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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. These volunteers will be the everyday heroes who help us coordinate food distribution for families left economically vulnerable.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Help Me Send Leng Sopharath To College in Good Health! Thanks Teresa Crawford For Helping Us Swim Upstream. 10 will help a Cambodian Youngster Get A Better Life. Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. Social Media Breakfast: Help Leverage A Tyson Foods Donation. Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. Our work focuses on advocacy, policy, education and political thought that helps to shape the dialogue and public conversation about the interests of these folks.

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Elevating Advocacy Voices for Children Through Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, building robust networks and using social media can help these advocacy organizations make change happen for children in their state. This helps explain the fiscal conservativeness that guides state spending priorities, despite the. It’s also hard to change the.

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