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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Americans for the Arts :: @ Americans4Arts. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. American Heart Association :: @ American_Heart. American Red Cross :: @ RedCross. American Rivers :: @ AmericanRivers. American Solar Energy Society :: @ ASES_Solar. American Wind Energy Association :: @ AWEA. Ashoka :: @ Ashoka.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a group or as an individual, CARE Packages can help send girls in Afghanistan to school for a year, or help expectant mothers in Peru safely deliver. Their store also offers jewelry, African art and music, and clothing. It’s fun and you’ll be bringing hope to girls and women around the world. [ Send a CARE Package ].

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Jayne Cravens to Serve as Advisor to UN program in Afghanistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool. I'll be in Afghanistan through part of August." You can follow her adventures in Afghanistan on her blog.

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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

She originally founded the Voice of Women Organization (VWO) to educate girls in Kabul in secret schools under the Taliban, and has since expanded to support and assist underprivileged women and children throughout Afghanistan. Build your own heartspace, share the campaign, and share your love!

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Show Your Mama Some Love

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Epic Change is inviting everyone to participate in an online collaborative art project to honor moms around the Globe. She always encouraged me to participate in the arts. Epic Change is inviting everyone to participate in an online collaborative art project to honor moms around the Globe. I created [.]

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This ship-to-ship battle looks amazing in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer trailer

The Verge

At a pivotal route to Afghanistan deep in Uzbekistan, NATO forces are mobilized to ambush a large Soviet military convoy comprised of mobile ICBM launchers. The scale of the Cold War could be tipped in favor of whoever salvages it, whether it be the Soviets reclaiming it or the U.S. intercepting it. Crossroads. In the heart of the U.S.S.R,

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.