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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

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Serving as a geographical and cultural bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Turkey is a country that shares borders with both Syria and Iraq (not to mention another six * countries). In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If

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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

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We are also engaging with the Government of Iraq through the development of new web portals that will assist with project management and connecting with citizens of the country. Forum One found that it had a huge role to play as staff engaged in conversation and built connections with D.C.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. BB: Following on that idea of alliances, is there a role for white people in the Women of Color Resource Center's work? AD: W hite allies have held a huge role for the Women of Color Resource Center historically.

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Our EveryAction Hero: Middle East Children's Alliance

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. Over the 30 years of our organization, we’ve sent over 25 million dollars in direct aid consisting of food, medical supplies, books, and toys to Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

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So, last spring Ella Baker Center, to launch its new program Reclaim the Future, took a big role in the United Nations World Environment Day Conference that was happening here in San Francisco. He's an ex-Marine, has two sons in Iraq, is a arch Republican and right winger.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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Many of them do really meet our basic criteria of being women-led, of reflecting the work of a group of women, rather than just one or two individuals, and of really tackling critical human rights challenges and societal challenges in which women are playing key roles. For others, I think it is thinking about making contributions.

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