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Ashoka
 
Website for this global association of social entrepreneurs "with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems." Provides publications on social entrepreneurship, videos of speeches by Ashoka fellows, and information about the organization's projects, philosophy, and impact.
http://www.ashoka.org/
Topics: Social Issues
Last updated Nov 21, 2008
BNA's Web Watch Reading Room
"Here you will find links to government, industry, and academic resources on selected topics" in politics, law, health and science, and social issues. Sample focuses include the alternative minimum tax, aviation security, data mining, fuel cells, global warming, nanotechnology, pipeline safety, and Social Security. From librarian Laura Gordon-Murnane of the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), a "publisher of information and analysis products for professionals in law, tax, business, and government."
http://www.bna.com/webwatch/
Topics: Politics, Social Issues
Last updated Dec 18, 2006
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Audio Archive
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987." This project "make[s] accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI." Participants include Upton Sinclair, Milton Friedman, Mortimer Adler, Cesar Chavez, and Aldous Huxley. From the Department of Special Collections, Donald C. Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/digital/csdi/
Topics: California: Education, Politics, Social Issues
Last updated Nov 25, 2008
International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
This website provides material about members of an international network "of organizations and individuals dedicated to teaching and learning how historic sites and museums can inspire social consciousness and action." Includes an interactive map of locations, such as the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York, the Gulag Museum in Russia, and the District Six Museum in South Africa. Also browsable by social issues (such as genocide and racism). Available in several languages.
http://www.sitesofconscience.org
Topics: History, Social Issues
Last updated May 4, 2006
The Pew Charitable Trusts
This research, polling, and public policy organization investigates issues in "culture, education, the environment, health and human services, public policy and religion addressing critical issues and effecting social change." The "What Americans Think" section provides recent poll results and analyses. Searchable.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/
Topics: Activism, Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Social Issues
Last updated Nov 30, 2007
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