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Sudan Activist Conference Call: What You Can Do to Make a Difference in Darfur

Have Fun - Do Good

In an effort to understand why the violence there is still happening, and what I can do to help, I've called in for two of the monthly conference calls for Sudan Activists produced by ENOUGH , the Genocide Intervention Network , STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition , and the Save Darfur Coalition.

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What Are Your 2009 Have Fun Do Good Resolutions?

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Have more fun while doing good, which gives me pause. In that spirit, I'm making only three 2009 Have Fun Do Good Resolutions Write each month to the woman from Sudan who I am sponsoring through Women for Women International. What are your Have Fun Do Good resolutions? Clearly, I need to do less.

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Foot Traffic Philanthropy: Location Based Mobile Application - CauseWorld

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Food for poor families, water in Sudan, trees in the Amazon, etc. Sort of like embedded giving that Lucy Bernholz talks about, I think. The application is well designed and is fun. All in all, this a lot of fun - and takes some of the ideas of an app like FourSquare to leverage corporate donations.

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Darfur Documentary on HBO December 6

Have Fun - Do Good

To follow what is going on in Darfur, and how you can help, check out these blogs: ENOUGH Blog Save Darfur Blog Genocide Intervention Network (Darfur news feed) Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth Sudan: The Passion of the Present Darfur Sand and Sorrow film blogs

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

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April 10 Call President Bush at 1-800-GENOCIDE and ask the White House to keep its promise by implementing the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA). Check out Dave Eggers' recent Op -Ed in the New York Times , "Dropping the Torch" about the event.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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One of those individuals is Paul Ohisa, and he's a refugee from Sudan. His dream was to go back to Sudan, and to contribute and help rebuild. And he's come up with his plan, his social entrepreneurship plan, to bring attention to the refugee plight and also to contribute to rebuilding in Sudan. It had been bombed.

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Mobilizing Donors and Activists in an Overwhelmed World

Have Fun - Do Good

It is also simple (and fun) to be a part of a Dining for Women giving circle: 1. The Genocide Intervention Network has a good list of 10 Ways You Can Take Action Today including writing to elected officials, divesting from Sudan, holding an awareness raising event, and creating a video for 24 Hours for Darfur. Find a circle near you.

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