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  • TRUST Arizona Makes Favorite Climate Video List

    May 4, 2012 - Tck Tck Tck

    TRUST Arizona, one in the series of videos on young people fighting climate change in the U.S. makes the favorite climate change videos on the global campaigning website TckTckTck.

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  • ObscuraCam Covered in The New York Times

    The "ArtsBeat" blog details activities by the collective Activist Archivists to build capacity in the Occupy Wall Street movement and train activists to use ObscuraCam.

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  • NASDAQ Highlights iMatter Campaign (Again!) and Jaime Lynn Butler's Story

    April 30, 2012 - NASDAQ
  • As Police Departments Prepare for May Day, Tips on Being a Good Citizen Journalist

    April 30, 2012 - AlterNet

    AlterNet features our "How to Film Protests" video series with tips relevant to Occupy Wall Street protesters, activists in Syria and beyond.

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  • Jaime Lynn Butler’s Struggle to Protect the Environment

    April 29, 2012 - FatCat Video

    FatCat Video profiles the Arizona youth plaintiff in the Atmospheric Trust Litigation, part of the iMatter Campaign.

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  • Amazing Teen Fighting Climate Change in Iowa

    April 26, 2012 - Care2

    Care2 covers Glori dei Filippone's story as part of the iMatter campaign.

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  • Do You Need to See it to Believe It?

    April 25, 2012 - Crag Law Center Blog

    The Crag Law Center features a blog on 13-year-old Glori dei Filippone, the youth plaintiff from Iowa and subject of the fourth TRUST iMatter campaign video.

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  • Buddhist Monk From Cambodia Finalist For Prestigious Human Rights Award

    April 24, 2012 - Free for All blog

    Radio Free Asia's blog covers the announcement of the Venerable Sovath's nomination for the Martin Ennals for Human Rights Defenders.

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  • Fueled Blog Covers Alpha Video Release for ObscuraCam Mobile App

    April 13, 2012 - Fueled

    The Latest ObscuraCam Upgrade: v2 ALPHA Video Support is heralded by some as the future of smartphone security apps, gets protesters more than prepared for action, especially with its new video support feature.

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  • Bukeni Waruzi Discusses Reparations for Child Soldiers in the DRC

    April 10, 2012 - IRIN Africa

    On the heels of the guilty verdict of Thomas Lubanga, the discussion has turned to what, if any, reparations his victims can expect or hope for. The story was also distributed via AllAfrica.com.

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2004 - 2008 Social Capitalist Award

 
Fast Company named WITNESS one of 45 recipients of a Social Capitalist Award for five straight years....

2007 National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Humanitarian Award

 
The National Television Academy awarded its first-ever Humanitarian Award to WITNESS for its use of...

2007 New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Award

 
The New York Times recognized WITNESS with its Excellence in Communication Award for its use of open...

2007 American Express Building Leadership Award

 
The American Express Building Leadership Award seeks non-profit organizations that place emphasis on...

2007 One World Media Award

 
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2006 Webby Award Official Honoree

 
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2005 Schwab Social Entrepreneur

 
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2003 Tech Museum Equality Award

 
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2011 SIPA Global Leadership Award

 
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