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Fair Trade Benefits the U.S. Too
By WeBuyItGreen: promoting green living and fair trade
Buying products that pull producers out of poverty is not only good for the producers. It also benefits the consumer.
Low-Cost, Shared GIS Resource for Advocates
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
Create an easy to use template and engine that will lower the cost and technological barriers that advocates face in using GIS in their issue activism.
International Network of Victims of Terrorism and War
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
The INVTW seeks to unite victims of political violence, war and terrorism to amplify the voices of victims speaking out for nonviolence and to create grassroots structures which support a culture of peace and common security.
Social Justice Web Service
An announcement was posted on the New York City Young Nonprofit Professionals Network yesterday about an Internet provider called May First/People Link. Here's their mission from the web site:
We are an organization of progressive people who use the Internet. We have joined together to improve our access to it, enhance its function as a tool for mass communication and organizing, develop new technologies and uses for it, and help social justice movements use it effectively to communicate with each other and with the world.They also have some interesting news on their front page about a program in Venezuela to train 400,000 people in open source software and the 7th Annual Organizers' Collaborative Grassroots Use of Technology Conference happening at UMass Boston this Saturday.
Pambazuka News
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Pambazuka News is a weekly electronic newsletter covering news, commentary, analysis and a range of other resources on human rights and development in Africa. Every week we commission work to provide original commentaries on key events in Africa, combined with a comprehensive weekly round-up o... |
