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4 Reasons to Embrace Gen-Mix Volunteerism

VQ Strategies

With five generations active in the workplace, there is a growing body of evidence from employers to show that co-generational programs foster innovation. Simply put, co-generational teamwork will not only strengthen the outcomes of the program in the communities it serves but also foster greater intergenerational respect among volunteers.

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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

Charlamagne Tha God’s Life’s Work is Helping Black People Heal. With his celebrity status and visibility as host of one of the most popular syndicated radio shows in the country came an important platform from which to help close the mental health gap in the Black community. “We’re Our parents, they were scratching and surviving.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

It has the potential not only to help build or rebuild much-needed community support systems ravaged by this pandemic, but also — if designed intentionally — to be an integral part of the nation’s intergenerational poverty-interruption arsenal. A massive expansion of service is required to meet today’s challenges.

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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

Museum 2.0

She says that the museum made changes in hiring and board recruitment practices, and invited the community in to help reshape the facility into a place that reflected and represented its people and their interests. Lots of institutions--and popular media--have helped change the perception that museums are for old rich people.

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Guest Post by Katherine Hutt: A Small Nonprofit's Strategy for Pepsi Refresh Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. GOH developed Hope Meadows, an intergenerational neighborhood that supports families adopting children out of foster care. Generations of Hope is one of 189 organizations going for February’s two top prizes of $250,000.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

For the purpose of this blog post I’ll discuss three key ingredients from my thesis that can activate community engagement in museum programs and how we apply this to programs at the MAH: assessing and responding to community assets and needs, building social capital, and inviting active participation.

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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

From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. I figured out that I could offer teaching, training, consulting activities online. I interviewed ten online educators in five countries about how they planned and organized collaborative learning activities. Maybe we'd need fewer bombs?)

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