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Client Spotlight: National Society of Black Engineers

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At the time, 80 percent of all Black freshmen students were dropping out after their first year in the engineering program. and George Smith–also known as the “Chicago Six–contacted all 288 accredited engineering programs in the nation. Programs and Impact. They have programs like the R.I.S.E. Barnette, Jr.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) is hard at work to ensure that technology and science best meet the needs of human rights defenders in these critical times. Benetech's Human Rights Program also received this year great recognition by the media and by experts in the field of human rights.

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iLaw: Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 1998, during the embryonic stages of the project, this focus turned to a concept called "Reverence for Life," a non-demonational philsophy of self-development which had taken root in Jamaica's prisons. He imagines a Jamaica ten years in 2008, ten years after the initial discussions about this project began.

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