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Paul Rusesabagina & Bloggers for Darfur

Have Fun - Do Good

The talk was also sponsored by Facing History, Facing Ourselves , Human Rights Watch , the Museum of African Diaspora , Marines' Memorial Association , Bay Area Darfur Coalition , Amnesty International and Stacey's Independent Bookstore. People from the Bay Area Darfur Coalition were handing out info.

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Second Life and Alzheimer's Exhibit Coming to Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is so much happening in Second Life with nonprofits, educational institutions, museums, and libraries that it is hard to keep up. curator Shadow Fugazi put together a photo exhibition in Second Life. Mia Farrow and Darfur event scheduled for last week was cancelled due to a fire in the Cambridge, MA building.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: How Does Your Nonprofit Have Fun and Do Good?

Have Fun - Do Good

Extra points if you include an amusing photo, cartoon or video with your post. George Irish of Shake the Pillars posts about Amnesty International's "Get in Bed with Darfur" -Putting the Fun Into Human Rights Campaigning. Your favorite fun, creative nonprofit campaign (i.e. fundraising, advocacy). Your own take on the theme.

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Second Life Do-Gooders

Have Fun - Do Good

Like in January when Mia Farrow spoke in Second Life about Darfur at a virtual event sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Committee on Conscience. The photo is of me in the CARE office in the Nonprofit Commons. I already spend way too much time online, but then there started to be events that I wanted to check out.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The photo above was taken at last night's TechSoup Mixed Reality Event. In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. Based on the TechSoup Second Life Group stats).

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Nonprofits and Second Life and Other Games

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few organizations in the nonprofit sector are exploring the power of the this type of gaming medium for social justice - take Camp Darfur for example. At the Full Moon Museum in front of the ACS Donation Box. " including the above Angkor Wat photo opportunity. Is it worth for nonprofits to invest? So I joined.