Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

The context at Blogpotomac was the question, "Did turning your Twitter avatar green in support of the Iraniian protests" really mean anything. Debbas who was in Iran at the time, risking his life said, "It helped because I didn't want to die anonymously and we can discredit raising awareness.".

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Tonight, I attended a live panel discussion on the question of whether Technology is Really Good for Human Rights, or not. That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. Communication technologies have always been used for political change, especially with Iran.

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Iran Technology China Government 152

Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. During the Iran protests in February of 2011, a woman who was raped, sexually assaulted and beaten once she was identified as a "rioter" simply for voting, had no voice and little way to speak out about her experience. Social media may be changing that across the globe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

Some questions we tackle with include: What happens when our content is taken out of context or context is simply ignored? Recent events in Burma in 2007 and Iran in 2009 and even the US in 2010 reveal that governments can easily comb activists’ footage online and seek out protesters and citizens for arrest, persecution or worse.

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Social Media Examples Interview Media 228

Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. During the Iran protests in February of 2011, a woman who was raped, sexually assaulted and beaten once she was identified as a "rioter" simply for voting, had no voice and little way to speak out about her experience. Social media may be changing that across the globe.

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Voice Social Media Iran Media 31

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

I think there are two ways to answer this question. On the one hand, the formal way to answer this question would be: I was 20 when I arrived in the U.S. I grew up in Iraq during Saddam's time, and during the time in which we had the war with Iran.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 18, 2010

By holding a mirror to the ideals of America, King forced America to confront the question who do we mean by all men ? We see the tragic consequences when fear and hatred win out over the Golden Rule in places like the Middle East, Iran, North Korea, Darfur, Zimbabwe, and Myanmar.

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North Korea Ohio America Zimbabwe 100

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

It is just a question of exactly when, exactly where, how much it is going to cost, those details. Now it is just the question of the bigger money to actually acquire the building. There are people in positions of power in places like Iran and Washington, D.C. The question is, are we going to make it happen?

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