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. For example, since 2005, the US has allocated over $4 billion in humanitarian and peacekeeping and development assistance to the people of Sudan and Eastern Chad. His campaign was successful.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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I was thrilled when Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International's Founder and CEO, agreed to an interview with me for the Big Vision Podcast. Please note that there is a graphic description of what one women endured, but the rest of the interview is very uplifting--I promise! edited transcript below).

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13 Women Changing the World

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Today I saw a blog post on Twitter about 10 Men with the Capacity to Change the World. I've interviewed soooo many amazing women for the Big Vision Podcast who are changing the world that I thought I'd post a sampler of interviews with 13 women from over the last four years. Founder and CEO of Raising Change.

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