Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2017

Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia. The organization was originally founded to fill a specific gap in immigrant and refugee services after Jane Leu, UpGlo's founder, took a tour of a poultry plant.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2010

Mousa and I talked about his dream of helping centers for blind people in Iraq get the tech equipment they need. We brainstormed about people he needed to connect with like European Braille embosser makers, the Library of Alexandria (working on Arabic content for the blind) and of course Bookshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to establish schools, libraries and other educational infrastructure.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. Generous Giving: Online Resource Library on Islamic Philanthropy. These involve detection and interruption, identifying individuals involved in transmission, and changing social norms of the communities where it occurs. Perhaps most impressively they are working in Syrian civil war.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

But with the Internet now accessible from public libraries, cyber cafés and cell phones, getting online is easier than ever for nearly anyone. One grandmother, a diehard among people avoiding the Internet, became an avid online user when her grandson was stationed in Iraq. and other countries.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2009

Earlier this year, the New Museum and Creative Time commissioned a traveling piece by artist Jeremy Deller called "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq." Why would I want to talk about Iraq on a visit to an art museum? In the Living Library, there is a concrete entrypoint to challenging discussions.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. Well, if you take that 20% from the 100%, you’re left with 80%, right? Plus, it’s super competitive.

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