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Connecting with Black History Through Community and Nature

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 2009, Rue Mapp started a blog to share her experience participating in outdoor recreation activities as a Black woman in America. That blog grew into Outdoor Afro , a nationwide leadership network helping Black people engage with the outdoors, learn about the Black history of public spaces, and support conservation efforts.

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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

My professors took a chance on me and found a television internship that turned into a full-time reporting gig, all while juggling classes during my senior year. As we celebrate Black History Month, Big Brothers Big Sisters will shine a spotlight on the contributions of African-Americans. Sharmel made such an impact on my life.

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July Cause Awareness: Disability Pride Month

Qgiv

Disability Pride Month is a great awareness month dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and the importance of people with disabilities in our communities, promoting the visibility of people with disabilities, and honoring the inherent right to a better quality of life for people with disabilities.

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Celebrating the Year of the Dog!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In Harry's class, there is a large computer and I can put the images in powerpoint: Inquiry questions: How do we celebrate New Year's in America? How families celebrate? The Celebration - Lion Dance Dance. History of Lion Dance (in case the kids ask questions.). How it different in Asia? In Cambodia?

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Your Official #18NTC Local's Guide to New Orleans

Everyaction

At Preservation Hall , catch nightly acoustic concerts celebrating the city's musical legacy with some of its finest performers. Rated by BonApetit Magazine as the #1 Best New Restaurant in America in 2017, Turkey and the Wolf serves up the best sandwiches one EveryAction staffer has ever had. More to see & do: The Garden District.

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Your Official #NN18 Local's Guide to New Orleans

Everyaction

At Preservation Hall , catch nightly acoustic concerts celebrating the city's musical legacy with some of its finest performers. Rated by BonApetit Magazine as the #1 Best New Restaurant in America in 2017, Turkey and the Wolf serves up the best sandwiches one EveryAction staffer has ever had. More to see & do: The Garden District.

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Meditations on Relevance Part 5: Relevance is a Bridge

Museum 2.0

One is about the Grateful Dead ( Dear Jerry ), the other about the dawn of surfing in the Americas ( Princes of Surf ). Princes of Surf is about the young Hawaiian princes who brought surfing to the Americas 130 years ago--relevant because they did it in Santa Cruz, with boards shaped from local wood, on waves I bike by every week.

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