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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. It has been reported that the virus is twice as deadly for Black and Latino people in New York City as compared to whites.

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Try Eating for $4 a Day. Join The Hunger Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

Last year, 6 food bloggers and recipe developers tried to eat 3 meals on $3 per day during the 2008 San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge. Or that 34 million people in the United States live on a food stamp budget? I didn't, until I read about the San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge.

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Tech Across Your Org: Social Media Collaboration Across the NYC Elder Abuse Center

NTEN

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]

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How Can My Nonprofit Get Started with Measurable Advocacy?

Connection Cafe

These realities make it more evident that each nonprofit needs a unified voice, powerful enough to withstand the process of making policy. Others equate it to the number of messages sent to decision makers, or by looking at whether a policy measure either passes or fails by vote in committee or on the floor of a legislative body.

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Guest Post by Aspen Baker: Friend or Foe? UC Berkeley Investigates the Legal Landscape of Social Networking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. To stay updated on how the legal landscape develops, follow the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic blog at UC Berkeley Law.

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Care2 Welcomes Dana Weissman to Nonprofit Services - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « Nonprofit CRM Trends Plus How to Choose an eCRM | Main | New Research Findings: Advocacy Groups More Trusted » Wednesday Jun 18 2008 Care2 Welcomes Dana Weissman to Nonprofit Services Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 11:20AM | by Clinton OBrien We are very pleased to announce the newest member of the Care2 team: Dana Weissman.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

Have Fun - Do Good

He is currently a Fellow in the Food and Society Policy Fellows Program, which is a national project of the W.K. You're a Fellow at the Food and Society Policy Fellows Program. At the end of 2008, I initiated a new project called the Grow. Kellogg Foundation. What projects are you working on right now? Grub Project.