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How Nonprofits Can Tackle a Marathon

NonProfit Hub

When you are starting a nonprofit, a lot of work needs to be put in ahead of time to make sure the big day is going to be a success. It’s is cold and snowy in Nebraska in January and February), but by persevering through the early work, the later runs were much easier to handle. Sure running a marathon is hard work.

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Research Friday: Strengthening the Economy through Civic Engagement

ASU Lodestar Center

Tocqueville declared in Democracy in America that these associations were indispensable to a functional democracy and that the knowledge of how to work together was the “mother of all forms of knowledge” in a democratic country. Working with neighbors to address community problems. The civic engagement factors considered: Volunteering.