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ICYMI: Inspiration + guidance from john a. powell and Christian LoBue

M+R

Read time: 2 minutes “America is not nearly as ‘fragmented’ or ‘polarized’ as the press paints us to be. There’s what’s called the exhausted majority, a lot of people who want something different but they can’t really imagine it and they don’t have the microphone so we don’t hear from them.

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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

Just before noon, I decided to go online and see what those in my networks were sharing from their own celebrations or reflections, and immediately found the #GoSilent campaign from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). It pulled me in, and then everywhere I looked online I saw it was pulling in others! A simple commitment.

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Public Allies Arizona: Getting Things Done for America

ASU Lodestar Center

The oath reads: I will get things done for America - to make our people safer, smarter, and healthier. First, the inner conflict to muster up energy, drive and foucs to complete a whole new project with a new group dynamic and a very broad set of guidelines when we had just finished our team service project.

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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

Qgiv

It represents people positively, in a way that feels true and empowering to them.” It paints a complete picture of the people you serve and the opportunities they can capitalize on with some help from within their community. These guidelines can apply to all sectors of the nonprofit landscape: Use “person-first” language.

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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild

Amy Sample Ward

We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated.

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How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

Connection Cafe

That’s millions of people who work day-in and day-out to provide the critical services at which nonprofits excel—cultural, social, medical, and otherwise. They’re examples of what it means to be mission-driven: true helpers that provide support to some of our nation’s most vulnerable people and communities.

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PPP Loans: Second Verse, Same as the First

Non Profit Quarterly

Whereas in the previous round the guidelines and application forms were published only the night before, this time many lenders had the applications from nonprofits and small businesses ready to go. All of the reports I have around the country is that it’s been a disaster,” said Paul Merski of the Independent Community Bankers of America.

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