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Why Civil Rights Groups Should Take an Agile Approach to Solving the Minority Adoption Problem, and Why the FCC Isn't Agile Enough to Regulate the Internet.

Navarrow Wright | Posted 06.07.2010 | Technology

Read More: Internet, Social Justice, Broadband, Fcc, National Broadband Plan, Entrepreneurship, Naacp, Net Neutrality, Advocacy, Technology News
Navarrow Wright

Last week I was fortunate enough to sit on a panel at the NAACP Leadership 500 conference. The panel was about social media and the ways that the cha...

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Community banks capitalize on social media

Brett King | Posted 06.07.2010 | Business

Read More: Move Your Money, Huffington, Virtual Community, Social Media, Community Banks, Advocacy, Credit Union, Business News
Brett King

Community banks and credit unions have been around since the mid 1800s. Unlike most commercial banks which exist as publicly listed companies, credit ...

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We Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts (Photos)

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.21.2010 | New York

Read More: Social Media, Ghostbusters, Slideshow, Libraries, Real Life Ghostbusters, Nypl, Nonprofits, Improv Everywhere, New York, Advocacy, New York Public Library, Library, New York News
The New York Public Library

2010-05-21-NYPL.jpg Improv Everywhere aims to "cause scenes of joy in public places." We want people to remember that the Library is a place of joy, and community, and discovering the unexpected.

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Greensburg, Kansas: From Green-town to Clean-town

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.04.2010 | Green

Read More: Project Explore, Baking Soda, Eco-Environment, Donor Fatigue, Twilight Theatre, U.S. Department of Energy, Eco-Innovation, Green Economy, Usda, National Renewable Energy Lab, Country Music, PF Waterworks, Dorothy Gale, Twister, Vegetable Gardens, Fema, Leed, TADgreen Inc, Green Cleaners, Spirit of Greensburg Committee, Clorox Company, Man-Made-Disasters, White Vinegar, Clorox, Green Economies, Survivors, Ralph Appelbaum, Green Cleaning, Cooling, Small Business, Caroma USA, Clorox-Company, Bauer Power, Sichuan Provence, Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, Fund-Raising, Salt, Small Businesses, Leed-Certified-Home, Eco-Toxins, General Motors, Discovery Channel, Greensburg/GreenTown, Ground-Source Cooling, Sustainable German Technology, Borax, Meadowlark House, Global-Economy, OCW Foundation, AT&T;, Rebuilding, Samoa Tsunami, China Earthquake, Education and Outreach, Clean Infrastructure, Outdoor Eco-Environments, Environmentally Conscious, Pollutants, Greensburg Kansas, Volcanic Ash, The Green Economy, Usde, Natural Home Magazine, Global Economy, German Technology, Discovery Communications, The Wizard of Oz, 9/11, Outreach, Eco-Friendly, Silo Eco-Home, Pollutant, Kansas, USDA-Rural Development, Office Depot, Sustainable Technology, Eco Friendly, EF Scale, OneCleanWorld Foundation, Big Well Museum, Environmental Sustainability, Sun Chips, Enhanced Fujita, Advocacy, Big Green Box, Fund Raising, One Clean World Foundation, Sterling-Publishing, Green-Economy, Sears, Outdoor Eco-Environment, Mother Earth News, EF5 Tornado, Natural-Home-Magazine, 24-Hour News Cycle, Environmental-Sustainability, Commercial Cleanser, Education, Green Infrastructure, Tsunami, Green Dwellings, Kiowa County Commons, Solar Hot Water, Wind Turbines, Tornado, Greensburg-Kansas, Conscious Living, Vinegar, Kiowa County, Kansas Tornado, Toxins, Disaster-Victims, Schmidt/Manlier Family, Green Buildings, Richard Haymes, Leed-Certified Home, Public Health, Greensburg 2020, Tropical Cyclone, Eco-Home, Commercial Cleaners, Sterling Publishing, Kiowa County United, Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing, George Jones, Green Industry, Rooftop Gardens, Fundraising, Cleaning, Viega, ef5, Ocwf, Bnim, Green News
Michael DeJong

After a tornado destroyed 95% of the town, Greensburg, Kansas reinvented itself by striving to become the greenest community imaginable.

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From Homeless to Lawyer: One Woman's Amazing Journey

Gina Furia Rubel | Posted 05.25.2010 | Impact

Read More: Gina Rubel, Philadelphia, Homelessness, Nikki Johnson-Huston, Helping the Homeless, African-Americans, Laywer, Advocacy, Temple Law, Gina Furia Rubel, Overcoming Adversity Stories, Impact News
Gina Furia Rubel

Nikki Johnson-Huston, Esq. has an amazing story. She has gone from being homeless to being an award-winning young attorney in Philadelphia. Nikki gr...

