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SLIDESHOW: Art For A Better World: Five Exhibits That Inspire Change

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: South Africa, Art, Social Change, Emma Thompson, Venice Arts, Chicago, Slideshow, Un, Exhibitions, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, New York, Livestrong, Human Trafficking, Veterans, Impact News

Have trouble understanding modern art? Impact sought out some special exhibits that seek to make a change in the world, be it through raising awarenes...

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Bassnectar On Change: "I Want To Make A Social Impact"

Causecast | Brandon Deroche and Nicholas Chung | Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact

Read More: Electronic Music, Bassnectar, Youth, Social Change, Music, Activism, Social Activism, Political Activism, Impact News

The following interview originally appeared on Causecast.org Bassnectar is Lorin Ashton's multi-faceted electronic music and social experimentation p...

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The Cause Conference Circuit

Shira Lazar | Posted 11.02.2009 | Impact

Read More: Cameron Sinclair, Blogs, CBS News, Philanthropy, Social Change, Architecture for Humanity, Shira Lazar, Impact News
Shira Lazar

I recently moderated a great panel, Online Locally, Act Globally, at the Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas. The panel reiterated how one individual can use social media to create massive social change.

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Reporters Uncensored: Underdogs And Social Innovators

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Ashoka Foundation, Solar Energy, Social Change, Nepal, Third World, Human Trafficking, Impact News
Reporters Uncensored

In a time where people are cynical about the excesses of capitalism, and corruption in the developing world is rampant there is a lone beacon of light: the social entrepreneurs.

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Adapt We Must: What the Dinosaurs Can Teach Us About Current Challenges

Ellen Futter | Posted 10.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Industrial Revolution, Science, Evolution, Dinosaurs, Punctuated Equilibrium, Darwin, Adaptation, American Museum of Natural History, Social Change, New York News
Ellen Futter

If today, after many years of "business as usual," our society, our systems, and our institutions are all undergoing a kind of evolutionary burst, then how do we ensure that it yields change for the better?

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Spreading Positive Social Epidemics

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Twitter, Yom Kippur, Social Change, Sustainable Food, Health Care, Civility, Living News
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

We need an epidemic of civility, we need to redouble our efforts to teach our children respect, honor, kindness and goodness.

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Your Opinion Matters

Kate Kelly | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Nita Lowey, Health Care Reform, Westchester/Putnam Access to Health Care Coalition, Social Change, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News
Kate Kelly

In a democracy, change does not come quickly but when it happens it's because citizens persist in voicing their desires. Those of us who are in favor of health care reform need to speak up.

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Signs of Seduction and Change Sprout on Cuban Bodies

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba, Social Change, Generation Y, Capitalism, Embargo, Fidel Castro, Capitalism: A Love Story, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Dying your hair blue, getting a tattoo or attaching a ring to your navel is no longer seen as an ideological debility. Signs have begun to sprout on bodies, of seduction and change.

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Kennedy's Legacy: A Movement That Can Multitask

Melissa Bradley | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Carbon, Social Change, Conflict, Power, Momentum, Senator Ted Kennedy, Capital, Tides-Foundation, Politics News
Melissa Bradley

What has stood out for me about Ted Kennedy was his ability to balance his vision with the most pragmatic of details, across the wide breadth of issues.

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Show Me the Money! Using Your Capital To Save The World At This Year's SOCAP Conference

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Change, Kevin Jones, Paul Richardson, Social Capital Partners, Grassroots, World Bank, Giirs, New Radicals, Venture Capital, Tim Draimin, Investing, Smart Cookies, Julia Moulden, Derek Dent, Bill Young, Careers, Un, Social Capital, Socap, Sig, Renewal2, Vancity, Kickstarter, Socap Conference, The Giving Life, Living News
Julia Moulden

What's up? It's the second annual SOCAP conference, the world's premiere social capital markets event (social capital investments incorporate three kinds of returns: financial, social, and environmental).

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On the Impact of Personal Eco-Behavior

David Roberts | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Elizabeth Kolbert, Recycling, Social Change, No Impact Man, Green Living, Vegetarianism, Fuel Efficiency, Organic Food, Green News
David Roberts

American people are deeply confused about how to reduce their impact, even if they wanted to. I cringe every time I see someone on TV going on about unplugging power strips.

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2012: A Time of Change?

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Global, Social Change, First 30 Days, Ariane De Bonvoisin, 2012, Mayans, Mayan Calendar, Living News
Ariane de Bonvoisin

Is 2012 the end of the world? No. It may be the end of one type of world we have been living in.

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The Progressive Magazine Needs Our Help

Paul Loeb | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Progressive, Alternative Media, Social Change, Magazines, Robert La Follette, Politics News
Paul Loeb

The Progressive may not be able to continue without our help. I'm chipping in and hope my fellow HuffPo readers will too.

