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MCON13 Live Blog: Millennial Service (Paul Schmitz, Soma and Rachael Chong, Catchafire)

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Note: the speakers today are being introduced and interviewed by journalist and emcee Nadira Hira , on Twitter at @nadirahira. Millennials are the most diverse generation in history. Rachael''s path to Catchafire As a child in China, early exposure to poverty was very influential. You must always be true to you ''be''.

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

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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. Melinda, I interviewed you a couple years ago , when Women's Earth Alliance was in a different kind of form. This is a history in the making. My work brought me around the world.

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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.

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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange Talks about the Global Citizen Center

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Below is a transcript of my interview with him for the Big Vision Podcast. For the first time in human history, we have the ability to create what some people have called, "global brain," where each of us is one cell in a global consciousness. Kevin Danaher: My name is Kevin Danaher. The planet will save itself by exterminating us.

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MCON13 Live Blog: The Millennial Movement (Jose Antonio Vargas, Define American)

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Note: Jose and the other speakers today are being introduced and interviewed by journalist and emcee Nadira Hira , on Twitter at @nadirahira. The Millennial Movement Jose Antonio Vargas on interviewing Mark Zuckerberg: I want to tell you a story. Q&A: Jose interviewed by Nadira Hira NH: I want to start with that quote.

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

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I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. Like there'll be times where I'm really interested in food issues, and I'm interviewing and talking to people about 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. It is a good thing we are doing this in Women's History Month. BB: You do a lot of interviews. It hasn't happened in Latin America's history. I want to talk about this."

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