Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. We have the opportunity to fail.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

The photo and story of the entrepreneur help the donor to visualize how their loan will make a difference, and the updates written by the person receiving the loan make the lenders feel like they are having a direct impact. Keeping campaigns simple, social, personal, creative and tangible might transform feeling overwhelmed into empowerment.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world. We trained them in how to use their cell phones for rapid response, and how to write Op-eds, feature stories, and front line journals. We had the BBC pick up some of those stories, the UN Wire, and The Huffington Post.

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