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The Action Center to End World Hunger
The Action Center to End World Hunger uses hunger as an organizing symbol of poverty, helping to explain and illustrate the challenges that lay behind it, such as poor agricultural practices, inefficient markets, weak health and education services, environmental degradation, conflict, and lack of access to clean water. By identifying and highlighting these underlying issues, the Action Center seeks to generate the public will necessary to end hunger in our lifetimes.
America Abroad Media
Founded in 2002 by Dr. Aaron Lobel, AAM is dedicated to independent journalism that is dedicated to the free exchange, informed debate, and critical analysis of ideas. AAM harnesses the power of media to inform America and the world about the critical international issues of our time. AAM believes in the marketplace of ideas--that journalism in its highest (and truest) form strives to provide citizens with information that will better their understanding of their world and themselves.
BAM
BAM is America's oldest continuously operating performing arts center, founded in 1861. They present or produce up to 220 stage performances each year, many of international origin.
BayBridge360
BayBridge360 is one more step towards increased government transperancy. The site offers Bay Area residents updates and videos showcasing different engineering and construction aspects on the Bay Bridge.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Gates Foundation was created in 2000 with the core belief that every human life has equal worth. The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. It is also the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world.
Breaking The Addiction
Breaking the Addiction is a campaigned focused on drawing attention to our nation's growing oil addiction, which has serious consequences such as higher temperatures, melting glaciers, more violent storms and $4 a gallon gasoline to name just a few. The campaign seeks to instigate change with a call to action.
British Heart Foundation - Annual Review 2008
The BHF plays a leading role in the fight against disease of the heart and circulation so that it is no longer a major cause of disability and premature death. It is the largest funder of research into heart disease in the UK. Currently, they fund 26 professors and over 1200 research projects.
C-SPAN Debate Hub
C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. Their mission is to provide public access to the political process. Debate Hub is a social destination for the American public during the four presidential and vice-presidential debates that led up to last year's election. The site allows users to follow the debate in near-real-time on their gadgets and simultaneously see how the Web is reacting to it.
Cape Fear to Down Here
The Carolina Photojournalism Workshop was founded in 2004. Each year a small group of multimedia students travel to a different part of the state to produce a documentary Web site in a week. The stories students produce are historical snapshots, which examine treasured North Carolina cultures and traditions that are often in flux.
Causecast - One stop philanthropy shop
Causecast, dubbed "a one stop philanthropy shop" by TechCrunch, is a platform where media, philanthropy, social networking, entertainment and education converge to serve a greater purpose. People want to do good, want to be inspired, and want to inspire others to join them in giving back. Causecast makes this easy by providing users with means to CONNECT with people, leaders, charities, nonprofit organizations, and brands that inspire them.
charity: water
BornInSeptember.org is a campaign run by charity: water in celebration of the organization's second birthday. The campaign asked everyone born in the month of September to give up birthday presents and ask for donations instead. 100% of the money raised was used to fund freshwater projects in Ethiopia. The campaign raised $1+ million, funding over 200 water projects in communities in need. This provided 500,000+ people with safe, clean drinking water.
Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950 to Today
This exhbition takes as its point of departure the commercial color chart, an item that openly declares the status of color as mass-produced and standardized. It features the work of forty-four artists who take a position in which art and life mingle rather than remain separate, and where beauty is found in the everyday rather than in the ideal.
Design and the Elastic Mind
Design and the Elastic Mind explores the reciprocal relationship between science and design in the contemporary world by bringing together design objects and concepts that marry the most advanced scientific research with attentive consideration of human limitations, habits, and aspirations. The exhibition highlights designers' ability to grasp momentous changes in technology, science, and history--changes that demand or reflect major adjustments in human behavior--and translate them into objects that people can actually understand and use. This Web site presents over three hundred of these works, including fifty projects that are not featured in the gallery exhibition.
DoSomething.org
Do Something believes that teenagers have the power to make a difference. It is their aim to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of doers: people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action. At DoSomething.org, they provide the tools and resources for teens to convert their ideas and energy into positive action and become part of a generation of doers.
Dreamgrove: webpage and interactive garden
Dreamgrove is a place accessible from two portals: a webpage and a garden. It contains an archive of dreams. At www.dreamgrove.org, you are invited to write your dreams -- what you saw in your sleep -- and plant them in a public, virtual field: there you can also read others' dreams. The garden features a soundscape of these dreams: you can hear them through the trees.
Edutopia.org
The George Lucas Education Foundation was created to address the issue of the extraordinary advancements in how we interact with each other and the world. They strive to create place where kids and parents, teachers and administrators, policy makers and the people they serve, all are empowered to change education for the better. Edutopia provides not just the vision for this new world of learning but also the leading-edge interactive tools and resources to help make it a reality.
FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Their goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
FAIL Blog
In the spirit of LOLCats, FAIL Blog offers another opportunity to waste time (and share LOLZ) on the Internet with Fail, Owned and Pwn moments in pictures and videos.
FRONTLINE/World iWitness
Developed by FRONTLINE producers in conjunction with public television stations KQED San Francisco and WGBH Boston, FRONTLINE/World is a national public TV series that turns its lens on the global community, covering countries and cultures rarely seen on American television. iWitness is a new series which airs on the web showing how new technologies are used to connect people from around the globe and help them report events often missed by mainstream media.
GovernmentDocs.org -- Community Government Document Review System
GovernmentDocs.org was created to advance the values of open and accountable government. This site gives the public an unprecedented level of access to government documents by allowing users to browse, search, and review hundreds of thousands of pages acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other public disclosure, or "sunshine," laws.With the GovernmentDocs.org system, citizen reviewers can engage in the government accountability process like never before.
Guggenheim Museum
An internationally renowned art museum and one of the most significant architectural icons of the 20th century, the Guggenheim Museum is at once a vital cultural center, an educational institution, and the heart of an international network of museums. Visitors can experience special exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, lectures by artists and critics, performances and film screenings, classes for teens and adults, and daily tours of the galleries led by experienced docents. Founded on a collection of early modern masterpieces, the Guggenheim Museum today is an ever-growing institution devoted to the art of the 20th century and beyond.
Immigration Advocates Network
The Immigration Advocates Network is a free national online legal advocates working on behalf of immigrants' rights.
Intended Consequences
During the 1994 genocide, Rwandan women were subjected to massive sexual violence, perpetrated by members of the infamous Hutu militia groups known as the Interahamwe. Among the survivors, those who are most isolated are the women who have borne children as a result of being raped. Their families have rejected both them and their children, compounding their already unimaginable emotional distress. Intended Consequences chronicles the lives of these women. Their narratives are embodied in portrait photographs, interviews and oral reflections.
International Quilt Study Center Explorer
Using this interactive site by the International Quilt Study Center, explore the largest public collection of quilts in the world. Search quilts by categories such as date, pattern, and region. Add quilts to your own collection and create threads -- curated qult sets that you can comment or publish to an online gallery. As the center's collection grows, new quilts are added to the Explorer.
International Women's Media Foundation
Founded in 1990, the International Women's Media Foundation is a vibrant global network dedicated to strengthening the role of women in the news media worldwide as a means to further freedom of the press.
JacksonPollock.org
In the spirit of the influential American painter, this site lets users create their own abstract expressionist pieces with just the click of a mouse.
JURIST
JURIST is a Web-based legal news and real-time legal research service powered by a mostly-volunteer team of over 30 part-time law student reporters, editors and Web developers led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. JURIST is produced as a public service for the continuing legal education of its readers and law student staffers, and uses the latest Internet technology to track important legal news stories and materials and present them rapidly, objectively and intelligibly in an accessible, ad-free format.
Kenya: Sweet Home Obama
Developed by FRONTLINE producers in conjunction with public television stations KQED San Francisco and WGBH Boston, FRONTLINE/World is a national public TV series that turns its lens on the global community, covering countries and cultures rarely seen on American television. "Sweet Home Obama" looks at Kenyans' hopes and expectations of Obama -- rooted in the belief that if he becomes president, he will alleviate the country's problems.
Koca
Founded in 1958, AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives. This video tells the story of a retired Navy officer who reinvents his life by dedicating himself to helping homeless teens.
MiniMovies
Media has changed a lot over the years. Youtube and online channels now provide the world with many outlets. These new forms of media forced us into thinking about new forms of distribution as well. Hence, the MiniMovies and the online system of getting them out there. A MiniMovie is an episodic documentary consisting of a series of 8 to 10 episodes of 3 to 7 minutes each. Put together, the episodes form a self-contained story.
Mission Loc@l
Mission Loc@l, a project of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California-Berkeley, is a community news site designed to enrich coverage of San Francisco's Mission District.
Mobile News Network Powered by the Associated Press
The Associated Press is the backbone of the world's information system serving thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television and online customers with coverage in all media and news in all formats. It is the largest and oldest news organization in the world, serving as a source of news, photos, graphics, audio, video and now mobile.
The Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, one of the largest science museums in the world, is home to more than 35,000 artifacts and nearly 14 acres of hands-on exhibits designed to spark scientific inquiry and creativity. Even bigger than their mission is their vision, which is to inspire and motivate children to achieve their full potential in the fields of science, technology, engineering and medicine. In addition to fun and interactive exhibits, the Museum's Center for the Advancement of Science Education is continually developing and facilitating student learning labs, after-school science clubs, teen volunteer programs, teacher development classes and community outreach.
