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7 Reasons Why You Should Attend Nonprofit Summit

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Jarrod Bell, Chief Information Officer, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Clooney is a globally recognized, high-powered barrister in the field of international human rights and criminal law. Teach for America’s mission of strengthening the movement for educational equality and excellence is so important.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

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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. In the America I grew up in, Black children were educated in segregated schools, separate although far from equal. Douglas Zimmerman President and CEO VisionLink, Inc.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

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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. In the America I grew up in, Black children were educated in segregated schools, separate although far from equal. Martin Luther King, Jr. Free at last.

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Amnesty International at 50

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In 2001, its 40th anniversary year, AI expanded its mandate considerably to incorporate economic, social and cultural rights, as well as the body of international law governing armed conflict, thus committing itself to advance all human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Overcoming the Government-Nonprofit Dependency

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Changes in Government Regulations & Laws – While some governmental changes can be beneficial to Social Service nonprofit organizations, such as the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009 , others can have a negative impact, such as the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). She currently has a B.S. in Chemistry, B.A.

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The organization works to educate.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Identity 2.0

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I tried to give them a framework in which to think about this kind of change and we discussed different models to explore and teach this subject. Come stand next to the Torah and simply witness those really cool letters, hand written while all kinds of crazy laws were followed.