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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. You get a variety of opinions, options to weigh, and ways to proceed (policy about funders anyone?) as well as being able to show who you are by voicing your own opinion. 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 depends on whether this is the beginning of a trend or an extremely exceptional response to an extremely exceptional situation,” said Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices, a network of bloggers worldwide, and author of “Consent of the Networked,” a book that addresses free speech in the digital age.”

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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

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100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues. 100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media.

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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. It is like a dream come true. AD: It was a pretty incredible experience.

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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. government intervene, say in Rwanda, or in genocides of the past?

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

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Vital Voices :: @ VitalVoices. Vital Voices works with extraordinary women leaders accelerating peace and prosperity in their communities. Gorilla Doctors provides life-saving medical care to mountain and Grauer’s gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. charity: water :: @ CharityWater.