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22 Must-Circle Nonprofits on Google+

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Children’s National Medical Center. Detroit Symphony Orchestra. National Public Radio. United Nations. Amnesty International Australia. The Field Museum. GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Greenpeace Brasil. Habitat for Humanity Ireland. KQED Science. Monterey Bay Aquarium. New England Aquarium.

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NPO Brings The Lighter Side Of Emergency Appeals

The NonProfit Times

Image from Human Appeal USA Humanitarian aid nonprofit Human Appeal USA is kicking off a national comedy tour featuring established comedians to raise money in support of the organization’s emergency appeals to deliver food, clean water and medical care to families in crisis around the world.

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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Michigan Central , an old train station converted into a 30-acre innovation campus in Detroit, opened its doors last July. The tech from one startup, Electreon , is embedded in the nations first EV charging road. And PIDC , a public-private investment group in Philadelphia, is redeveloping the centuries-old U.S. Ford Motor Co.

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ACLU files first formal complaint over wrongful facial recognition arrest

The Verge

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a formal complaint against Detroit police over what it says is the first known example of a wrongful arrest caused by faulty facial recognition technology. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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One Small Step for Detroit, One Giant Leap for Museum Ethics (Maybe)

Museum 2.0

Over the past three years, the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) has served as the museum poster child for the debate on the public value of the arts. And now, in the past month, Michigan''s Attorney General and State Senate have blocked the emergency manager of Detroit from seizing the DIA''s collection to pay off the city''s debt.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

On Monday morning, the 2004 National Book Award winners in fiction and nonfiction were made live on our Bookshare.org site, providing rapid access to these books to readers with disabilities. Bookshare.org News. Bookshare.org has the ability to move quickly! Both of these books are timely additions to the Bookshare collection.

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Airspace Link raises $10M to make drones safer for both operators and communities

TechCrunch

The Detroit, Michigan-based startup anticipates using the additional funds to expand its domestic offering and expand overseas. Founded in 2018 by Michael Healander, Daniel Bradshaw and Ana Healander, the Detroit-based startup employs 20 full-time staff. ” For Healander, Airspace Link is only the latest entrepreneurial venture.

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