Having an opportunity to go to Cuba, to South Africa, to Venezuela, and to see places where both ordinary people have really seen the results of what happens when they join up with their neighbors and begin to trying to change their own reality. I recently posted my interview with Steve Williams, the Executive Director and co-founder of POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights on the Big Vision Podcast. MORE

I followed the blog around the time of my travel to Venezuela in 2007 during which time the blog reported on the controversy surrounding the license of privately-held RCTV. Matt Quinn, IT Manager, Harvesters. I attended the keynote address on blogging by Atlantic journalist Andrew Sullivan at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta on April 9. MORE

After graduating college, I became a translater for tobacco giant Philip Morris in Venezuela. Throughout the day, we''ll be live blogging sessions from MCON13 , a virtual conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. These are notes from the session featuring presentations from Alia McKee and Justin Wheeler, with brief Q&A at the end of each talk. Millennial Giving. MORE

It cannot be arbitrarily printed/devalued like what happened in Venezuela. By Alex Wilson and Pat Duffy , co-founders of The Giving Block. Nonprofits have been accepting cryptocurrency donations for over a decade. MORE

If you want to go to Venezuela, we are doing over twenty trips a year to Venezuela where they are doing some amazing grassroots development, where the government is supportive of green grassroots development and literacy campaigns instead of being the problem obstacle, like it is here. Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. MORE

Or find nonprofits that have direct ways to donate crypto on their donation options like: Save the Children WaterAid Give Crypto : a crypto fund created to help Venezuela, arranged by Coinbase. MORE

No matter who becomes president, or which party has a Senate majority, the US government (or any government for that matter) cannot print more bitcoin and hyperinflate the currency like we’re seeing in countries like Venezuela. Bitcoin has been around for just over 10 years, and in that time it has become a big deal. It’s discussed in everything from Trump’s tweets to popular songs, TV shows and movies. MORE

Ashely Cecil is fundraising on her blog for her upcoming to visit Venezuela this February with Witness for Peace where art will meet social activism. Discussing alternatives to current US policies and ways to advocate for more just policies towards Venezuela. I've had the great pleasure to meet many kindred spirits and interesting people via my blog who I did not know offline or may have never connected. MORE

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