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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A Spain-based non-profit, their main goal is to create shelters and foster homes for poor children and elderly people. Actress and activist Mia Farrow will discuss and answer questions about the worsening situation in Darfur and neighboring Chad at a virtual press event in Second Life. There's YouTube video here.

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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. In fact, I met a librarian from Spain last night while wandering around. But can games like Second Life be a useful tool for social change? Is it worth for nonprofits to invest?