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10 Common Misconceptions Nonprofits Have About Bitcoin Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Cryptocurrencies are regular by many of the same government agencies that regulate the traditional world of finance including the IRS, SEC, CFTC and local regulators. It cannot be arbitrarily printed/devalued like what happened in Venezuela. Myth 2: Cryptocurrencies aren’t regulated enough. Most relevant for nonprofits is the IRS.

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‘Everything was lost’: How climate change is threatening Colombia’s largest indigenous group

Fast Company Tech

She lives in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Riohacha, in northern Colombia’s arid, wind-swept region, where thousands of other Wayuu people, native to the La Guajira region spanning Colombia and Venezuela, also reside. And that is a product of the neglect of the government. “This entire hut.

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How to accept bitcoin and other crypto donations

Whole Whale

Based on conversations among crypto thought leaders , this belief in decentralized power also carries pessimism in fiat currency controlled by governments. What’s more, this type of donation will likely be more inline with their beliefs as the alternative would be to pay more in tax to government policy that the donor may not support.

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Twitter removes thousands of accounts linked to Chinese Xinjiang propaganda

The Verge

The accounts were attempting to push back against allegations of human rights abuses by the Chinese government against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang. 2/ A pro-Tanzanian government network adversarially leveraged copyright reporting to harass activists. “The

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Nonprofit Data Could Be The Missing Piece In Your CSR Strategy

Global Giving

GlobalGiving Atlas includes everything from government ID numbers, mission statements, and organization financials. It combines government data, public information, and other reliable records to give the most comprehensive virtual map of nonprofits from Afghanistan to Venezuela.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

At the time, the Federal government had just signed the welfare deform legislation, pushing millions of welfare recipients from welfare to work. The industry -- the federal government, and the state government specifically exclude domestic workers as classes of workers to be protected by labor rights legislation.

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How-to: Let Go and Start Blogging

NTEN

This blogger writes with a personal flair, highlighting photos, statistics, government documents to comment on social and economic conditions there. I followed the blog around the time of my travel to Venezuela in 2007 during which time the blog reported on the controversy surrounding the license of privately-held RCTV.