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Tech Impact Receives $200,000 Grant

TechImpact

William Kendima moved from Liberia to the United States in 2005. While in Liberia, Kendima never used a computer; however, through dedication, hard work, and a little help from ITWorks , Kendima’s dream of working in IT has been realized. Here, the students get to flaunt their new skills in a professional environment.

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5 Things Nonprofits Can Learn from the Late, Great David Carr

Tech Soup

Over the last decade, David Carr became the pre-eminent media critic in the United States. In the documentary, Carr scolds Vice co-founder Shane Smith for impugning the Times ' news judgment: "Before you ever went to Liberia," Carr said, "we've had reporters reporting on genocide after genocide.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Before her historic flight, Jemison served as a Peace Corps Medical Officer in Sierra Leone and Liberia, where she oversaw the medical system that serviced Peace Corps and U.S. She took it a step further in 2016 by becoming only the second woman of color elected to serve in the United States Senate. Embassy personnel.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

As a feminist, and as a feminine feminist, I truly believe that we don't do a very good job in the United States of believing that you can lead by serving, and I think the United States needs to think deeply about being in service of the rest of the world." Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women.

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