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“Black & Proud”

M+R

While “Say it Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)” addresses Black love, joy, and empowerment, the proud (on my t-shirt) is focused on self-affirmation, dignity, and equality. I recognize what I’ve been given, and it is my job to uplift the voices of others and share my access and resources.”

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International Women’s Day: Using Technology to Empower Women and Girls

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2016 half a billion women still cannot read, 62 million girls are denied the right to education and 155 countries still have laws that differentiate between men and women. The One Campaign has launched an open letter signed by 86 leading voices for women around the world. You can make a donation here.

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Nonprofit Technology News: Help for Charities to Develop Mobile Giving Capacity

Tech Soup

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. ” California’s New Smartphone Kill Switch Law.

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Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

The Conscious Kid —The Conscious Kid is an education, research, and policy organization that supports families and educators in taking action to disrupt racism, inequity and bias. The Color of Law. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. . Find yours here. Attend Events .

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Leading the Resistance: 28 Organizations You Can (and Should) Support Today

EveryAction

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. Southern Poverty Law Center. Lakota People's Law Project. Donate | Volunteer | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Vital Voices :: @ VitalVoices.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

They wouldn't know she had stood with Gandhi in his resistance to the British, and supported his policy of nonviolent resistance to British colonialism. The year before that, women in Morocco won an amazing change in the law. Until then, women had been considered minors under the law. It is not that we aren't seeing the wins.

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