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By Reid on 16 March 2010
I stumbled upon this great trailer for a documentary about indie folk pop band Blind Pilot this morning, and was utterly delighted. I popped over to itunes and grabbed their latest record without listening to a single preview, and after my third full listen in two days I’m happy to say it’s wonderful. They went on [...]
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Today is Universal Human Rights Day. I’ve discovered a world of fantastic videos highlighting and promoting this. Is your organization doing the same?
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UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ANIMATION
“Experience universal human rights the animated way with this latest moving creation by Eallin Animation from the Czech Republic and Art for Amnesty.”
Link: protectthehuman.org
By Reid on 09 December 2009
Anywhere from 50,000 to 400,000 refugees have fled North Korea to neighboring countries despite risking torture and execution if caught. Issues such as famine, a lack of fundamental freedoms, and a fear of political imprisonment incite North Koreans to escape. Reaching China does not, however, guarantee their safety—China repatriates all North Koreans who [...]
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 [...]
By Reid on 25 November 2009
I was talking to a friend the other day about how goofy the standards testing for kids in school is. I’ll try not to beat that horse too much here. I’m all for having formalized evaluation of performance. It’s good to know what you’re doing right and what you’re doing wrong. BUT it’s how you [...]
By reid on 20 November 2008
Check out this crazy awesome video of some kids doing spoken word. Normally I'm iffy on teen poetry. Ok truth? I'm always iffy on teen poetry - but this stuff is pretty great.
By reid on 20 November 2008
So thanks to my brilliant mom - I've been hip to microfinance and following it's growth for the last 10 years. The Grameen Bank is certainly brilliant - but Kiva is paving the way for the future of development finance.
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