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[[image:npc_photo_shoot_cg.jpg align="right"]]The **Nonprofit Commons project (NPC)**, managed by [[http://www.techsoup.org/|TechSoup Global]], is a virtual community of practice for nonprofits to explore the opportunities and benefits of Second Life. You do not have to have an office in the Nonprofit Commons to get involved! This site provides documentation and other helpful information not only for NP Commons tenants, but for any nonprofit that is interested in learning about Second Life.
You can find out more and start getting involved by the following ways to join our community:

* <span class="wiki_link_ext">Visit us in world at one of our four locations: </span>[[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26|Teleport SLURL to NPC Plush]] <span class="wiki_link_ext">[[http://slurl.com/secondlife/aloft%20nonprofit%20commons/100/68/25|NPC Aloft]]</span> [[http://slurl.com/secondlife/ECO%20Commons/5/4/29|NPC EcoCommons]] [[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Health%20Commons/162/128/2|NPC Health Commons]]
* Attend the [[Weekly Meetings|weekly in-world meetings]]
* Subscribe to, read, and comment on the[[http://secondlife.techsoup.org/| NPSL Blog]]
* Join the TechSoup Group in world (in Second Life)
* Join and read about our discussions in our [[http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life|Google Group]]
* [[Tenant Waiting List|Find out]] how to become a tenant in the Nonprofit Commons
* [[Validation- Nonprofits in SL|Learn]] about the Impact of Nonprofits in Second Life
* [[volunteers|Volunteer]]
* [[Community Member Profiles]]
* [[Press Coverage |Press Coverage]]
* [[http://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons#/note.php?note_id=121590166575&ref=mf|NPC Tenants also on Facebook]]
* Summary of #SLCC 2009 via [[http://twitter.com/npsl|twitter (live)]] or [[SLCC09 Highlights|highlights reposted here]]
* [[image:DSTjoinSM.jpg align="right" caption="Come Tell Your Story & Win!" link="@http://www.techsoup.org/go/tsdigs"]]
[[#recent news]]
==__Meet Your Neighbor: Cicero Kit, the Family Center__==
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[8:43] Cicero Kit: hello everyone
[8:43] Ricken Flow: vogue
[8:43] Buffy Beale: claps madly for Cicero!
[8:43] Cicero Kit: Since 1984, the Family Center has provided safe shelter, counseling services and legal advocacy to victims of domestic abuse.
[8:44] Cicero Kit: We are located in Wisconsin Rapids, WI and are proud to have served the community for 25 years. When the Center first opened, a lot of people didn’t want to believe that domestic violence was happening here.
[8:44] Muse Carmona: Katherine Mancuso, GimpGirl [[http://www.gimpgirl.com|www.gimpgirl.com]] @gimpgirl - The Vesuvius Group [[http://www.thevesuviusgroup.com|www.thevesuviusgroup.com]] @thevesuviusgroup, Atlanta, GA @musingvirtual
[8:44] Cicero Kit: Our first shelter was at a vacated convent on the St. Lawrence parish. Then pastor of St. Lawrence church, Father Joe Bilgrien, had been instrumental in the founding of the organization. He rented the convent to the Center for $1 per year....
[[Meet Your Neighbor - Cicero Kit, The Family Center|Click here to read full exerpt from 9/18/09 meeting.]]
==Past Meet your Neighbor profiles:==

__[[Meet Your Neighbor - Ledoof Constantineau- The Rape Crisis Scotland|Ledoof Constantineau: Rape Crisis Center]]__
[[Meet Your Neighbor - JanLyssa Serenity|JANlyssa Serenity: Job Action Network]]
[[Meet Your Neighbor - LizaJune Stoop - LO OP Center|LizaJune Stoop: LO OP Center|]]
[[Meet Your Neighbor - DJ Earnshaw - APCUG|DJ Earnshaw: APCUG, the Association of Personal Computer User Groups]]
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Interested in getting a virtual office space in the Nonprofit Commons? Find out about the [[Tenant Waiting List|New Tenant Application Process]]__.__
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This is an open wiki--you do not need to join to view wiki information or be a part of the Nonprofit Commons project. As a wiki, we hope our users will help us create some of the content. If you want to add resources or other content to this wiki, you must join wikispaces and then join this space.
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Nonprofit Commons: [[@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i40SghvCno|The Second Coming of Second Life]] (Courtesy of Draxter's
Life4U weekly TV show "The Drax Files")
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**Just getting started in Second Life and want to know about the benefits?**

Read "[[http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page5902.cfm|Change the World by Working in a Virtual One]] __from TechSoup
Read "__[[http://www.socialsignal.com/blog/rob-cottingham/second-life-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters-a-social-signal-white-paper-and-spoiler|Second Life and Why It Matters for Nonprofits White Paper]]__" from Social Signal__

[[Second Life In Numbers|NonProfit Commons in Numbers]]

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