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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

Activities they considered “service” included “working with others to make the community or campus a better place” (81%), “acting to benefit the common good” (80%), “everyday acts of kindness” (76%), “acting to raise awareness about a campus, community, or global problem” (72%), and “working with others to address social inequality” (68%).

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

By slowing down and making a piece of art for someone, we provide a personal connection to the issues and to individuals and create opportunities to see our commonalities despite geographic or cultural borders. Connecting personal wisdom to effect positive change is our goal. What is the path that brought you to this work?

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. Open spaces like the Internet are always going to be about empowerment and you need to have tolerance. The flickr stream - photos tagged with macfoundsl and snapzilla stream. Second Life 101 - some great photos.

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TechCamp: Empowering Women Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

“Anyone who works for the State Department knows that they work for women and for the advancement and empowerment of women,” said Alec Ross , Secretary Clinton’s Special Advisor for Innovation, with pride at the opening of TechCamp Tel Aviv. link] (photo by me). The spirit of his statement inspired the entire seminar.

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14LCS Idea Accelerator Pitches - Onward!

NTEN

[Photo credit: Idea Accelerator contestants high five after practicing their pitches at the Microsoft evening reception, Sept. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness. Will they laugh at you, start to cheer, or be intrigued? Collecting data on all user learning activity.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women. Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. The little girls are part of a culture, the Shona culture in Zimbabwe, as maybe you know, uses poetry.