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Not On Our Watch: The Least Depressing Book About Darfur You'll Ever Read

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It isn't often that you can't wait to keep reading a book about genocide, but that is how it was while I was reading Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond by Don Cheadle and John Prendergast. Darfur activism book Don Cheadle John Prendergast Once again, our counterterrorism policy brings more terror.

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How Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions Going?

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Read Darfur Diaries by Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro. Watched Darfur Now. I don't think you can just throw all of your individual papers/newspapers/magazines into the recycling bin they pick up, can you? What I've done: Read What is the What by Dave Eggers. Seems kinda messy.

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Writing to Change the World

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She also won the 2005 National Magazine Award for Reporting for her article, " Dying in Darfur ," in The New Yorker. This year's speaker was journalist, Samantha Power , who received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for her book, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why do people give charity?

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The New York Times Magazine on Sunday was all about philanthropy. Hollywood celebrities have become central players on deeply political issues like development aid, refugees and government-sponsored violence in Darfur. Here’s what you need to read: What Makes People Give? What follows is an edited transcript of the conversation.&#

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Notes from Google Earth Outreach at Net Tuesday

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Steve talked about how Google Earth can make the world a smaller place and add faces and places to statistics, like the USHMM's Crisis in Darfur layer does (pictured above).

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Notes from Care2/OneWorld/Interaction Fundraising Seminar - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Use mini celebs - a columnist in a local newspaper or magazine may not be a global sensation, but he or she does have a large, captive audience. Their creativity may inspire others. If you can get them to write about your cause in a column, they may be able to recruit donors for you.

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"Google Was Our First Office": Managing a Worldwide Staff

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Imagine a Jewish girl, selling Challah bread on a college campus in America to help support black Muslims in Darfur. A print magazine is one of PT's main activities, providing an additional channel for the global community of young Jews to exchange ideas. . Efrat Ben-Dor Erez, NPTech Israel.

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