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Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mary Mwende told us about her journey from Mombasa, Kenya, to being one of ten girls chosen for the Global Give Back Circle , a mentoring and empowerment program. From here she was selected to take a Microsoft ICT course, where she learned about the power of technology for connecting people around the world.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

For example, in Santa Cruz there is a huge community of creative people who identify as artists in non-traditional media. That’s why we partner with fire sculptors, knitters, graffiti artists, and bonsai growers. They are artists whose experience deserves a home in our institution alongside painters, photographers, and sculptors.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. Yet, I wanted to be that artist and still do. What is your favorite Traveling Postcards success story?

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The Hack Artist suggests that it’s important to marry direct mail efforts and a web presence. James Young, on the Connection Cafe, suggests that we think about constituent empowerment when we think about organizational websites. She makes some great points, and gives good tips to make changes.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

Their Art Meets Activism grant supports feminist artists and organizations in Kentucky to engage individuals and communities in artmaking that directly advances positive social change. The post Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations appeared first on Bloomerang. Areas served: Kentucky.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

Their Art Meets Activism grant supports feminist artists and organizations in Kentucky to engage individuals and communities in artmaking that directly advances positive social change. The post 2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations appeared first on Kindful. Areas served: Kentucky.

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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

government, members of the diplomatic corps, successful business and civil society leaders, philanthropists, media professionals, academics, artists etc. Following the summit, we attended an Entrepreneurship and Public Diplomacy Luncheon which brought together Muslims and Arabs with officials from the U.S.