If you're like me, those three words being used together probably brings the word "How...?" to mind. Until yesterday, those three things wouldn't have had too much of a connection to me. Then, this happened: http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/02/25/after-dispute-with-humans-of-new-york-photographer-dkny-donates-to-ymca/?KEYWORDS=DKNY. DKNY stole photos (a lot of photos, actually) from photographer Brandon Stanton ("Humans of New York") and used them in a display in one of their stores in Bangkok. Someone notified him of this and in response, Brandon asked DKNY to donate $100,000 on his behalf to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn so that children can go to summer camp. DKNY donated $25,000. Brandon is now working to raise the remaining $75,000 for the YMCA. It's not often that you see someone being this good of a person anymore and I think it's awesome that Brandon is being the bigger person in this situation and using something bad happening to him to better other's lives rather than turning it into something ugly. You can visit his Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork, or his website here: http://www.humansofnewyork.com/, which has the information about how you can support his fundraising effort.
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