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Funding Innovation for Skoll Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, many of the others were eager to think through the challenges of adapting this model to their organization, and how it might work well. I used the example of Kristen Cibelli, one of our field human rights workers, who got a mini-grant to go to meet with grassroots human rights groups in Liberia.

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5 Things Nonprofits Can Learn from the Late, Great David Carr

Tech Soup

In the documentary, Carr scolds Vice co-founder Shane Smith for impugning the Times ' news judgment: "Before you ever went to Liberia," Carr said, "we've had reporters reporting on genocide after genocide. Furthermore, his leadership, actions, and results show that change is possible.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues. Benetech's Human Rights Program Manager, Kristen Cibelli, has just relocated to Liberia for at least six months.

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In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl

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They each transformed their personal pain to create change for the greater good. If you order In Search of Hope on Glamour.com , Glamour will donate 100 percent of the book's proceeds and royalties to charities (listed below) selected by the women who were profiled.