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AUGUST 20, 2007

The Benetech team read with great interest the recent Op-Ed in The New York Times, entitled An Atrocity That Needs No Exaggeration. The Op-Ed notes the recent ruling in Britain against the Save Darfur Coalition for overstating the number of dead in Darfur. We want to see the guilty convicted of their crimes.

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MARCH 26, 2008

I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. Tell China to, "Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur." Check out Dave Eggers' recent Op -Ed in the New York Times , "Dropping the Torch" about the event.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

Here are a few examples of some month-long and two-week long online events: Maw Books Blog ran a Blogging and Reading for Darfur campaign last month. For the month of September, Natasha Maw read and blogged in an effort to create awareness, and raise funds for Darfur. She read 31 books and raised $1,1136.60.

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JULY 7, 2009

ANN CURRY | Today Show News Anchor | @AnnCurry. The quotes below are taken from a New York Observer story about an incredibly interesting panel that included Ann Curry, Robert Scoble, and other journalists from CNN, FOX and NBC in a discussion about the evolution of journalism in the context of Twitter and social media.

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MARCH 12, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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MAY 21, 2008

We also have a student division: STAND , which has more than 850 chapters around the world, and the students in those chapters actively organize and mobilize their communities and schools to pass legislation, to fundraise, and to really make more noise about genocide in Darfur and genocide in general. This was in 2006.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

raises money for Amnesty's Darfur work. For each (free) download of Peter Buffett's Christmas album, Star of Wonder , Amie Street and The Robin Hood Foundation will donate enough money to feed 15 people through The Food Bank of New York. I'd love to hear your examples too. Thanks @abfdc for the tip). Volume 8 CD. Addition* 9.

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