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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

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He lives with his wife in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and is the author, with Charles Wilson, of The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities. I also saw a more recent profile of him this spring on Food Forward. He was named the 2012 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient.

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

I came to Wisconsin on a full athletic scholarship and fully expected to become a starter and, hopefully, an NFL draft pick. He has been profiled by Forbes , People , and on CNN and has been named a 2012 CNN Hero and awarded the 2011 GQ Better Men Better World Award. This isn''t always easy to accomplish. Take me for instance.

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Women Rise Up Against War: Rae Abileah of CODEPINK

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According to UNIFEM's, "Gender Profile-Iraq-Women, War & Peace," : "[M]ore than 90 women become widows each day due to continuing violence countrywide. To celebrate the first day, and hopefully prevent the recurrence of the second, here is an e-interview with Rae Abileah, the Local Groups Coordinator of CODEPINK. What is CODEPINK?

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Balance the Spontaneous and Strategic of Social Media: Newsjacking and Obamacare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” In addition, individuals on staff and advocates made use of their individual profiles on Facebook sharing special cover images that people to use to celebrate. (4) In Wisconsin, they reused some content that had been shared between states to announce the decision right away. ” What’s the value?