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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And, everybody is working on something and usually is interested in several issues. My mentee, Musa, talked about his efforts to help communities in Iraq, including getting blind schools what they needed in terms of equipment (something I’m planning on helping him with), and ended with a rap.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

The Iraq War was raging. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. 'Net2 in Action' highlights more than 30 real-life examples of nonprofits using this new breed of Web-based technologies to tackle issues such as reaching and mobilizing constituencies. " The year was 2005.

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Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009

Care2

Prior to this study, the Index of the National Fundraising Performance had only been showing a gradual decline in donor numbers since the US Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. The study also showed that for the first time since Target Analytics released its initial study in 2002, overall revenue per donor declined by 2.1%.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

I think one of the main things we've talked about is how can we lift all boats and I think a true vision includes a lot of different aspects and a lot of different people, so it's not a single issue. It's an amazing act of love really in response to the hurricane and the racial neglect that occurred down on the Gulf.

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