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Counting Deaths in the Rionegro Cemetery

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although I began reading academic papers that described the social and political climate in Colombia, as I dove into the data, I never saw the names of victims-- only counts of those who had died. And then we went to Colombia. Tags: NNs Rionegro HRDAG human rights Casanare Colombia.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Where it has been getting integrated into social justice organizing, it's largely been outside the United States, in places like Colombia and Egypt. Tags: guest blogging social media socialnetworking. With that in mind, I think social media and social networking hasn't entirely matured as part of long-term social change.

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Meet Marshall the Nonprofit Blogging Coach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I try to make my blog a place people can come to learn about new developments on the web. I find people or organizations who could use a place online to post new information about their work regularly, quickly and with very little technical skill. How did you discover the nptech tag ? Tell us about your blog?

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Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

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The Congress exposed some places and issues in severe need of attention, but I fear these are indignations quickly raised, quickly forgotten. They are places outside our daily lives--the Arctic, Papau New Guinea--and are easy, in some ways, to ignore or forget. Tags: professional development. How are we addressing this woman?

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Guatemalan Police Archive Finds Evidence in Disappearance Case

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Guest Beneblog by Tamy Guberek (Benetech HRDAG team member from Colombia) There is important news this month from our partners at the Guatemalan National Police Archive, which has worked since 2006 with Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). Garcia disappeared after being placed in police detention in Guatemala City.

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Jewish Television Network Delivers Online Religious Service

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From Colombia, South America… we are very far from a synagogue. It has made me remember the times I spent with my father as a child going to High-Holiday services – he was always in search of place to feel at peace – under G-d. It seems to me, that Rabbi Levy has helped to create just such a place. Bless You !!!

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Over 8 weeks this last fall, I had the privilege of working with NGOs from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, in a series of trainings that took place in Phnom Penh, Beirut and Istanbul. You can read about some of the NGOs that have used Martus to back up their data in Guatemala, Sri Lanka, the Phillippines, and Colombia.

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