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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

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Americans for the Arts :: @ Americans4Arts. Children’s Defense Fund :: @ ChildDefender. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. National Coalition for the Homelessness :: @ NTL_Homeless. Ashoka :: @ Ashoka.

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Introducing Abbott Square Part 3: Community Participation Builds a Community Plaza

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This is the second installation in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. Businesspeople asked how we would keep out homeless people, drug addicts, and deviant behavior. What amenities does it need?

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Nancy Wins Free Copy of Being the Difference

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After 34 years in the Navy, Rick Koca "retired" - and started StandUp For Kids (S4K) , a nonprofit that works with homeless and street kids. She grew her program so it now serves 700 people of varying abilities and allows them to express themselves through the art. She lives for what she does and adds meaning to many individuals lives.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

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This post is even more relevant today to the broader conversation about audience diversity in the arts than when it was published three years ago. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities. blog posts from the past.

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17 Ways We Made our Exhibition Participatory

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It made me think in ways that I haven't before about the relation of art--as expressive culture--to democracy. Helene Moglen, professor of literature, UCSC After a year of tinkering, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is now showing an exhibition, All You Need is Love , that embodies our new direction as an institution.

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

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Let’s walk through a selection of unique nonprofit websites that not only incorporate these elements but go above and beyond to impress visitors and inspire donations: Interlochen Center for the Arts. Save the Children. Top Nonprofit Website: Interlochen Center for the Arts. Top Nonprofit Website: Save the Children US.