Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Join, or start a Dining for Women group, or something equivalent. Keep a gratitude journal, or make monthly gratitude collages Participate in a fundraising walk for a cause I care about, like Women for Women International's Run for Congo Women. My Have Fun, Do Good Volunteer as a Reading Partner at my local public school.

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Fun Congo Movie Journal 63

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2008

"[Y]ou don't necessarily have to solve a problem. I don't have to solve the problem. Perhaps they would gain a more mainstream constituency by acknowledging the overwhelming nature of the problem, and emphasizing in their messaging that you just have to do what you can. You just have to take the steps that are available to you.

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Darfur National Action San Francisco 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

I want you, whether you’re in the Congo or Darfur or if you’re in Iran or if you’re in Tanzania, Kosovo…you shoot that story like it’s your mother, your brother, your sister, your father and your cousin and you tell that in that way because that’s actually the road, I think, to not only clarity and truth and understanding. And it helps.

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Change Haiti Darfur Music 88

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Anyone could call in and hear an update about developments on the ground in Darfur and Congo, and upcoming legislation, events and campaigns. After the call I started wondering, "How do you activate more people to contribute to the solution of a problem that is so horrific it paralyzes people into inaction?" Make it simple.

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Darfur Kiva Mobile Donor 40

Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

Let’s start with some examples (many of which were also presented at AAM): The Monterey Bay Aquarium maintains an Ocean Action group that visitors can join to get involved in advocacy for marine life and conservation. The Congo Gorilla Forest , is a special exhibition produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo.

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Model Action Congo Museum 26

Global Giving

MARCH 26, 2019

Einstein allegedly said , “If I had an hour to solve the problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” He kept probing and soon discovered a system of forced labor in the Belgian Congo that would become one of history’s notorious humanitarian crises.

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Costa Rica Question Congo Africa 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 22, 2010

This claim is based in large part on the authors’ graphical representations of pre- and post-conflict mortality rates for a variety of countries, and on their critique of five surveys conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2000 and 2007. Quite the opposite.

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Congo Sample Statistics Authoring 118