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10 Good Things in 2009

Here’s a great post from CodePink that will hopefully bump everyone’s cynicism down a touch.

Link: 10 Good Things in 2009

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MIT developing clothes for abused women

This is a really interesting article about some design work being done at MIT. Though pretty impracticable at this stage, it’s fascinating to see people taking a radically abstract approach to addressing a problem like domestic abuse. We’re certainly not going to solve a problem like domestic abuse with design and technology – but I encourage this kind of thinking.

Link: MIT developing clothes for abused women - Boston Globe

Global Fund for Women

By Reid on 26 November 2009

The Global Fund for Women is a grant giving operation that gives moeny to women’s organizations around the world. They’ve granted $71 million dollars to 3,800 women’s groups since 1987.  I just read through the bio’s of their board and staff and the depth of their organization is immensely impressive. Their group focuses on a number [...]

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Posted in Globalism, Health, Poverty, Sex + Gender, VIDEO

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The Lab

By reid on 20 November 2008

The Lab is fantastic youth arts and empowerment program being run out St. Paul Public Schools. It’s the brainchild of Mary Tinucci, a school social worker that is changing the way that we think about working with youth. The Lab began as The Poetry Lab, a writing program that Tinucci used to encourage students [...]

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Posted in Featured, Sex + Gender, The Arts, Youth

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