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Don't bemoan a failure when you should be celebrating a success.

Learning how to celebrate your failures.

Join your friends from ZeroDivide(ZD)  tonight, Thursday, Nov. 11th @ 7:30pm for TechBeatup, a balloon-gloves boxing tournament benefiting ZeroDivide.

This Thursday, our very own Director of Technology, Amro “The Madman” Radwan, will square off against Silicon Valley’s toughest geeks at TechBeatUp, a charity event benefiting ZeroDivide.   You can support ZD & Amro by attending the SF event, voting for Amro, and sharing this link with your friends.

This month marks the 5th anniversary of YouTube.  YouTube content
created by ZeroDivide grantee partners have achieved more than two
million upload views, demonstrating that technology and opportunity can give
voice to underserved communities.

Here's a sample from Youth Outlook's YO!TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqw_ISI-Irw

If you are looking for the bright spots, as Chip Heath, author of Switch suggests, a good place to start might be the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit in San Francisco.

Net Grant = The real grant amount after deducting the true overhead cost of applying for and servicing a grant.

eDemocracy tools -- blogs, facebook, twitter and other social media: are most effective when combined with offline "feet on the street" mobilization and engagement of public officials.  Witness a confrontation at NetRoots.

In an NPR"All Things Considered"  interview yesterday, Arturo Vargas, NALEO Executive Director and ZeroDivide Board Chair, explains why undocumented Latinos living in the U.S. should participate in the 2010 Census.

NY Times article on ZD grantee Radio Bilingue, an organization that is integrating traditional (radio) media with online (webcast) content.