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Taking Action for Arts Education: Charles Segars

Bettina Korek | Posted 04.21.2010 | Los Angeles

Read More: Campaign to Save Arts Education, Creative Economy, Los Angeles Reserve Deputy Sheriff, 2010 National Art Action Summit, Lausd, Califonia Youth Authority, Nonprofits, Washington D.C., Congress, Democracy, House Subcommitee on Interior Appropriations, After-School Programs, State and Local Government, Congressional Testimony, Americans for the Arts, California Budget Crisis, Arts Advocacy Day, Childhood Education, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Education, Arts and Economic Prosperity, Visual and Performing Arts, Charles Segars, Advocacy, Ovation Tv, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Charles Segars, Chair of the Campaign to Save Arts Education for LAUSD, spoke with ForYourArt about arts advocacy after his testimony in support of the measure to appropriate $180 million for the NEA.

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Father's Day Came Early This Year: Remembering the "Father of Earth Day"

Bill Meadows | Posted 04.21.2010 | Green

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Wilderness, Environmental Policy, Wilderness Protection, Earth Day, Earth Day 2010, Advocacy, Green News
Bill Meadows

Gaylord Nelson initiated the first Earth Day in 1970. He spent his life protecting the national forests, national parks, and the other lands that belong to all Americans.

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Something About a Name

Sean Carasso | Posted 06.08.2010 | World

Read More: Conflict Minerals, Human Rights, Falling Whistles, Congo, Advocacy, World News
Sean Carasso

We cannot allow our consumerism to fuel a war of Holocaust proportions in Congo. We must pursue freedom in the face of opposition. To speak up when others are silent and few will listen.

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White House Sidelines the Public in Coal Ash Debate

Gary D. Bass, Ph.D. | Posted 06.02.2010 | Green

Read More: Public Health, Environment, Oira, Coal Ash, Omb, Government Transparency, Public Participation, Cass Sunstein, Advocacy, Green News
Gary D. Bass, Ph.D.

The ongoing controversy over coal ash is beginning to make the Obama administration look bad. The president came into office promising to curb the special deals given to moneyed interests. So where's the balance?

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Survivors Use Their Voice to Help Others Heal

Michelle Renee | Posted 05.29.2010 | Impact

Read More: Recovery, Abuse, Mental Health, Trauma, Emotional Wellness, Violence, Healing, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Illness, Health and Wellness, Nctsn, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Emotional Health, Michelle Renee, Living, Mental Illness Advocacy, Ptsd, Child Trauma, Advocacy, Mental Illness Awareness Week, Impact News
Michelle Renee

In a family driven system of care, where the voices of survivors are heard, valued and shared with other survivors, we can listen, understand and stand by one another.

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Single Payer Broadband? The Broadband Plan and The Movement for a People's Media

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.22.2010 | Media

Read More: Internet, Broadband, Divide, Net, National, Digital, Media, Alliance, Future, Plan, Neutrality, Advocacy, Media News
Tracy Rosenberg

As we arrive at the end of the long health care reform battle with something less than nirvana, media activists are waiting with bated breath for the release of the National Broadband Plan from the FCC.

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Hollywood's Fix for America's Three and a Half Trillion-Dollar Lobbying Addiction

Nomiki Konst | Posted 05.22.2010 | Los Angeles

Read More: Organic Farming, Fda, Producers, Pharmacueticals, Campaign Finance, Human Trafficking, Homeless, Community Organizing, Screen Actors Guild, Education Reform, Health Care, Global Warming, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Advocacy, Democratic-Factions, Entertainment, Lobbying, Money, Nonprofits, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Federalist Papers, New York City, Education, Human Rights, Organic Food, Homelessness, Coporations, Water, Environment, Health Care Reform, Food, Special Interests, Hollywood, Los Angeles News
Nomiki Konst

The United States of America has a dirty little secret. We're addicted to a drug. A drug dealt everyday in the halls of Congress, on the streets of Washington. That drug is corruption, pure and simple.

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HIV Services Face Foreclosure: Will Illinois Leaders Come to the Rescue?

Mark Ishaug | Posted 02.22.2010 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois ASAP, Illinois Alliance for Sounds AIDS Policy, HIV/AIDS, State Budget Crisis, Chicago, Public Health, Social Services, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Illinois, Advocacy, Chicago News
Mark Ishaug

Unless immediate actions are taken to remedy the state's spiraling budget crisis, vital HIV/AIDS services will be put in serious jeopardy.

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Banks: KYC is Killing Your Customers

Brett King | Posted 04.22.2010 | Business

Read More: Compliance, Acquisition, Application, Banking, Innovation, Future, KYC, Policy, Engagement, Organization Structure, Customer Experience, Advocacy, Business News
Brett King

In my discussions with bankers about innovation, I often hear them tell me that perhaps in other industries innovation could be achieved, but due to h...

