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SixDegrees.org is a website launched on January 18, 2007 by Kevin Bacon. SixDegrees is a web site that builds on the popularity of the "small world phenomenon" to create a charitable social network and inspire giving to charities online. Bacon started the network with celebrities who are highlighting their favorite charities – including Kyra Sedgwick (Natural Resources Defense Council), Nicole Kidman (UNIFEM), Ashley Judd (YouthAIDS), Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek (Clothes off Our Back), Dana Delany (Scleroderma Research Foundation), Robert Duvall (Pro Mujer), Rosie O'Donnell (Rosie's For All Kids Foundation), and Jessica Simpson (Operation Smile) - and he encouraged everyone to be celebrities for their own causes by joining the Six Degrees movement. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
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The small world phenomenon (also known as the small world effect) is the hypothesis that everyone in the world can be reached through a short chain of social acquaintances. ...
Kyra Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965) is an Emmy nominated American actress. ...
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) [1] is a leftist, New York City-based, non-profit, non-partisan environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Los Angeles. ...
Nicole Mary Kidman AC born June 20, 1967, is an Academy Award-winning Australian[1] actress. ...
The United Nations Development Fund for Women, commonly known as UNIFEM, provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women’s human rights, political participation and economic security. ...
Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella on April 19, 1968) is an American actress. ...
Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor. ...
Jane Kaczmarek (born December 21, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actress, probably best known for playing the character Lois in Malcolm in the Middle. ...
Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956 in New York City, New York) is an American film, stage, and television actress. ...
The Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. ...
Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award and four-time Golden Globe winning American film actor and director. ...
Pro Mujer (meaning, in Spanish, Pro Woman) is an organization aimed at improving the life conditions in Latin America, primarily though Microcredit programs. ...
Roseann Teresa ODonnell (born March 21, 1962 in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an Emmy-award winning American talk show host, television personality, comedian, film, television, and stage actress. ...
Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. ...
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Purpose "SixDegrees.org is about using the idea that we are all connected to accomplish something good," said Bacon. "It is my hope that Six Degrees will soon be something more than a game or a gimmick. It will also be a force for good, by bringing a social conscience to social networking. "The game, 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,' made the rounds of college campuses over the past decade and lived on to be a shorthand term for the small world phenomenon. The trivia game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is based on a variation of the concept of the small world phenomenon and states that any actor can be linked, through their film roles, to Kevin Bacon. ...
Bacon created SixDegrees.org in partnership with the nonprofit, Network for Good, AOL, and Entertainment Weekly. Through SixDegrees.org, which builds on Network for Good's giving system for donating to more than one million charities online and AOL's AIM Pages social networking service, people can learn about and support the charities of celebrities or fundraise for their own favorite causes with their own friends and families. Bacon will match the charitable dollars raised by the top six non-celebrity fundraisers with grants of up to $10,000 each. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...
SixDegrees.org harnesses two important online trends: the exponential growth of social networks and the increasing interest in using the web for raising money for charity among family and friends. Through SixDegrees.org, people can upload their own photos and stories and fundraise for the charity of their choice with their own charity badges and AIM Pages.
To kick off the launch of SixDegrees.org, Bacon will attend the opening weekend of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, where he and other celebrities will be encouraging charitable giving[1]
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