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Special #LatinosGive campaign spearheads help to over 50 nonprofits on both sides of the border

Nov 28, 2017, 10:18 AM 0

GritoBlast! Cyberspace is celebrating #GivingTuesday but Latinos are creating our own fiesta-in-giving with #LatinosGive. To help support those nonprofits keeping our most vulnerable communities afloat, Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) is providing $10,000 in matching funds to double the impact…

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Crowdfunder: Bringing diverse voices into 2016 election convo via their social media feeds

Jul 8, 2016, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — 2016 is already the most multilingual presidential election season in US history. From jokes about Trump’s taco bowls to tweets about Sanders’ use of Arabic, some of the most compelling online conversations about US Election 2016 are happening…

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Crowdfunder: Racing against “TIME” to save global biodiversity

Jul 9, 2015, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: This is My Earth A group of environmentalists, scientists and leaders from various countries and continents around the world have spent their lives working to protect nature and the environment on the planet. They are deeply…

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Crowdfunder: Teaching Film To Kids In Africa, Asia & Latin America

Jun 29, 2015, 11:54 AM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Teach Film To Kids In Africa, Asia & Latin America Think of it as PeaceCorps for filmmakers. The nonprofit Filmmakers Without Borders (FWB) sends filmmakers and media educators overseas to teach filmmaking and media literacy to…

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Crowdfunder: Helping Haitian families crowdfund new homes via special online platform

Jun 1, 2015, 9:48 AM 0

LatinaLista — Five years after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, people are still trying to rebuild their lives – and their homes. It has become apparent that if the poorest Haitians are to ever see a roof over their…

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Equity crowdfunding takes donating to whole new level for Latinos

Sep 2, 2014, 4:22 PM 0

LatinaLista — When crowdfunding first arrived in cyberspace about eight years ago, most people saw it as another incarnation of the popular “Pay It Forward” movement. Ordinary people pledging their own money to help out an entrepreneur, assist in…

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Crowdfunding Campaign: Creating a Wikipedia for plant-growing advice

Aug 28, 2014, 2:06 PM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Creating a Wikipedia for plant growing advice OpenFarm is a free and open database for farming and gardening knowledge. Similar to Wikipedia, the data is free for everyone to access and anyone can contribute content. Because…

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Today’s Crowdfunding Campaign: Power in Numbers

Aug 1, 2014, 2:31 PM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Power in Numbers Mike Keller and Mike Ward are using their considerable experience as board members of charitable organizations, combined with their expertise as marketing and advertising professionals, to bring together the worlds of online gaming,…

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Today’s Crowdfunding Campaign: NextGenElect – Crowdsourcing a Revolution in American Politics

Jul 18, 2014, 8:11 AM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: NextGenElect – Crowdsourcing a Revolution in American Politics Everyone knows that special interests have far too much influence over lawmakers. Since those elected in a corrupted system are unlikely to reform themselves, the question becomes what…

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DREAMer deportee on track to accomplish new dreams with crowdfunding help

Aug 23, 2013, 10:50 AM 0

By Nancy Landa Mundo Citizen On August 5, I launched a fundraising effort which I named Dreams Without Borders. It is about a dream that had been buried along with many other aspirations for some time. After graduating from…