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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. It had been bombed.

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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. They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world. If your angle is using this training as an outlet for local empowerment and development, then you very much want to bring in mentorship.

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Mobilizing Donors and Activists in an Overwhelmed World

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I'll be posting the interview with Marsha later this month). The Genocide Intervention Network has a good list of 10 Ways You Can Take Action Today including writing to elected officials, divesting from Sudan, holding an awareness raising event, and creating a video for 24 Hours for Darfur. Photo Credit: Camp by Mark Knobil.

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