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Video, People, Language Capture The Energy of Gov 2.0 LA

Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira | Posted 04.12.2010 | Technology

Read More: Video, Gov 2.0, Personal Democracy Forum, Politics, Christina Gagnier, Blogs, You2gov, gov20, Advocacy, Rock Creek SM, gov20la, Alan W. Silberberg, Content, Craig Newmark, Bill Grundfest, Los Angeles, California, Futuregov, Govfresh, Waveling, Opengov, Cory Ondrejka, Gov 2.0 LA, Alan Webber, Alex Howard, Wordpress, Flickr, Tv, Technology News
Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira

One of the key themes in this past weekend's event was "Video is the New Text." Another is that the jargon and language used in Government 2.0 is holding us back.

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Swiss Take Two Guantanamo Uighurs, Solve Obama's Problem

Andy Worthington | Posted 04.06.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, World, Arkin Mahmud, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Greg Craig, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, US District Court, State Department, Barack Obama, Uighurs, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Guantanamo Uighurs, Bush Administration, U.S. Court of Appeals, Switzerland, Bahtiyar Mahnut, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, Sabin Willett, Closing Guantanamo, Advocacy, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Obama is fortunate to have such kind allies, but he himself is the loser, the longer he refuses to tackle those who insist, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that everyone who was held at Guantánamo was a "terrorist."

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Obama Takes our YouTube Question on Sudan

John Norris | Posted 04.04.2010 | Impact

Read More: Darfur, Elections, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, War, Youtube, Barack Obama, Advocacy, Impact News
John Norris

Thanks to the Sudan advocacy community's ability to quickly mobilize, the Enough Project was able to get Sudan policy front and center before President Obama not just once, but twice in 48 hours.

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Why Today - And Every Day - Is An Important Day For Sudan Advocacy (VIDEO)

John Prendergast | Posted 03.23.2010 | World

Read More: Darfur, Human Rights, Activism, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Barack Obama, Election, Advocacy, World News
John Prendergast

Enough's Laura Heaton and Maggie Fick co-authored this post. If you are reading this blog post, it's safe to assume you are fairly interested in Suda...

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The Parent Trigger: New Leverage for Parents

Bill Jackson | Posted 03.18.2010 | Los Angeles

Read More: Innovation, Reform, Education, Parenting, Race to the Top, Advocacy, Parent Trigger, Education Reform, Los Angeles News
Bill Jackson

So long as 50 percent of parents at a given school in California sign a petition, the school board will now have to enact a turnaround strategy.

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Conflict Minerals: A Cover For US Allies and Western Mining Interests?

Kambale Musavuli | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

Read More: Uganda, Conflict Minerals, Foreign Affairs, Africa, Congo, Advocacy, World News
Kambale Musavuli

Advocates of the conflict mineral approach would be far more credible if they had ever called for any kind of pressure whatsoever on mining companies that are directly involved in fueling the conflict.

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Two Scholars Ask: What if Marriage Is Bad for Us?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living

Read More: Social Security, Singled Out, Divorce, Civil Rights, Sociology, Middle Class, Matrimania, Pop Culture, Race, Cultures, Laura Kipnis, Happiness, Friendship, Isolation, Institutions, Politics, Mate Choice, Singlism, Wealth, Retirement Benefits, Love, Health Care, Status Quo, Family, Advocacy, Benefits, Marriage, Lifelong Singles, Domestic Gulag, Myths, Hollywood, Loneliness, Work, Health, Single, Health Insurance, Blaming the Victim, Single With Attitude, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Marriage is not for everyone, and people who want to stay single should not be targeted with singlism because of it.

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'Movember': Facial Hair for a Cause

Halle Tecco | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living

Read More: Men, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Movember, The Giving Life, Advocacy, Living News
Halle Tecco

Movember is an international month-long "celebration" of the mustache, where men grow out their whiskers to raise money and awareness of major health issues affecting their gender.

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'I Am Autism' Advocacy Video Draws Controversy

Posted 03.18.2010 | Impact

Read More: Autism, Autistic Disorders, Autism Speaks, Advocacy, Impact News

The latest Autism-related controversy stems from a video, "I Am Autism," created for Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy group, report...

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Engaging Ambassadors in Social Entrepreneurship

Saul Garlick | Posted 03.18.2010 | Impact

Read More: South Africa, Social Entrepreneurship, Advocacy, Foreign Policy, Nonprofits, Impact News
Saul Garlick

What is the ideal role of the U.S. Government in connecting with rural, poor African communities? Does the U.S. Foreign Service have a responsibility to American citizens to know what is going on in the field?

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Miss Universe and Worms

Kari Stoever | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living

Read More: Living Proof Project, Global Health, Miss Universe, Cgi, Advocacy, Ntds, Living News
Kari Stoever

Thanks to a partnership between the Miss Universe Organization and the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Miss Universe will frequently be sharing headlines with worms.

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