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Pride is a Protest, Not a Parade: How Education Can Help Fight Hate Against the LGBTQ+ Community

Saleforce Nonprofit

This annual publication documents legal, political, and social developments in 54 countries and four European institutions over the past calendar year. Moving Forward and How Education Plays a Critical Role. It’s important that you take the time to educate yourself. Advice for Teachers and Educators. In the U.K.,

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A clarion call to invest in historically Black colleges and universities

Candid

Prior to the Civil War, the education of Black Americans was prohibited in most states and discouraged in others, leaving many Black communities without access to the educational resources to build quality lives, much less wealth. Racism, employer bias, and work discrimination are well documented. My story isn’t unique.

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New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Amy Sample Ward

I think there’s huge potential for organizations to use multiple mediums, content, and locations to help document and advocate for the change they want in their communities and around the world. Encourage volunteers, program officers, donors, or other community members to become social reporters and document events in their neighborhood.

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Are You Passionate about Technology and Social Good? Benetech Needs You!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We use technology today to help hundreds of thousands of students with disabilities succeed in school, as well as help human rights activists around the world document abuses and seek justice. As one of our partners from an LGBT group in Uganda noted last year, “If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.”

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Introducing a New Community-Built Application Supported by Salesforce.org Commons

Saleforce Nonprofit

For example, you can use DLRS when you want to display the sum of paid payments related to an Opportunity, or count the number of student applications or current board members at your organization. Learn more about the history of DLRS, and Andy’s decision to join the Open Source Commons program. The First Major Community Release.

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10 Awesome LGBTQ Organizations You Should Support This Pride Month

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Founded in the wake of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, America’s deadliest mass shooting in modern history, the Pride Fund to End Gun Violence took action to rally the LGBTQ community and allies in a call for common sense gun reforms. They work at the local, state, and federal level to advance transgender equality.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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From accountants to college students, from administrators working in construction offices to legal professionals, many are considering new career directions to gain more meaningful work and to serve the greater good in their communities. CA: Today, there are many grant writing courses and educational resources available.

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