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1 Nonprofits get creative using Twitter and Facebook to make donation easier Local News
Despite the lingering economic woes that most Americans are still feeling, only one in five plans to reduce donations to charity this holiday season, the American Red Cross found in a new survey. More Americans will cut back on travel, decorations, parties and gifts.
11/21/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 Tweeting for $10: new appeals for holiday giving in tough times Local News
Despite the lingering economic woes that most Americans are still feeling, only one in five plans to reduce donations to charity this holiday season, the American Red Cross found in a new survey. More Americans will cut back on travel, decorations, parties and gifts.
11/20/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 Bill introduced to curb mineral trade that fuels war and rape Local News
You've heard of blood diamonds. Now mobile phones and other technology products are being targeted for containing minerals sold by armed groups engaged in war and rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A House bill introduced today by Rep.
11/19/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 Defending science: the disease of denialism Local News
Fear is as infectious as any virus, and gives many Americans a warped view of the dangers posed by vaccines, genetically engineered crops and other beneficial technologies, New Yorker writer Michael Specter said in Seattle Tuesday.
11/18/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 Visualize Seattle's global health connections Local News
Seattle's global health experts are busy in laboratories and in the field, working on problems such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. So busy, in fact, that they don't always know about work being done down the street.
11/18/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 Mapping state's role in global health Health and Family
Seattle's global health experts are busy in laboratories and in the field working on problems such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. So busy, in fact, that they don't always know about work being done down the street. Now a new study being unveiled today attempts to bridge the information gap.
11/18/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 Pioneering social entrepreneur pays a visit to Seattle Local News
Social entrepreneurship has caught on in Seattle in a big way. It takes two of the region's strengths -- its entrepreneurial streak and its humanitarian drive -- and forges interesting new hybrids. Think FareStart, VillageReach and many other examples.
11/17/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 Microsoft alumni find productive niche in non-profits Local News
Microsoft alumni have been a generous bunch. They've started at least 150 non-profits and given millions, if not billions, to causes from global health to education to equal rights.
11/16/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 Bill and Melinda Gates grant $350 million toward foundation campus Local News
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's new 900,000-square-foot headquarters, comprised initially of two six-story, boomerang-shaped buildings on 12 acres near the Seattle Center, is scheduled to be finished in April 2011 at an estimated cost of $500 million.
11/13/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
10 Veterans Day activities draw attention to service Local News
Community service helps veterans make an easier transition home, but the new generation of veterans is underutilized in their own communities, a report released today by Civic Enterprises found. The report is based on the first nationally representative survey of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
11/11/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
11 Former Gates Foundation exec Raj Shah to head USAID Local News
The Obama administration has found yet another job for Rajiv Shah, the former Gates Foundation executive who has spent the past five months at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
11/10/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
12 When small business pays the price for big bank mistakes Local News
In the current jobless recovery, people are running out of unemployment benefits before they find job openings. Some may look to starting a small business of their own, but who would loan them money without a track record? Certainly not banks.
11/6/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
13 Land-rights group RDI gets $9 million from Omidyar Network Local News
The Rural Development Institute said today it received the largest grant in its history -- $9 million over three years -- from the Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment group started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam.
11/5/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
14 More on crowdsourcing: ideas for philanthropy and development Local News
One is a project by Global Washington called Blueprint for Action, which asks the public to help set priorities for development by posting their ideas and solutions.
11/4/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
15 Ballots have been cast, but jabbing continues in port races Politics
Vying for one of three open seats on the Port of Seattle Commission, biofuels salesman Rob Holland was exuberant tonight as he celebrated with supporters at the Westin in Seattle. Early returns showed him defeating commercial real-estate broker David Doud .
11/3/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
16 Holland, Albro leading Port of Seattle Commission races Politics
In the race for three open seats on the Port of Seattle Commission, biofuels salesman Rob Holland was defeating commercial real-estate broker David Doud in the race for Position 3 by 55 percent to 45 percent.
11/3/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
17 Lancet editor calls on UW to provoke the powerful Local News
Lancet editor Dr. Richard Horton joked that his lecture at the University of Washington Monday night would be "metrics-free," but the outspoken Brit couldn't help making the case for better data to guide global health and development programs.
11/3/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
18 Seattle Foundation CEO Norm Rice starts to make his mark Local News
Norm Rice has only been on the job at the Seattle Foundation since July, but he aims to broaden the foundation's base from hundreds of wealthy donors to more than a million people in King County. "Everybody can give, whether it's $5 or $5 million," he said.
11/3/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
19 African Union ambassador calls for new approach to trade and aid Local News
Amina S. Ali, African Union ambassador to the United States, made her first visit to Seattle this week, seeking to build bridges with Washington state institutions, which she says are playing a more important role in African business and development.
10/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
20 Gates Foundation grants to aid Washington state Local News
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving out $4 million in grants to help community foundations, libraries and legal aid services in Washington cope with the effects of recession.
10/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results