Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2007

Atlasien of Upside-Down Adoption said she was going to become involved in a local organization for immigrant rights. Elizabeth said she would like to write her representatives and local newspaper more, like Vegankid does. 2008 resolution New Year activist activism Photo of sign from 2003 Iraq war protest by me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Included is an image of Dustin on tour in Iraq, wearing an ambiguous expression and surrounded by a dusty landscape. Both posts began with a striking quote from Dustin, a summary of his story, and a call to action to read his full story and find a local service project.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

We connect the local with global resources.” The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Although some local governments are experimenting with Wi-Fi clouds -- free Internet for citizens -- the technology still remains out of reach many. One grandmother, a diehard among people avoiding the Internet, became an avid online user when her grandson was stationed in Iraq. But there is still the issue of income.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

During her career, she’s produced for CNN International, served as a humanitarian spokesperson in Iraq, and led award-winning nonprofit and corporate communications teams. The best stories contain multiple news values. Learn more at abejasolutions.com. The post How to Source Great Year-end Stories appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Local Harvest. Because they make it easy to find your local farmer’s markets and organic food producers. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Google+ || LinkedIn. Because our veterans have earned their benefits and the right to a better life after the battlefield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Local Harvest. Because they make it easy to find your local farmer’s markets and organic food producers. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Google+ || LinkedIn. Because our veterans have earned their benefits and the right to a better life off the battlefield.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

A disproportionate amount of women veterans are women of color, and many of them have just recently returned from Iraq or Afghanistan and are looking to get involved with the peace moment, and with their own political development, but also with their own healing, and what it means to heal after going through the incredible trauma of war.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

How the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using the web to bring back together their band of brothers and sisters. One, the key issue facing activists who wish for real social change is the mismatch between the scale of our problems (global) and the natural scale of our sociality (local). The examples are there, too.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Around the world, local women are helping one another tackle the problems that darken their lives—domestic violence, sex trafficking, war, poverty, illiteracy, discrimination, inequality, malnutrition, disease. Just an fyi (: Photo taken by me at March 2003 Iraq War protest in Oakland, CA creativity activism art film craft photography music.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And here’s Anthony, he was in one of my wounded veteran programs that these young men and women who’ve lost their legs and arms in Iraq and Afghanistan. What about maybe kind of the inverse situation to that, Tom, where maybe people are local or at least, you know, somewhat close. Steven: I love it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. She speaks three languages fluently, Swahili, English, and French, among many other local languages. I grew up in Iraq during Saddam's time, and during the time in which we had the war with Iran. That's the story of Women for Women.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Use expert-only vocabulary – stop making entry points for general public, students, families Social science of war. If humans have become so much more intelligent in the last 100,000 years, why can’t we evolve out of wars? and displayed in the museum. and displayed in the museum.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Over the 30 years of our organization, we’ve sent over 25 million dollars in direct aid consisting of food, medical supplies, books, and toys to Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon. Two years after MECA started sanctions were imposed on Iraq, which were ultimately were responsible for the deaths of half a million children under the age of 5.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

Over 8 weeks this last fall, I had the privilege of working with NGOs from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, in a series of trainings that took place in Phnom Penh, Beirut and Istanbul. Past partners have included NGOs and nine truth commissions. Their meticulous work is now a key aid to the courts.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

One handy example is the mapping and visualization of the Iraq War Logs and most recently AV referendum results in the UK. well-being of individuals and their local communities. It has a section of their website dedicated to using data for reporting and has made available information on open government data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 8, 2007

According to UNIFEM's, "Gender Profile-Iraq-Women, War & Peace," : "[M]ore than 90 women become widows each day due to continuing violence countrywide. March 20th is the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War. March 20th is the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War. What do you do as the Local Groups Coordinator? What is CODEPINK?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

For someone who grew up in an era when sources of political information were few and narrow (the newspaper, TV news) and when venues for ordinary people to speak up about politics were also few (local town halls, letters to the editor), the Dean campaign was a truly exciting revolution.

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Care2

AUGUST 29, 2008

For someone who grew up in an era when sources of political information were few and narrow (the newspaper, TV news) and when venues for ordinary people to speak up about politics were also few (local town halls, letters to the editor), the Dean campaign was a truly exciting revolution.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

We went and had a victory party and then woke up the next day and realized that it didn't really matter because the company that wanted to build had gone to the state legislature to get them to pass a law to undercut the local ordinance that would protect our water. Have you guys ever heard of Freeport-McMoRan? And it was called Numi.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

Most weeks his podcast is a direct chat with his listeners, but this week he posted a recent speech, "Moving Forward in Iraq" that he gave at the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. Moving Forward in Iraq Tuesday, November 22, 2005 Senator Barack Obama Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Chicago, IL Good afternoon.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

The Center helps to build local, regional, and national networks of young activists, across interests, constituencies and geographies. The Movement Strategy Center is a nonprofit organization in Oakland, CA that is committed to advancing the next generation of leaders for a sustainable progressive movement.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. It works in over 160 countries around the world.

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