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Remembering 9/11 for Our Future Generations

September 11, 2009

What were you doing during September 11, 2001?  I was in Hawaii, attending college.  My roommates woke up me at 4:30am with loud TV news sound.  I came out and saw a headline on Fox News that said “America Under Attack”!  I could not believe that was happening live.  Who would have thought of that [...]

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The Moment We’re Living Through

July 3, 2009

TED  Talk by Slay Shiky How Social Media Can Make History:
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
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Inspiring Talk: You Are the Future of Philanthropy

June 27, 2009

One of my favorite websites I visit every week is TED.com I am surprised to find that the most people I meet never heard of this inspiring website.
Among the most important talks presented, I really liked what Katherine Fulton said.  What can we learn from this presentation and what can we do for Mesa and [...]

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