The Nature Conservancy: Protecting Nature, Preserving Life
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. Since their founding in 1951, they've protected more than 119 million acres of land and 5000 miles of rivers worldwide. They also operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.
The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936
In this video introduction to The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936, American Jewish athlete Marty Glickman, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Director Sara J. Bloomfield, exhibition curator Susan Bachrach, and German Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann reflect and remember the 1936 Olympic Games as more than history.
Netsafe NetBasics
Founded in 1998, Netsafe provides cybersafety education for all New Zealanders -- children, parents, schools, community organizations and businesses. It has been designated as the Ministry of Education's "agent of choice" for cybersafety education in New Zealand. Netbasics identify different risks and issues that home computer users commonly face and have created an animated story to demonstrate each aspect.
Now Playing
The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau is charged with marketing Austin nationally and internationally as a premier business and leisure destination, thus enriching the community's overall quality of life. ACVB seeks to support and contribute to the enrichment of Austin's cultural, arts, historic, recreational, educational, business and entertainment communities, as well as gain national and international media exposure for Austin's myriad attractions, unique features, lifestyle, history, local personalities and natural environment.
NPR iPhone Site
The NPR iPhone site is National Public Radio for your iPhone including features such as: progressive download audio of world, national and business news; NPR's Story of the Day, World Story of the Day and Business Story of the Day; site design optimized for the WebKit Platform and local news from NPR stations in over 50 markets nationwide.
NPR Music
NPR Music presents the best public radio music programming from NPR shows and public radio stations across the country. Discover new and overlooked music in many genres through live streams, listening lists, interviews, reviews, podcasts and blogs, all with the high quality reporting and curation that are the hallmarks of public radio. Listen to it all for free, on demand. Thousands of songs and years of archival programming make NPR Music a rich destination for finding out about today's most exciting artists and learning about historical greats.
NPR Podcasts
NPR podcasts popular programs such as Car Talk, Fresh Air from WHYY, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! and All Songs Considered; thematic aggregations such as Books or Science; and podcast-original offerings including It's All Politics, Planet Money (led the iTunes 'Top 100' list barely one month after launching), and NPR Playback (a 25-years-ago-this month trip through the NPR radio archives).
NPR.org
NPR.org is National Public Radio online. Each day, dozens of NPR news, entertainment, and talk program such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!. Current and archived stories feature additional text, visual, or multimedia assets, extending the NPR craft of radio storytelling fully into the digital space. NPR.org includes a growing body of journalism and programming from local NPR stations nationwide.
The Official Website of the 2008 US Open
The US Open tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, held annually in August and September over a two-week period. This site offers information about scheduling, tickets, news, and sponsorships as well as videos, pictures and updates from the tournament.
OpenSecrets.org
The Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the organization aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry and a more responsive government. OpenSecrets.org is the most comprehensive resource for campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis available anywhere. And for other organizations and news media, CRP's exclusive data powers their online features tracking money in politics--counting cash to make change.
Outward Bound National Website
Outward Bound is a non-profit educational organization that serves people of all ages and backgrounds through active learning expeditions that inspire character development, self-discovery and service both in and out of the classroom. Outward Bound delivers wilderness-based programs to participants across the country and focuses its outreach on underserved youth. Customized courses provide curricula developed for struggling teens, groups with specific health, social or educational needs and business and professional organizations.
P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
P.O.V. is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. P.O.V. premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, P.O.V. has presented over 225 films to public television audiences across the country. P.O.V. films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
Pangea Day
In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it's easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that--to help people see themselves in others--through the power of film. The first-ever Pangea Day took place on May 10, 2008. Locations in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro were linked for a live program of powerful films, live music, and visionary speakers. The entire event was broadcast--in seven languages--to millions via the internet, television, and mobile phones.
Pilobolus Website
Pilobolus began in 1971 as an outsider dance company, and quickly became renowned the world over for its imaginative and athletic exploration of creative collaboration. Nearly 40 years later, it has evolved into a pioneering American cultural institution of the 21st century. The company now revolves around three nuclei of activity: Pilobolus Dance Theatre, the Pilobolus Insitute, and Pilobolus Creative Services.
Project Song
Project Song, an online video documentary series from NPR Music's All Songs Considered, explores and celebrates the song writing process and introduces original music crafted by today's most exciting artists.
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Since its debut in 1997, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY has set itself apart from the mainstream media by providing distinctive, cutting-edge news coverage and analysis of national and international events in the ever-changing religious world. The Web site features individual show transcripts, streaming video of weekly reports, full transcripts of interviews with notable guests, related articles dealing with significant issues in religion and ethics news, a list of related resources and an online pressroom featuring downloadable versions of the program press kit and quarterly newsletter, as well as detailed summaries of individual stories. Audio and video podcasts of the program are also available.
