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    Emily Bina

    Emily Bina

    Supervising Producer, HuffPost

  • Change.org Founder On The Impact Of Online Activism

    Ben Rattray was set on being an investment banker until his senior year of undergrad at Stanford University when one of his younger brothers came out as gay. Now named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2012, Rattray is still discovering just how great that need was. "We had no idea how much power individuals could have, and what's unique now is not petitions specifically, but the combination of petitions and social media," Rattray said.

  • VOTE: Top Local Women's Empowerment Nonprofit Of The Month!

    You've voted for the top green nonprofits, picked the best organization helping animals, and awarded a local group the top spot for helping needy families. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. The nonprofit with the most stars at the end of the month wins the title of HuffPost Top Local Nonprofit of the Month.

  • Queen Elizabeth Honored For Dedication To Service At Diamond Jubilee Celebration

    The Queen was recognized for her dedication to public service in a ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral Tuesday during the Diamond Jubilee. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gave the homily honoring the Queen, according to theprovince.com. People who want to show gratitude and appreciation for the Queen with gifts have been asked donate money to The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, an organization that aims to extend her dedication to service for years to come.

  • Florida Teen Starts Library For Homeless Kids

    While volunteering at a Miami homeless shelter, Leight, 15, noticed that the kids would turn on the television after finishing their homework, because they didn’t have access to books, Your Olive Branch reports. For her efforts, Leight was one of five recipients of the Innovations in Reading award by the National Book Foundation -- and is the youngest person to ever win the award, the Miami Herald reports.

  • Stories Of Heroism And Courage Emerge From The Seattle Shootings

    After a gunman opened fire at a Seattle cafe on Wednesday, one customer got up and threw bar stools at him, allowing three patrons to escape safely. The brave man has been identified as Lawrence Adams, the Seattle Times reports. Adams, 56, vowed to "never hide behind a table" after his brother, Stephen, was killed in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks.

  • WATCH: Boy Who Donated Disney Trip To Fallen Soldier's Family Donates His Reward!

    Earlier this week, we told you about Brendan Haas, the 9-year-old boy from Kingston, Mass., who won a trip to Disney World, only to donate it to the family of a fallen soldier on Memorial Day. Impressed with his generosity, ABC surprised Haas with a "red carpet" trip to Disney World for him and his family with all expenses paid, as well as honorary Disney citizenship.

  • Yale Student Who Died Inspires Fund For Students To Chase Passions, Not Just Money

    Friends and family who are grieving the loss of a recent Yale graduate  with a bright journalism future have set up a fund in hopes of perpetuating her advocacy mission. Marina Keegan, 22, died in a car crash just days after graduating from Yale, where the star student reported for the university’s paper and played a key role in the OccupyYale movement. The fund will endow a staff position at Yale dedicated to helping students choose a job out of passion, not convenience.

  • PHOTOS: Heroic Army Staff Sgt. Pulls Grenade Out Of Marine's Leg

    Winder Perez lay wounded in Afghanistan, the 22-year-old didn't know why bystanders weren't rushing to his side. Gennari, and other military personnel, wouldn't let that keep them from risking their own lives. Gennari said he held the Marine's hand, giving him pain medication as the two waited for Army Staff Sgt. Ben Summerfield, explosives ordinance expert, to arrive, according to CNN.

  • Get Involved: 5 Organizations Fighting Hunger And Poverty In The U.S.

    America's poverty rate stands at 15 percent, a number that's remained fixed from the year before, according to Census Bureau released numbers Wednesday. Find out what you can do to help fight hunger and poverty at home. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • California Inmates Cut Their Hair For Charity

    When a dozen female inmates each filed into their respective barbers’ chair, they continued a 15-year tradition of doing good. The 12 women from Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla, Calif., chopped their long locks for charity -- each donating 10 or more inches Thursday to Locks of Love. The organization makes free hairpieces for low-income young people suffering from long-term hair loss due to any medical condition,  the Merced Sun-Star reports.

  • Nicholas Kristof's 'Half The Sky' Movement Takes On Maternal Mortality

    The series of six films will tackle a whole host of issues -- from sex trafficking to gender-based violence. The film tells the story of Edna Adan and her maternity hospital in Somaliland, East Africa, where one in 12 women die in childbirth. Adan is working to change those statistics, and hopes to hire 1,000 highly-trained midwives to do so.

  • Blind Baseball Fan To Go To 30 Games In 30 Days

    Reggie Deal is proving that you don't need the ability to see to love baseball. Deal was born blind but he's spent the last few weeks going to a different ball park every day. To attend 30 games in 30 days.

  • Redditors Celebrate Arbitrary Day: Gift-Giving For No Reason

    Reddit users are known for marching to their own beat, so it comes as no surprise they're preparing to celebrate their own unique holiday: Arbitrary Day. Signing up for Arbitrary Day, an open "Secret Santa" gift exchange among users, opened yesterday and ends June 25. The site also announced a new gift-giving opportunity last week in which Reddit users in the U.S. can send gifts or packages to Redditors serving in the military overseas -- with funny man Stephen Colbert hopping on board immediately.

  • Erma Klatt, 84, Has Been Volunteering For Decades

    Eighty-four-year-old Klatt has spent her life volunteering. "I volunteer because I care for children, and they keep me young and healthy and I couldn't think of a better job," Klatt told the news source. Being a foster grandparent has special meaning for Klatt.

  • Memorial Day 2012: 7 Ways To Honor Military Members

    While Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer, it also marks something else: The opportunity to thank and our soldiers and honor those who we've lost. Check out the Department of Veterans Affairs, and find a VA medical center, cemetery or community center near you. Whether you're a soldier or you know someone that has served, at Impact, we want to know what Memorial Day means to you.

  • WATCH: Brave Saudi Arabian Woman Confronts Religious Police For Harassment

    The Hayat Mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, probably sees a constant stream of religious police, or mutaween, attempting to keep a check on female morality. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. According to the Saudi Gazette, the video has caused the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to investigate the incident.

  • Mass. Woman Finds Missing Bike After 40 Years

    When 11-year-old Lisa Brown rode her bike -- her first bike -- across a bridge over the Herring River in Massachusetts in 1970, she lost her footing, tumbling with the bike into the muddy water below. The rust-covered, banana-seated bike was recently spotted tucked in the woods near the river, the Cape Cod Times reports. The Associated Press reports that it was Brown's wife, Deirdre Olinger, who had first spotted the "long lost friend" during a walk.

  • New York Charity Educates, Empowers Children Of South Asian Working Class

    NEW YORK–Like a number of charities in the United States, South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) seeks to help needy South Asian children, but not in some distant land like India — these youths are in its backyard in New York City. According to the United States Census Bureau American Community Survey from 2010, more than 1 out of 20 youths (between the ages of five and 19) in New York City are South Asian, and a quarter of this population lives at or below the poverty level.

  • Stephen Colbert Joins Reddit Gift Program For Troops

    To do his part to bring some goodness to the world, everyone's favorite funny guy is getting involved in a community-wide gift exchange for troops, according to Mashable. Reddit, a social news site, is working to pair its users at home with “Redditors” who are serving overseas to partake in a gift exchange.

  • WATCH: Joplin Boy With Autism Saved Family From Tornado, Said 'I Love You' For First Time

    Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. "We were laying on the floor of the bedroom, and I was just looking at Maddox, and I was like, 'I love you Maddox,' and he goes, 'I love you too, Mommy' and he's never said it since," Janyce told KSPR. With the house and neighborhood destroyed, the family credits Maddox for saving them.