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LiveBlog: Advocating on Behalf of Those Who Cannot Advocate for Themselves

Those living in chronic poverty often do not have a voice. Who is here to advocate on behalf of the poor? We are. In the breakout session, “Stand Up for People in Poverty,” an advocacy workshop at Opportunity’s Fall Microfinance Conference, Rev. Jennifer Kottler[/intlink], Director of Policy and Advocacy at Sojourners, reminded us of our Read more…

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“Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? Donations 2.0” Nope, not ours!

Ian Haisley, Jonathan Neddenriep, Reuben Thiessen and I will be meeting in Austin, Tex., this Friday to attend the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival. We are very excited to be with the “world’s most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators, content producers, programmers, widget inventors and new media entrepreneurs.”  The festival includes presentations Read more…

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