SF Moma new website design
SFMOMA is a nonprofit organization of 397 individuals dedicated to the idea that art and museums can transform lives. By embracing the challenge of the new and unexpected, they hope to encourage fresh ways of seeing, thinking, and engaging with the world. In 1995 SFMOMA was one of the first museums to launch an institutional website. Since then they have developed a longstanding reputation for leadership in the online arena, both for innovative design sensibility as well as award-winning curatorial and educational programming.
Smarthistory
Smarthistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook. Founders Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker are interested in delivering the narratives of art history using the web's interactivity and capacity for authoring and remixing. The site offers reliable content and a delivery model that is entertaining and occasionally even playful.
Sri Lanka: A Terrorist in the Family
Rough Cut is a regular series of online video reports from around the globe. Launched on June 28, 2005, the series is an expanded opportunity for FRONTLINE/World to develop and present the sort of stories broadcast on the television program. "Rough Cut" positions FRONTLINE/World to lead in the trend toward media convergence, truly integrating broadcast and online content and reaching an audience all over the world. "A Terrorist in the Family" takes a look inside the life of a female suicide bomber.
Take Care Down There
TakeCareDownThere.org is a project by Planned Parenthood that encourages reproductive and sexual health and offers 'the ins and outs of the ins and outs" with videos, games, quizzes, and more.
Tate Kids
Tate's mission is to increase public knowledge, understanding and appreciation of British art from the sixteenth century to the present day and of international modern and contemporary art. Tate Kids has created a kid-friendly interactive space with games, films, and DIY craft instructions.
Tourisme Montreal
Tourisme Montreal is a private, non-profit organization, founded in 1919. Its mission is to assume leadership of the collective effort to promote and position Montreal as a premier destination for business and leisure travel as well as to create business opportunities for its members and partners. Above all, Tourisme Montreal is committed to ensuring that all visitors to their city receive a warm welcome from all industry stakeholders.
U.S. Green Building Council's 15 Years, 15 Stories
The US Green Building Council is a non-profit dedicated to sustainable building design and construction.. This site breaks down some of the numericla metrics at the core of what they do and offers a look at their unique hybrid model of social entrepreneurship that is helping their notably diverse constituency reach consensus and keep moving forward so that every day delivers immediate and measurable resutls toawrds energy independence, climate change mitigation, affordable green housing, and green jobs.
Uncertain Industry: The Decline of Manufacturing in New York City
New York City was once the capital of American manufacturing. In 1950, the city boasted nearly one million manufacturing jobs. By 2007 that number had dwindled to 100,000. Today, New York's surviving factories face stiff competition from foreign imports, and they have to fight for space against condo developments and businesses ranging from art galleries to clothing stores. What has losing this vital source of jobs meant for New York's economy? These videos profile three longtime manufacturers facing the challenges of doing business in New York City.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, State of Deception
A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum stimulates leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy. A public-private partnership, federal support guarantees the Museum's permanence, and donors nationwide make possible its educational activities and global outreach. The museum's website is the world's leading online authority on the Holocaust and had 15 million visits in 2006 from an average of 100 different countries daily.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
World is Witness, a project of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, bears witness to genocide and related crimes against humanity around the world. Their staff and guest contributors make updates from the field, eyewitness testimony, photographs, interactive maps and more.
The Washington National Cathedral Web Site
The Cathedral is a spiritual resource for our nation: a great and beautiful edifice in the city of Washington, an indispensable ministry for people of all faiths and perspectives, and a sacred place for our country in times of celebration, crisis, and sorrow. Generous friends, members, and donors around the world support their mission.
Why Tuesday?
Why Tuesday? is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization founded in 2005 to find solutions to increase voter turnout and participation in elections. They provide a platform for national dialogue about the current voting system and the need for election reform by bringing attention to the problems with our current voting system and identifying solutions that can directly improve the voting process, increase registration and drive turnout. They aim to amplify the national debate around election reform by highlighting the problems with our voting system and the practical solutions we need.
WomensLaw.org
WomensLaw.org was founded in February 2000 by a group of lawyers, teachers, advocates, and web designers interested in seeing the power of the Internet work for more disadvantaged people and specifically for survivors of domestic violence. The Mission of WomensLaw.org is to provide easy-to-understand legal information and resources to women living with or escaping domestic violence or sexual assault. By reaching out through the Internet, we empower women and girls to lead independent lives, free from abuse. The site publishes state-specific legal information for domestic violence. It also publishes information on getting help in specific communities.
Workplace Fairness
Workplace Fairness is a non-profit organization that provides information, education, and assistance to individual workers and their advocates nationwide and promotes public policies that advance employee rights. Their goals are that workers and their advocates are educated about workplace rights and options for resolving workplace problems and that policymakers, members of the business community, and the public at large view the fair treatment of workers as both good business practice and sound public policy.
