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Featured, Health & Fitness
Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Go Red For Women encourages awareness of the issue of women and heart disease, and also action to save more lives. The movement harnesses the energy, passion and power women have to band together and collectively wipe out heart disease. It challenges them to know their risk for heart disease and take action to [...]
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Resources, Resources, Grants & Fellowships
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

In an effort to effectively and rapidly transform the environments in which our children learn, the US Green Building Council has launched the Center for Green Schools Fellowship program, which will begin placing full-time sustainability officers in school districts across the country in July 2011. The Green Schools Fellowship program will provide partner school districts with [...]
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The Non-Profit Community
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

If you are a non-profit charity and you’re looking for an innovative way to raise funds, check out VISO Give. You can literally support your favorite charity just by watching You Tube. VISO Give is the online video destination dedicated to the non-profit sector. It is a place to view content from non-profits around the world. [...]
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Politics
Monday, January 10th, 2011

The best way to get to know a city is to know its people. In 2009, Danny Harris discovered a unique way to capture the pulse of the nations capital by asking a simple question, “What’s your story?” The People’s District is a blog that features intimate interviews of various district residents at random. To date [...]
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Featured
Monday, January 10th, 2011

January 12, 2011 serves as the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. on January 12th, 2010, one quarter of a million people lost their lives in the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that sent 33 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.2 to 5.9 and left more than 3 million people in need of emergency aid. The country [...]
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Featured
Monday, January 10th, 2011

On Monday January 17, 2011 the nation will celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights icon. Thousands of volunteers across the United States will use this day to participate in a day of service to commemorate the civil rights movement and honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther [...]