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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Youtube blocked access to the offensive video in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya , but did not remove the video from its Web site. ” Stephanie Rudat, my co-trainer for Tunisia, pointed to a resource that included non-violent tactics for social change.

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The 5 Best Social Impact Games of 2010

NTEN

And even though this game was released a few months ago, the relevance of promoting non-violent revolution is more apparent than ever with the events in Tunisia, Egypt or Libya. # 1 Evoke Played over 10 weeks, Evoke had participants all over the world solving problems with "super powers" like collaboration, courage and resourcefulness.

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Why Social Movements Need Stories

Tech Soup

The 99 percent sign phenomenon was a simple and powerful way to share the narratives of disenfranchised Americans who attributed economic deterioration to the fact that 1 percent of the population owned the majority of resources and power. mainstream media. On September 4, Join Storymakers on Twitter. Image: Aya Tarek / CC BY-NC-ND.

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