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Need Answers: LinkedIn Has Them

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Note from Beth: I’m just finishing up an intensive training here in Rwanda. Has anyone ever confronted this issue? Our choices and our voices matter. You get a variety of opinions, options to weigh, and ways to proceed (policy about funders anyone?) What is your organization’s policy about the source of funding?

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

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” It also brings up issues about the r ole of social media and a connected society for delicate diplomacy. This is true both of us as individuals, but also in terms of broader policy. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet. ” Simon Mainwaring also has an insightful post on this topic.

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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

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I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. April 6 Host a fundraiser house party for your favorite human rights organization with a viewing of Hotel Rwanda in memory of the Rwandan genocide's anniversary.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. I learned this technique from Cheryl Francisconi, director of the IIE Addis-Ababa Office in Ethiopia, last month in Rwanda ,who uses a stone that has been held by many people.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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Our work focuses on advocacy, policy, education and political thought that helps to shape the dialogue and public conversation about the interests of these folks. military policies globally, not just what's happening with women domestically. Young women of color, what are the issues that are most important to them?

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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JG: I had the opportunity to spend some time in Rwanda when I was in college, and what really struck me about that experience was the willingness and openness of the survivors, who are both victims and perpetrators, to heal their country and to move on. It is such a large issue and people I think often feel paralysis and overwhelm.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

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These issues and the nonprofits listed below will be at the forefront of my activism this year as well as the recipients of 10% of my webinar income (more than $10,000 donated thus far!) Vital Voices :: @ VitalVoices. Vital Voices works with extraordinary women leaders accelerating peace and prosperity in their communities.