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November Cause Awareness: National Native American Heritage Month

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This important awareness month is dedicated to honoring the contributions of Indigenous American Indians and the history of the country’s first stewards. Read on to learn about the origins of National Native American Heritage Month, how you can celebrate, and what nonprofits you can support this November.

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May Cause Awareness: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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This is a month dedicated to celebrating the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and their many contributions and achievements throughout history. Learn more about the origins of the heritage month, ways you can celebrate in your own life, and nonprofits you can support to make a difference in AAPI communities.

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June Cause Awareness: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

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Pride Month is a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ communities around the world during the month of June! As a joyous celebration of visibility, identity, and expression, Pride Month is known for its rainbows and parades. But there’s more to Pride Month than just fun celebrations. Pride Month isn’t all celebrations and rainbows!

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

I'm not a woman, but I am a wholehearted celebrant of International Women's Day. It had had a really interesting history before that though. The earliest Women's Day observance was held in 1909 in New York, when the Socialist Party of America commemorated a strike of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral: A Storied Institution Finding Way to Support the Community

DipJar

Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. It is a great example of a storied institution finding new ways to support the community it serves and provide new ways – including DipJar – for the community to support its good work. It has also been a special place of celebration. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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Why Your Giving Day is Your Secret Weapon

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Pi Day, celebrating math and science, is the Museum’s signature day of giving. Launching a Giving Day from scratch: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco’s Academy Day The California Academy of Sciences is an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

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Devi Thomas (DT): With the recent honoring of Junteenth, so much of what we do around the day is a celebration of freedom. Bryan Stevenson (BS): It’s important that we have a new consciousness about the problems created by our history. The mistake will be if we just look for easy things to celebrate.

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