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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has announced a gift of $40 million from two Harvard Business School alumni who prefer to remain anonymous in support of endowed scholarships for students in its new Teaching and Teacher Leadership (TTL) master’s program. Chicago Public Media raises $61 million to acquire Chicago Sun-Times.

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High school students build electric car powered by social media - Chicago Tribune

AFP Blog

High school students build electric car powered by social media - Chicago Tribune : High school students have turned a 1967 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia into an all-electric car that is powered by tweets, shares, posts and likes. Turning tweets into watts will take the at-risk students from Kansas City to Washington, D.C.

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Client Spotlight: National Society of Black Engineers

Qgiv

The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a student-governed, nonprofit organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with chapters at universities all over the world. In 1971, two students–Edward E. At the time, 80 percent of all Black freshmen students were dropping out after their first year in the engineering program.

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[PODCAST] INSPIRE with Jeff Nelson

NonProfit Hub

Jeff grew the organization from a small start-up in Chicago, with two staff members supporting 32 students, to a leading college access and success organization with a staff of 150 supporting 13,000 students in Chicago, Houston, New York, Massachusetts, Metro Atlanta and Bay Area.

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Force Multiplier Podcast Episode 1: Addressing Hidden Hunger in our Communities

Saleforce Nonprofit

and Chicago, Feeding America is the second largest organization focused on ending hunger in America. OUSD is Focused on Holistic Student Support. And supporting the whole student starts with making sure kids have nutritious meals, which serve as the foundation to learning, playing, and everything else. About the Author.

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How can nonprofit leaders enact effective practices to achieve the promise of social equity?

ASU Lodestar Center

Psychic wages” are not providing incentives to offset student loan debt, housing prices, and health insurance. He is a Chicago-born Oregonian, who moved to Eugene after living abroad in Sudan. Wage inequity is effectively failing to retain talented and young professionals that enter the sector.

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Storytelling for Success: A Look at Three Crowdfunding Campaigns

Tech Soup

Build a Playground on Chicago's South Side! This campaign is built on an inspiring story of two Chicago communities coming together for the greater good. Best friends Ariana and Marc want to celebrate their bat and bar mitzvah by building a playground in Chicago's South Side. Indiegogo).