Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 22, 2007

Just got some information on this cool program: The Hadley School for the Blind has launched an innovative program of English language learning and empowerment which spans the Pacific Ocean. Occasionally, slow internet connections make people's voices choppy or difficult to understand. About ten students log on per chatting session.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

." ~ Caroline Lovell, Founder, Traveling Postcards Traveling Postcards facilitates the creation of handmade art postcards that are hand delivered all over the world to bringing awareness and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence, or repression. Honestly I think every postcard is a success story.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We had incredible success transforming our institution into a vibrant cultural center. We focus on people who are culturally curious, actively creative… but may not see a traditional arts institution as a place for them. culturally curious but maybe not inclined to walk into a museum. Let’s start with empowerment.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing. Committed teens lead the program and use it as a platform to host cultural events and creative projects for hundreds of their peers across the County. Not your voice.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Given the difficulty in unpacking all of the socio-economic, cultural, political, educational, and other mutually-reinforcing components of digital inequality, simple metaphors can't carry the weight. The "voices" of the Internet that you get are biased by the people who are in the places that you hang out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media. Her knowledge of the country and the culture made it easier to localize the curriculum. We did this on Day 1.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Make sure the appeal truly reflects the storyteller’s voice. Make ethical storytelling an integral part of your organization’s culture. o Empowerment and choice. o Cultural, historical, and gender issues. o Empowerment and choice. o Cultural, historical, and gender issues. o Peer support. o Peer support.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

But I love Mali, and particularly the communality and generosity evident in Malian culture. Our committee gets the chance to assert the community’s rights, and see that it has an effective voice. Empowerment” is a word that has become completely cheapened through overuse. However, empowerment is what we strive to create.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" I firmly believe that all people have something meaningful to contribute to our communities, cultural work, and society at large--including youth. Teenagers are in the middle.

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, and Black Independence Day, is celebrated on June 19th, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans, and often also a celebration of African-American culture. The holiday has been celebrated since 1865 and was officially made a federal holiday in 2021.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

Founded in 1990, the Women of Color Resource Center promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well-being of women and girls of color. What we're saying is, there are issues of opportunity, there are issues of power, and there are issues of speaking one's voice that have applicability to everyone. That's one key piece.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Paris, France to attend the 5ème conférence de fundraising pour le secteur culturel (5th conference on fundraising for the cultural sector) put on by the Association Française des Fundraisers (French Association of Fundraisers). It was wonderful to again be immersed in French culture and language.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

posted by Maureen O''Brien Development Director Musical Instrument Museum I recently had the opportunity to travel to Paris, France to attend the 5ème conférence de fundraising pour le secteur culturel (5th conference on fundraising for the cultural sector) put on by the Association Française des Fundraisers (French Association of Fundraisers).

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 2, 2018

MeToo was meant to be a movement that provides “empowerment through empathy” to survivors of sexual abuse, assault, exploitation and harassment, especially those in underprivileged communities. Find someone with a powerful voice in their community and work with them to spread your message. launched the #MeToo campaign.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

This requires the global community to center the voices of people directly impacted by poverty in its approach and support solutions that empower children and their families. Comic Relief US (CRUS) is an example of an organization taking bold steps to align its mission, vision, and culture to effectively tackle poverty in all its forms.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. The last few days have been equal parts terrifying, challenging, and complicated. Donate | Volunteer | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

We wanted to encourage them to find their voice, and to become leaders in their own right in their own local community. The first couple days in Cambodia we learned about the culture, which was very important, but also very challenging for the participants. As a result, you have a culture of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

We'll be taking with arts activist Alli Chagi-Starr, the Cultural Arts Director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ' Reclaim the Future Program. I don't think we learn very much about collaboration in our culture. So we're bringing a lot of elements together, the innerpersonal the activist. It's all about collaboration.

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