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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

The earthquakes on February 6 that devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria have left an estimated 54,000 people dead. million Turks in temporary shelters and left more than 500,000 Syrians homeless, according to the United Nations. million) in Syria. The disaster also displaced over 1.9 An estimated 2.2 billion ($1.6

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15 Powerful Quotes from the Social Good Summit

Connection Cafe

On September 17, 2017, leaders from government, business and nonprofits gathered alongside celebrities, activists, journalists and concerned citizens at the 92 nd Street Y in New York City for the 8 th annual Social Good Summit (#2030NOW ) to discuss how technology , media and activism can build a better world.

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Mission Possible: Tell Us Your Symantec Story and Win Prizes!

Tech Soup

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void Jurisdictions.

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Adobe Creative Cloud Giveaway for Nonprofits at 17NTC!

Tech Soup

Groups or individuals that advocate, support, or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. Embargo Countries").

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. Twitter is sometimes used by small nations to increase their global visibility and tweet on a level playing field with other nations. UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) January 13, 2014.

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Crowdsourcing Skills for Human Rights via Movements.org

Tech Soup

As The Daily Beast senior correspondent for national security and politics Josh Rogin put it : Movements.org "seeks to put activists in closed societies in touch with skilled people in the free world who can help them. It caused a social media furor, and the Iranian government released Tavakoli for a time.

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