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The Power of Giving: Supporting AAPI Nonprofits That Align with Your Values

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For hundreds of years, AAPI contributions to art, science, medicine, culture, architecture, and other areas have shaped the United States, and they continue to do so today. Find a Nonprofit You’ll Love Featured photo: Arkai performs at Lo Hei hosted by Asian American Arts Alliance at Nine Orchard, New York, 2023.

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Hurricane Sandy Art Relief: An Interview with Elana Haviv

Have Fun - Do Good

Elana designed The Telling History Project: Understanding the Past to Create the Future , a curriculum to teach students about human rights. After 9/11, she spearheaded an art-based CMCE 9/11 Trauma Relief Project in the New York City schools. She also pioneered art-based healing programs in post-war Bosnia.

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June Cause Awareness: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

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cities to commemorate the anniversary. The march in New York City and parallel events that took place across the country are considered a watershed moment for LGBTQIA+ rights and the push for liberation of the LGBTQIA+ community. A year after the riots, the first pride parades took place in several U.S.

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What are the nonprofit management implications of Pay for Success programs?

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Entering into a rigorous, time-intensive pay for success contract is likely a better plan if a program is not brand new. The Rikers Island pay for success program was rooted in evidence-based research, but had never been operated by the service provider in as complex a setting as the New York City prison (MDRC, 2015).

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Art and Activism: Olivia Greer and Women Center Stage

Have Fun - Do Good

Just over a year ago, musician, Olivia Greer , was commissioned by Culture Project , a New York City theater company, to write a song for the Women Center Stage Festival. Working with Women Center Stage has helped Greer to connect her interests in art and social justice activism as well. art activism women

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Carrie Karnos, recipient of the 2006 James H. Veale Humanitarian Award.

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here's the letter from the editor of Matilda Ziegler Magazine, which explains why Carrie was deserving of this award: A Letter from the Editor New York City Dec. Working for an organization with a long, illustrious history, I am always curious about how other organizations got their start. Congratulations, Carrie!

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Constituent Empowerment, as old as Lady Liberty

Connection Cafe

Recently, I was in New York City for a mini vacation with my family, seeing all of the tourist traps with my kids, who had never been to the big apple. His scathing editorials demanded that America step up and provide a home for such a beautiful work of art. Author: James Young. Again, this tactic only achieved so much.