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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

After a year of pandemic-fueled isolation — undoubtedly a primary factor in 42% of adults experiencing anxiety and depression, up 11% from previous years — educational institutions and businesses are making the mental wellbeing of their students and employees a priority. At any given time, we all sit on the spectrum of mental health.

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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. They will support schools in closing the educational gaps that have widened by schools shuttering. First published on Ozy.com.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

There were times when coordinating a fire art festival while researching social capital theory made me want to burn my computer. We continuously and actively respond to requests as well as invite people to be a part of our programs. Furthermore, how can museums and communities work together to share strengths in the community?

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. These programs involved cultural, educational and training efforts that used interactive theater and storytelling. Congratulations on completing your PH.D!

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. As time has gone on, my attention has shifted from the tactic of participation to the outcome of building community. At the same time, “identity” doesn't always mean demographics. Our visitors are about 8% Latino.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

"I think that people have long associated feminism with older white women and the idea of bringing that back to women of color, and bringing it back to young women of color and asking them what it means is an exciting time for me." In particular, it is important to think about what young women need to be thinking about in this moment of time.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

Museum 2.0

For us, annual attendance includes programmatic activities onsite and off. Why do we count participants in an art activity for families at a community center but not members of the Rotary Club to whom I give a presentation about the museum? as part of a meeting)? Probe too deeply and the question gets absurd.