Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Impact?

HuffPost's Game Changers series celebrates 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders in 12 categories who, whether working in the spotlight or under the radar, are changing how we look at the world and the way we live in it. We salute them for their willingness to look at things and take the risk of saying, "I think I have a better way."

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Changed the game by ... taking the telethon viral. Milano, the former star of "Charmed" and a UNICEF ambassador, has shown how celebrities can use Twitter and the Internet for good. She has used her feed to reach out to her more than one million followers and regularly promote causes. Last December, she celebrated her 37th birthday with an online fundraiser for Charity Water, which works to provide access to clean drinking water. Her target was $25,000; she ended up raising over $90,000. Tweeted this: *TWEET CHALLENGE* I just donated $50,000 to UNICEF for #Haiti relief. Which corporation will match my donation? Must-click link: Alyssa's twitter

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Changed the game by ... taking the telethon viral. Milano, the former star of "Charmed" and a UNICEF ambassador, has shown how celebrities can use Twitter and the Internet for good. She has used her feed to reach out to her more than one million followers and regularly promote causes. Last December, she celebrated her 37th birthday with an online fundraiser for Charity Water, which works to provide access to clean drinking water. Her target was $25,000; she ended up raising over $90,000.

Tweeted this: *TWEET CHALLENGE* I just donated $50,000 to UNICEF for #Haiti relief. Which corporation will match my donation?

Must-click link: Alyssa's twitter

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cookcar said on 15 Wednesday 2010 pm30 12:57 pm: This country, this world would be a better place if there were more Mr. G. Cananda's in it. I am an educator and scientist and this man is my HERO!!! He saw a hurting community (Harlem, USA) and hurting children, and did something about it. He did not "pull an Oprah" and start a school on another continent because "black kids in the USA are just not worth it, wouldn't appreciate it" (I am paraphrasing Oprah); what he did was took his life savings/pensions and proceeded to change and save lives. What a wonderful human being!!! We should all be proud of him!!!!

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[staytrue82]

01:06 AM on 11/07/2010

Geoffrey Canada is certainly a hero of mine.

[p456]

05:07 PM on 10/24/2010

Geoffrey Canada is a brilliant man doing brilliant work. He gets my vote.

[p456]

05:04 PM on 10/24/2010

This is a brilliant man doing brilliant work. Two thumbs up way up!

[carester]

02:07 PM on 10/21/2010

Geoffrey Canada for sure ! ! !

[bryanzth]

12:36 PM on 10/21/2010

Geoffrey Canada, hands down. My vote.

BZ.

[Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf]

06:17 PM on 10/18/2010

If I do well Nov 2nd I expect to be on this list http://www.electladendorf.us

[mamsimms]

09:28 AM on 10/15/2010

It's amazing how one individual stepped out on faith and made a change via the education system that will impact many lives. We have not begin to see the results! God bless Mr. Cananda.

[bryanzth]

12:37 PM on 10/21/2010

Right.

BZ.

[Yehoshua]

04:12 PM on 10/07/2010

The NEW World Order-NWO is man's redemption. Its modality is Humanomics(sm)? That is its "Receiving, to give(sm)" and the "Integrationod Labor(sm)." Google and find why?
Tky, Yehoshua Ya'acov

[Yehoshua]

04:09 PM on 10/07/2010

Receiving, to give(sm)

[MH Buttahz]

01:21 PM on 10/05/2010

Alyssa Milano, she's an angel! She's so down to earth, and has a twitter account too...who wouldn't agree that she has the biggest impact :)!

[leedonaldson127]

03:36 AM on 10/02/2010

We actually really need this:
http://ageofaquariusbyleedonaldson.blogspot.com/2010/10/age-of-aquarius.html?spref=tw

[LJ Thrilla]

10:38 PM on 09/27/2010

To me a game-changer is someone who gets in there and does the hard yards to see through change, people like Geoffery Canada are shining examples of that. I'm not a big fan of folks who just throw money at a problem without any follow up.

[bryanzth]

12:38 PM on 10/21/2010

Yep.

Geoffrey Canada is in many ways a genius!

BZ.

[Everyones Mom]

12:13 AM on 09/25/2010

Alyssa Milano Rocks, she is a world hero!

[Vlady]

10:20 PM on 09/24/2010

I wouldn't be surprised to find out in retrospect that Steve Jobs actually controlled the entire IT industry.

[HollywoodGlee]

05:31 PM on 09/24/2010

Alyssa is a consummate professional!