Monthly Archives:: September 2010

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Celebrating Social Media for #SocialGood We want to bring to your attention a great opportunity to get together and talk about how Social Media can be used for Social Good. Mashable and (RED), an organization working to eliminate AIDS in Africa, are teaming together to celebrate Social Good Day on Thursday, September 23rd and are… Read more »

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Christy Shockley went to Ethiopia for 2 weeks with Mocha Club. Here are her thoughts and reflections on how this experience affected her life. —– I’m continually struck by the parallels between the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem and the Street Boys in Ambo, Ethiopia.  When Nehemiah saw the ruined Temple in Jerusalem he,… Read more »

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Former Mocha Club intern Travis Batista went on our two week trip to Ethiopia in August 2010. Here are his thoughts on the children he has supported for over three years. —– I can’t believe these last 3 years. It was just over 3 years ago when I signed up to support Mocha Club at… Read more »

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Patricia Szafranski was a member of the month-long team that went to Ethiopia in July/August 2010. Here is her reflection on that time. —– Today I found my heart in a faraway place. Today I learned what it means to have nothing yet have everything. Today I became friends with angels. Today they made me… Read more »

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By Jerry Fowler, president, Save Darfur Coalition; Haggag Nayel, secretary general, Arab Coalition for Darfur; and Dismas Nkunda, co-chair, Darfur Consortium While President Barack Obama will speak to a number of pressing global issues when he addresses the U.N. General Assembly tomorrow, one topic he cannot neglect is Sudan. The President should seize the opportunity… Read more »

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