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Solar power nonprofit goes digital to bring installation instruction to underserved communities

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In 2019, Remote Energy traveled to Kenya to train women in solar photovoltaic installation in partnership with a nonprofit called Women in Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship, which works with women in Eastern Africa. Their nonprofit, Tacoma, Wash.-based The state also requires that installers earn an electrician’s license.

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Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

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Sightline Institute Photo used under Creative Commons License ) As the Seattle area’s housing crisis continues, Housing Connector is trying to level the playing field for the region’s most vulnerable renters. It works with partners to provide conflict mitigation, behavioral support and other social services for renters.

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ICE just signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry ). However, the ICE contract would appear to comply with Clearview’s earlier pledge.

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Paul G. Allen Family Foundation giving $1.4M in COVID-19 relief aimed at underserved communities

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We cannot overlook communities that are disproportionately burdened by the economic and social impacts of this pandemic,” Jody Allen, chair of the Allen Family Foundation, said in a news release. The following nonprofits received immediate support: Na’ah? Pride Foundation ?

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Salesforce chief Marc Benioff and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke invest in reforestation startup DroneSeed

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Competitive edge: DroneSeed, which was part of the 2016 Techstars Seattle cohort, is reportedly the only company that has an FAA license to use a fleet of heavy-lift drones for post-fire reforestation. timber companies, nonprofits, government agencies and family-owned forests. DroneSeed previously raised $7.4 DroneSeed Photo).

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Q&A with Fred Hutch’s new chief data officer on building a data ecosystem at an institutional scale

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You want to be very careful to maintain the trust of the nonprofit enterprise, while at the same time finding ways to get the best of the private infrastructure to bring to bear on collaborating to build better solutions for patients. It’s a tricky thing to navigate.

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Meet 6 women of color-led startups that pitched their businesses in Seattle

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based nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs with a focus on women and minority founders. The company aims to scale through a digital course and by licensing its intellectual property, Pham said. (GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) Open up your networks. Reetu Gupta.

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