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Stories of Resilience: Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina

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As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, social good organizations are working creatively to navigate the new landscape. Samantha Wright, Director of Development Operations and Analytics for the food bank, says that being located in a hurricane zone makes them “no strangers to disaster response.”

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Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks

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President, Global Hematology and Oncology, Celgene. The panel included Stefani Klaskow , Head of Industry/Healthcare at Google; Carrie Martin Munk , Chief Communications & Marketing Office, The ALS Association, and Jackie Fouse, Ph.d,

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

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This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). I was particularly touched by my interview with Deron Beal, the Executive Director and founder of the Freecycle Network , so I thought I'd share it here.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

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Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. They recognize that citizens are extremely concerned about global warming. Jodie Van Horn: Plug-In Bay Area is a national grassroots effort to try to commercialize plug-in hybrid vehicles. They recognize that green is very vogue right now.

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Meet Donna Callejon, Chief Operating Officer of Global Giving

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Donna Callejon with kids in village in Guatemala - the houses, latrines, etc are being built partly with Global Giving support. Tell me about you - how did you end up working in global philanthropy? I met Dennis Whittle, Global Giving's co-founder, at a social entrepreneurship conference in Geneva.

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

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September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. NMC Future Symposium explore applications of techology that could impact issues of global importance over next five years or more. Global Voices Bloggers Mentor Others. What was most sexy? Inspiration.

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You’ll recall this interview , and this post , and this one. But the bottom-line: Cracks are showing everywhere in our increasingly unsustainable economic and environmental global order. When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane. Nudge me again soon.

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