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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. This is important here in the U.S.,

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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

Do you have a pulse on what the most pressing local needs are at this moment? Boston University provides in-kind space to host professional development forums, EVERFI supplies financial literacy coursework, and Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment adds expertise in the youth development space. How did these groups come together?

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Award Winning Combinations for Social Change

Care2

Cristi Hegranes, Global Press Institute – Global Press Institute (GPI) advances both responsible global journalism and community empowerment by offering journalism training to women around the world.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. That is not a particularly radical belief among librarians, but I hope to make you believe even more in the power of books.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that?

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