VisionLink

JANUARY 21, 2013

It is an honor to build the tools used by leaders, staff and volunteers across the United States as they work to weave resilient and connected communities. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1964 It is still the Winter of America''s discontent. I grew up in an America where legally-mandated segregation was reality.

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Qgiv

JULY 3, 2023

That’s why every July in the United States, it’s important to observe Disability Pride Month! Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. Foundation for Autism’s mission is to help people and families affected by autism to live their life to the fullest. On July 26, 1990, President George H.W.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. of America v. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. The deal was: help people with disabilities that can't access books and don't hurt the economic interests of the publishers (and authors). We don't have to pay a royalty, and we don't have to ask for permission.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. The plan will help determine the future of Internet access across the country. The United States has dropped to 22nd place in terms of broadband penetration. Competition and Choice.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This is definitely what happened for our story: we started with a simple idea and then were incredibly surprised at how helpful an extra bag of groceries could be to a lot of households. We also started to notice just how many elders and families are affected by food insecurity: more than 34 million people in the United States alone.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

federal law supports braille instruction. With Bookshare , Benetech’s online library for people with print disabilities, our ebook-based approach to the accessibility challenge has already delivered on the promise of ending the famine of accessible books in the United States. Accordingly, U.S.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It can help employees feel more connected to a common purpose and encourage a sense of pride in the company they work for. Additionally, it can be helpful to highlight organizations that are relevant to your employees. Why should you consider starting an employee giving program? For example, Darden Restaurants, Inc.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 26, 2019

Social Service nonprofit organizations have long been relied upon to provide services to those in need in the United States. Federal, state and local governments increasingly depend on Social Service nonprofit organizations and, because of that dependency, have been willing to help fund them.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

We want to hear how TechSoup’s educational resources and donated technology products help keep organizations like yours doing the good work they are doing safely. We want your stories about how products or educational resources from TechSoup.org have helped your organization stay secure and have helped you do the amazing work you do.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

This project began as a Code for America project in Detroit. Although San Francisco is currently in a housing crisis/real estate boom , it also has some of the strongest tenant laws in the country. Helpful Tools. Additionally, many of the apps were built using Twilio.org's SMS and voice APIs. Data Collecting and Mapping.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

to any or all of these questions, we want to hear how TechSoup products or educational resources are helping your organization keep our planet a little bit healthier. Anything that helps your organization use less paper, consume less energy, reduce travel, collaborate online, or extend the life of older computers is a green technology.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

to any or all of these questions, we want to hear how TechSoup products or educational resources are helping your organization keep our planet a little bit healthier. Anything that helps your organization use less paper, consume less energy, reduce travel, collaborate online, or extend the life of older computers is a green technology.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 2, 2008

Only by establishing peace in yourself can you be helpful in contributing to peace. As Samantha Power, author of A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide , said in her 2006 Commencement address to the University of Santa Clara Law School, "[I]f the shapers of U.S.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

Here’s a timeline with links to articles about significant events over the last century that helped form our current context: . Here’s a timeline with links to articles about significant events over the last century that helped form our current context: . 1970 – Milton Friedman introduces his Shareholder Value T heory.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

It emphasizes why direct action to break unjust laws is needed, rather than waiting for justice or equality to arrive. Birmingham was one of the focal points of the Civil Rights movement in 1963, since Birmingham was one of the most racially segregated cities in America. Ask and Listen.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 25, 2021

Unwilling to sit by and watch, I took action in my local community by patrolling San Francisco Chinatown with Asians in America, Inc. Forrest Liu, leader of San Francisco Asians in America, Inc., to deter violence and crime. . In addition to individual action, there is great power in turning to my Salesforce.org community for support.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2023

It emphasizes why direct action to break unjust laws is needed, rather than waiting for justice or equality to arrive. Birmingham was one of the focal points of the Civil Rights movement in 1963 since Birmingham was one of the most racially segregated cities in America. population, they comprised 56% of all incarcerated people in 2015.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

In part one of this post, I discussed the first steps the National Women’s Law Center took when we initially received our Google Grant, and some of the challenges we faced getting started. So we tried moving more of our budget into certain campaigns on the weekends, then moving it back on weekdays — and that helped, too.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Endangering Human Rights Activists.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Third, we pioneered a novel interpretation of the copyright exception for serving people with disabilities that is built into the basic law of the United States. So, in the United States, Benetech created a second equilibrium change. Fast forward to today. And so we campaigned for the Marrakesh Treaty.

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

They help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. . Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States. The Color of Law. Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (TV Series). Attend Events . So you want to talk about race.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

million nonprofits in the United States and you think about the number of new nonprofits over the last 15 years, 200,000 give or take new nonprofits. The ones that we see that are struggling, that we’re helping a lot are the ones that, you know, if they don’t have the process, it presents immense amount of risk.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

For example, when we brainstormed for additional keywords for our women and poverty campaign, we added terms like “poverty level” and “poverty line” to our existing collection of keywords (“low income women,” “poverty in america,” etc.) It’s $330 a day, every day, period.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Endangering Human Rights Activists.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

That helps nonprofits kind of simplify all of their operations and kind of bring their teams together. . ” We don’t start asking for help, we don’t start looking for other ways because we say, “Well, that’s the way it’s supposed to feel. I think she’s going to talk a little bit about that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

So, with a friend, and the help of his parents and teachers and community leaders, he began a campaign to divest the state pension system of California from the worst offending companies doing business in Sudan. JG: I think it may be helpful if I explain how it works. His campaign was successful. That knowledge keeps me going.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2013

It''s something we already do, with great success, in the United States. Extending our own principles--that should be the United States'' negotiating position. law--positions that would be hard for me to imagine passing our Congress. Now, the progress made is all in jeopardy. Why does this matter?

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

And the workforce is steadily growing: in the United States, the number of platform workers increased by 34 percent in 2021, one out of three workers has become defined as a temporary or freelance worker, and so-called “independent contractors” are expected to be the majority of the workforce in the near future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

While there she lived and worked with immigrants from throughout the US and Central America, and they shared their experiences. FIRM is currently running the Building America Together Campaign , a national campaign to build the strength of immigrant rights in the US, and to work for just and humane immigration reform.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2011

I encourage you to read over the report so that you can better understand how these trends work together to help you develop an even more meaningful and clear idea of the future of the sector. In the history of the United States, three large-scale cultural shifts have fundamentally altered who we are and how we care for each other.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

They displayed the kind of grit and optimism and resourcefulness that represents the very best of America. Analysis from the CIA and State Department was summarily dismissed when it did not help the Administration make the case for war. They were proud of their service. They were hopeful for their future.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

Van Jones: Majora Carter in the South Bronx, with the Sustainable South Bronx project, has really demonstrated that you can bring together lots and lots of usually hostile stakeholders to create green opportunity in urban America. Put it right up front and be constructive with real solutions that can help everybody.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

As a feminist, and as a feminine feminist, I truly believe that we don't do a very good job in the United States of believing that you can lead by serving, and I think the United States needs to think deeply about being in service of the rest of the world." Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women.

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