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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

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We gathered input from other current and past users via online surveys and phone interviews, and we’re still gathering feedback. We held the meeting in Chiang Mai because it’s where our longtime partner the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) is headquartered.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

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In the case of J-FLAG, Martus enables the organization to protect the identity of victims of abuse who come forward to tell their stories, to secure the information from their interviews, to report on the types of crimes documented, and to aggregate evidence for future court proceedings.

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

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Below is an edited transcript from a September 5th phone interview with Marisa for the Big Vision Podcast. For example, I started organizing around Burma last year in solidarity with the profoundly nonviolent uprising in Burma. Loyal to the Sky received a Nautilus Book Award for world changing books. It was really wonderful.

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Kiva on FRONTLINE World & the Big Vision Podcast

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I just posted my interview with Jessica Jackley Flannery on the Big Vision Podcast. Also note that your local station may list the program for that evening as "Burma: State of Fear" which is the headlining story. If you are not sure of your local PBS station, Click here to search for your local PBS station on the PBS website.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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You can listen to my interview with Jensine on the Big Vision Podcast website, or on iTunes. From there, I ended up going to the Burma-Thai border and working with women refugees who had fled the ethnic cleansing under the Burmese dictatorship. Tags: Big Vision Podcast interview. I've posted an edited transcript below.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. For more on that topic, read the excellent interview with Carie Lewis of the HSUS here. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma. and color schemes for your blog.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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The program guides environmental project managers through a series of step-by-step interview wizards similar to the popular TurboTax program. We've also had major efforts in Burma, Sri Lanka and Guatemala, to name a few; efforts we expect to continue this year. We work with human rights groups all over the world.

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