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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

It was updated for National Mentoring Month in January 2023. I received a full academic scholarship to Jackson State in Mississippi, a historically black university with an accredited journalism department. We’ve seen how social justice and unrest have pulled our nation apart. That was long before Oprah.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Senior Care

Bloomerang

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. National Council On Aging. Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. The AARP® Purpose Prize award is a national award in the United States that celebrates people 50 and older who are using their life experience to make a difference. National Council On Aging.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

VisionLink

His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. Martin Luther King, Jr. I share this dream.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

VisionLink

His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. Martin Luther King, Jr. I share this dream.

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

He has homes in Mississippi and Florida. The donor promised his patent would completely fund the university, wipe out the national debt, and make America the happiest place on Earth. He has a yacht company with 4 shipyards in 3 countries. I obviously could not accept because that would leave me with nothing left to do.

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Demographics Are Destiny: How and Why to Diversify Your Staff Now!

NTEN

Here are some key highlights from The Changing Demographics of America by Smithsonian. Most of America's net population growth will be among its minorities, as well as in a growing mixed-race population. Nearly all (92 percent) of national organizations are led by white executive directors." So What and Who Cares?

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

Have Fun - Do Good

He is currently a Fellow in the Food and Society Policy Fellows Program, which is a national project of the W.K. I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and both sets of my grandparents came from rural Mississippi. In America, I think oftentimes one of the first things that gets cut are people's food budgets. Kellogg Foundation.