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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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American Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis is considered the first woman of Native American and African descent to achieve international fame as a sculptor at a time when artists of color were hardly celebrated and slavery was still legal. Gentileschi is remembered, however, as an accomplished Baroque artist whose trials did not define her art.

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37 Social Media Ideas for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

And as New York City Ballet co-founder George Balanchine once said, “ My muse must come to me on union time.” We love nonprofit literary magazine Electric Literature’s #ReadMoreWomen series for this very reason. Amplify their voices on your platform. Fill in the _.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. The term platform cooperativism is relatively new, introduced in 2014 by Trebor Scholz, associate professor of culture and media at the New School in New York City. “KAINJI” BY KOMI OLAFIMIHAN/WWW.KOMIOLAF.COM.

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Guest Post: World Maker Faire and the New York Hall of Science: Radical Trust

Museum 2.0

On September 25 and 26, the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) hosted the first East Coast substantiation of the Maker Faire. Maker Faire is a massive public event, hosted by Make Magazine annually in San Mateo, that brings together hackers, crafters, and do-it-yourself scientists for a weekend of demonstrations and explosions.