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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

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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." activism Darfur genocide human rights I don't have to solve the problem. I just have to do what I can.

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

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But wanted to capture some quick thoughts related to a couple of recent awareness raising activities taking place in Second Life or recently launched. Today, I got a report via the TechSoup Second Life listserv about an awareness-raising campaign for homeless children in Second Life - reported here , here and here.

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Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors

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Many nonprofits already use social media, including mobile, to raise money among individual donors. His first Facebook campaign raised $250,000 in 2005 for Genocide Intervention Network, now known as [link]. This is a question that was answered in a study from 2009 and the answer is yes. Small donations add up, as Mark Hanis found.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January. As a result, the UN is making the same mistakes it made on Darfur and Rwanda. Reporters Without Borders is asking China to do nine things before the Games start: "1.

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Today is World Refugee Day: Give Refugees a Hand

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Today, June 20th, is World Refugee Day , a day to raise awareness about refugees' rights, and to honor their experiences. The Dispatch also reports that the reason for the increase is the war in Iraq. That's a statistic you don't often see in the news. Today, there is a total of 11.4 A sponsor of UNCHR will donate $.10

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

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How Long Does It Take for 250 Super Connected Gnomedex Geeks to raise $2,500 for Cambodian kids? Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Microblogging Reports Worth Your Attention. Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader.

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Notes from Google Earth Outreach at Net Tuesday

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He began the talk by telling the story of the first time Google Earth was used for awareness raising by Rebecca Moore, Program Manager, Google Earth Outreach. 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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