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Remembering Woodstock: A 13-year-old's Experience Still Resonates Today

Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dave Marsh, Politics, Social Change, Woodstock, Music, Joan Baez, Pete Fornatale, Abbie Hoffman, Taking Woodstock, Entertainment News
Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin

What I remember about Woodstock was that even though I was essentially alone -- dressed only in a tee-shirt and a pair of jeans with a few dollars in my pocket -- I never once felt afraid.

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Archbishop Tutu's Dream for the Future

Michelle Cote | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Purpose Project, Leadership, Social Justice, Civic Participation, Social Change, Civic Engagement, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Desmond Tutu, Youth Activism, Civic Generation, Generation Gap, Living News
Michelle Cote

"I'm comiiiiinggg!" Tutu sings out from the adjacent room, the words rolling off his tongue in a playfully high-pitched refrain, before he comes wheeling and teetering -- all 5'2" of him -- around the corner of his suite at the Atlanta Grand Hyatt.

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Connected Activism Challenges Code Orange

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Blackberry, Womens Rights, Persian Gulf, Social Change, Right to Vote, Kuwait, Allison Fine, Voting, World News
Rochelle Lefkowitz

Privately, often beneath their burkas, Kuwaiti women used their blackberries and cellphones to text and email, urging legislators to vote for full women's suffrage.

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A Movement Is Growing: A Look Back at the Last Year in Green(er) Food

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, Paula Crossfield, Michael Pollan, Severine-Von-Tcharner-Fleming, Social Change, Anna Lappe, Sam Fromartz, Food Politics, Gwen Schantz, Annie Meyer, Jill Richardson, Kerry Trueman, Joan Dye Gussow, Kim O'Donnel, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

It's been a big year for the food movement.

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The Real Crisis? We Stopped Being Wise

TEDTalks | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Change, Philosophy, Culture, Politics, Society, Global Issues, Busines, Ted, Tedtalks, Living News
TEDTalks

Barry Schwartz argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.

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Moving from 'Yes, We Can' to Yes We Are!

Michelle Cote | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama Day of Service, Community Service, Social Change, Obama Change, National Service, MLK Day of Service, Helping the Needy, Service Initiative, Charity, Helping Others, Community, Obama Service, Mlk Day Service Day, King Day of Service, Barack Obama, Giving Back to the Community, Helping the Poor, Volunteering, Service, Giving Back, Community Organizing, Donations, Lending a Hand, Living News
Michelle Cote

After this week's celebrations end, we will have to follow Dr. King's example and reinvest our energy and optimism into efforts whose benefits many not be fully seen for many years to come.

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Why Evidence is Essential in Defining the Missions of Non-Profits

Paul Brest | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Social Change, Smart Philanthropy, Non-Profit Foundations, Sean Stannard-Stockton, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Grants, Donations, Charity, Obama Stimulus Plan, Foundations, KIPP Charter Schools, Funding Non-Profits, Tactical Philanthropy, Business News, Strategic Philanthropy, Giving, Economy, Business News
Paul Brest

I believe that a great nonprofit organization is ultimately only as good as its theory of change. There is considerable knowledge about what works and what doesn't work in particular contexts.

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Every Monday Matters: "They Missed... By One House"

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Volunteer, Get Involved, You Matter, You Can Make a Difference, Social Change, Make a Difference, Every Monday Matters, Los Angeles Burglary, Burglaries, Los Angeles Neighborhood, Los Angeles, Neighborliness, Home Burglary, Crime Statistics, Home Burglaries, Neighborhood Watch, Living News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

A safe neighborhood is created when the people who live in it look out for one another and their property. Let's make it more difficult for burglars to do their job.

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Growling and Kicking for Social Change

Gara LaMarche | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Change, Obama Change, Barack Obama, Community Activism, Woodrow Wilson, Politics News
Gara LaMarche

We need to not only tap the power, the knowledge, the wisdom of age; we need to do that in a way that works for older adults across all economic, social, racial and ethnic lines.

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Does Obama Play Video Games?

Suzanne Seggerman | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Social Change, Activism, Obama, Sasha and Malia Obama, Obama Family, Video Games, Social Issues, Civil Rights, Living News
Suzanne Seggerman

Games let players interact with a story, rather than passively consume it. This keeps them engaged.

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Howard Zinn Will Vote For Obama But Says Direct Action is Needed

The Real News | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosure, John McCain, Social Change, America, Howard Zinn, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama Hope, Obama Change, Voter Turnout, Political Issues, The Real News, Social Issues, Campaign Promises, Politics News
The Real News

"Obama will not fulfill that potential for change unless he is enveloped by a social movement, which is angry enough, powerful enough, [and] insistent enough"

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