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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

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Woodson believed that it was important to establish a theme to help focus the attention of the public. According to a survey by the University of California at Santa Cruz , the number of working African American business owners fell more than 40% during the pandemic—a much steeper drop than other racial groups.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

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Utilize this helpful document to build a profile for all potential funders with relevant information and contact information. California Community Foundation. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Kars4Kids Foundation. Lumina Foundation. Robin Hood.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

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The event was hosted by Google on its campus in Mountain View, California, which is home to some of the most cutting edge technologists in the world. They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. said Stevie. Thanks Stevie!

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

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San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Mobile + Desktop = Universal Apps. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. San Francisco, California: Let's Learn About Building a Stellar World! Washington, DC: DC Action Data Sprint.

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#CelebrateAdobeCC — It's a Wrap!

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Our winners represent a little glamour from the Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, plus some creativity from Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Literacy Services of Wisconsin. Who would have thought that Games of Thrones and bingo, with some help from Adobe products, could go so well together? But they do! spanhidden.

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

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The software applications WordQ + SpeakQ provide writing assistance and speech recognition help for people with disabilities, new language learners, and those who are learning literacy. It's also worth noting that TechSoup has just launched a first set of AT applications thanks to goQ Software. Additional Technology Resources.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in June to expand the Universal Lifeline program to include broadband, following a public comment period. This helps to address the problem that 100 million Americans do not have a broadband connection. This rule change will give more than 18 million low-income Americans $9.25-a-month

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