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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One has to step back and marvel at the most successful networked fundraising campaigns in the history of social or crowd fundraising. Nonprofit insiders are watching and debating how ALS will use the money and the donor retention strategy. And, of course the valid concern of wasting water in a drought. The numbers speak for themselves.

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Ask Britt: How can I combine the creative arts with social impact?

Have Fun - Do Good

Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. EMANCIPATE "EMANCIPATE is an initiative led by women musicians who are activists in their communities with the goal of solidarity, amplification of social justice issues and collaboration towards solutions.

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How Save the Children Is Using An Edgy Infographic As Part of A Multi-Channel Campaign for Children in Syria

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is a massive humanitarian crisis of historic proportions upon us and we can sit back and do nothing or we can rewrite history. We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. And if it’s a minor league stadium, the seats would be empty from child casualties. Even small donations can make a difference.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

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. And because for centuries and centuries and centuries, men have written history, we don't even know about all of the women changemakers out there.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

It's all about collaboration. I don't think we learn very much about collaboration in our culture. I think mentorship and respecting the people who come before, and really seeing the history, that we're standing on the shoulders of so many great people who were faced with such huge obstacles. How to have relationships.

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