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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for Latin American NGOs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Together, we co-facilitated this exercise in two languages and Maria did a great job at bi-lingual capture of the notes. Most felt they were at the walking stage and a few crawling, mostly because a few offices were new like the Office in Cuba or that the use of networks and social media wasn’t as intentional as it could be.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

But by and large, people were pushed into poverty wage jobs and forced to make profit for huge corporations, while not having any opportunity to improve the living standards for themselves or their families. The Cuban people took their own destiny in their hands and altered then the future for not only themselves, but also future generations.

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"Leveling the Playing Field" Through Broadband and Public Computers

NTEN

Tourism in mostly rural southern Missouri, which experienced manufacturing decline decades ago without comparably-paid jobs, would be served, not only with better broadband coverage, but also public support for computers and training. Due to US restraints on trade, Cuba was only able to purchase Missouri rice through a cash trade.

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Women Activists Profiled by Mariane Pearl in Glamour

Have Fun - Do Good

Pearl has profiled 9 women in 9 countries: Cambodia: Somaly Mam, a former sex worker who founded Acting for Women in Distressing Situations , an organization that rescues sex workers in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, and gives them job training. Cuba: Laura Pollan, whose home is the headquarters for Damas en Blanco ( Ladies in White).

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