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Black teen barred from skating rink by inaccurate facial recognition

The Verge

A facial recognition algorithm used by a local roller skating rink in Detroit wouldn’t let teen Lamya Robinson onto the premises, and accused her of previously getting into a fight at the establishment. However, only Portland, Oregon , currently has laws limiting how private businesses can use facial recognition.

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Amy Potthast, Idealist.org: How I Have Fun and Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Amy is the Director of Service and Graduate Education Programs at Idealist.org , and lives in Oregon with her husband and two sons. Johns — my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. With a group of mom-friends in St.

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7 Ways to Have Fun and Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Johns — my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. - You might also want to try my How to Find Your Have Fun, Do Good exercise to help you create a list of ways you can have fun and do good. With a group of mom-friends in St.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Ask your local donut maker to donate a portion of their proceeds on June 7 to your cause, or ask a favorite hot dog shack to give special coupons for a free or discounted frank to the folks that donate to you in a given time period. Bike-a-Thon.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

STAR’s Food Sovereignty Project (Leupp, Arizona) An effort to expand local gardens and teach community members how to grow and prepare their own meals and help offset food insecurity throughout the Navajo Nation reservation. Pictured at top).

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The Deep Learning When Nonprofit Techies Get Together

Tech Soup

There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Portland, Oregon: NTC Round-Up: Mini-Presentations from the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Wednesday, April 1, 2015.

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How 4 New Jersey pools turned into a startup that just raised $10M

TechCrunch

As the oldest of 12 children, Bunim Laskin spent much of his teen years looking for ways to help keep his siblings entertained. At the age of 20, he founded Swimply , a marketplace for homeowners to rent out their underutilized pools to local swimmers, with Asher Weinberger. The arrangement sparked a business idea in Laskin’s mind.