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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday.

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Amazon will spend $2 billion to try to fix affordable housing crises in three major employment hubs

The Verge

The parts of the US Amazon plans to invest in include Washington state’s Puget Sound region that encompasses Seattle, as well as Arlington, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee where Amazon has opened fast-growing offices. But fierce backlash from local residents and criticism from politicians , including US Rep.

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New on SSIR: Can Giving Days Strengthen Your Community?

Amy Sample Ward

. —– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits.

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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Rare, which is based in Arlington, Virginia, uses Miradi in all its worldwide campaigns to promote biodiversity and has translated the Miradi software into Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin and Spanish. Elaina says that Miradi helped her determine what knowledge was needed by local residents to adopt behaviors that promote clean water.

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Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet

The Verge

In August 2007, Amazon Fresh , a local grocery delivery service, opened in Seattle as an invite-only service. Rather, Amazon primarily integrated Whole Foods into its local grocery delivery services like Prime Now, vastly expanding its inventory to bring customers fresh foods directly from stores. billion acquisition of Whole Foods.

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Getting Social with Your Local Nonprofit Tech Community

Tech Soup

Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (weekly). Cleveland, Ohio: Sharing Your Story — How to Run an Effective Multi-channel Campaign.

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NetSquared Celebrates Progress and Looks Forward to 2015

Tech Soup

TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers connect nonprofits with local technology experts. Arlington, Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth Nonprofit Geeks. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Thursday, January 15, 2015. Asia and Pacific Rim.