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Women’s History Month: 11 Nonprofits That Are Advocating For Female Empowerment

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Mission: The mission of Crossroads for Women is to provide comprehensive, integrated services to empower women emerging from incarceration to achieve safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives in the community, for themselves and their children. Impacting: Incarceration and addiction. Headquarters in: Albuquerque, NM. Become a monthly donor.

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Storymakers Past Winners: In Their Own Words

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It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. Without education, Dalit children continue in the same generational work as their parents, which is generally street sweepers, leather workers, garbage workers.

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We Want YOU to Help Scale Up Mobile for the Common Good

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Without it, it can be difficult to find a home, apply for a job, sign up for classes, make homeless shelter reservations or find soup kitchens. and the Lake County Council on Aging in Mentor, Ohio. have learned how to program on mobile devices, and people who are homeless have received subsidized services and devices.

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10 Organizations Leading The Way This Mental Health Awareness Month

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Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. The Village Network is a behavioral health organization helping youth and families in Ohio and West Virginia become healthy and have brighter futures.