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Great reads from around the web on June 16th

Amy Sample Ward

The site has become a place for young people to showcase the work they are doing to make a difference. Check out the Mozilla Service Week, taking place September 14-21, and sign up to participate - whether you want to help, or want to get some help! Mozilla Service Week! - Are you a techie who could donate some skills?

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Using Twitter for a Global Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag. Plus, it will provide a natural and obviously place to aggregate your content, thoughts, updates, and promotion of the chats. Build a landing pad.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

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I'm fascinated by these places because of their ability to attract diverse audiences to idiosyncratic experiences, and I'm curious how they stay afloat. One of my favorite places for a long time now. is in conflict with (currently, Iran). Skill-sharing free schools. Community science workshops. Machine Project (Los Angeles, CA).

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Admittedly, we started without a strong strategy in place, but it also gave WITNESS the opportunity to assess and evaluate better usage for these platforms. The ability to stream video directly from a mobile phone (i.e. WITNESS jumped in feet first wanting to be a part of and ahead of the pack amongst nonprofits using social media.

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Martin Luther King Day - Let Freedom Ring

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Three and a half years before we adopted Jonathan, Cathy and I had sat together, tears streaming down our faces, when we heard the news that Martin Luther King had been shot in Memphis. As the world grows smaller, as we get to know each other, our 50,000 year old fear and hatred of others is bumping up against 50,000 years of the Golden Rule.