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Your Official 17NTC Local's Guide to DC

EveryAction

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 National Zoo. If you are an animal lover and need a break during NTC, take a walk through the National Zoo.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

The level of joy and celebration was unforgettable because of what we were making happen, and the history we were making each day that we were there. AD: I definitely have had very similar experiences to Melinda in terms of my professional history. This is a history in the making. My work brought me around the world.

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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. This is politics – we need the good and the bad; the cyber army, the 10,000 bloggers claimed to be trained by the national guard, etc. In Iran the regime hasn’t yet shown itself to be as savvy as the green movement.

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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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The Convergence of Social Activism, Donations, and Social Media: Episodic Giving In A Post Truth World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Trend watch summarizes key global trends that make this time in history seem uncertain, chaotic, and toxic beginning with online and the rising numbers that exist inside a filter bubble that serves them information, ideas and news (some of it fake!) Mass migration. Future shock.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

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We're ignorant and don't understand the history of these oppressions and how they undermine our work as activists, and as allies, and undermines our solidarity with each other. How can we uplift people out of poverty with this new green boom and not leave some people out. I left there last year to take the position at MoveOn.org.

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