THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR AN AUDIENCE WITHOUT THE LEVEL OF COMMITTMENT TO CHARITY THAT EXISTS ON THIS LIST. NONETHELESS I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO SEE A FULL SPREAD OF GIVING. I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW OTHER PEOPLE SPREAD OUT THEIR DONATIONS AND WHY ( Read more... )

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I just chose this one for my latest 10%Club donation:
Peace Corps Project description ( Read more... )

Simple. Beautiful. made me cry.We all can. Watch this and send it on to others....so inspiring to see the power of rippling good.:)

On Wednesday Brent and I participated in the Uplift Academy Conference/Workshop NYC. This was a follow-up to that larger conference I attended in Boston last year with the theme of Networked Theory of a Better World.We were excited to meet and discuss some of our ideas/projects-in-progress (10%Club, CDV) with a group of like-minded inspiring folks ( Read more... )

Report recommended by Tulane's Southern Institute for Education and Research, the nexus of post-Katrina studieshttp://www.centerforsocialinclusion.org/PDF/racetorebuild.pdfRead more... )

I am very conscious of problems with the Red Cross and the United Nations. I am concerned too about the attention span and long term contribution of Medecins Sans Frontieres. Therefore I'm compiling a list of local Lebanese charities, and non-proliferation charities, one might safely send one's money to -- without enabling sectarian religious ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, I was recently speaking to this LJ community about Book 'Em, and I just wanted to add that we updated our webpage on Friday so there is a lot more information there now. I've never made a real web page before, so I'm anxious to show it off and get feedback. So please go see our webpage at:

www.thomasmertoncenter.org/bookem.htm

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