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Changing lives through financial empowerment

ASU Lodestar Center

It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. integrate financial literacy into our school systems, or at least make. the resources to financial literacy known in our communities. Moreover, many parents feel.

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Thank You, Gerardo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Gerardo helped Benetech dramatically increase our capacity to benefit larger populations by scaling our services, revamping our innovation process, and establishing a thriving network of industry partners and volunteers. Additionally, Gerardo helped conceive our major new effort to ignite new tech social enterprise through Benetech Labs.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

Data is critical in evaluating programs, demonstrating the need for new services, and helping nonprofits build an airtight case for support. We also found nearly 20% of respondents aged 45-64 did not have checking accounts, revealing that our older clients needed more financial literacy programming to avoid slipping into poverty.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. Accordingly, U.S. federal law supports braille instruction.

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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

Youth unemployment was a critical issue for the city at that time – an issue that aligned with John Hancock’s business goals of providing meaningful job opportunities to young people in the community as well as helping them to be better prepared to enter the workforce. How did these groups come together?

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Cause Camp 2021 Speaker Line-Up

NonProfit Hub

Maryanne Dersch specializes in helping nonprofit leaders increase their influence and be the change agents they have always wanted to be without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy. Cause Camp helps give attendees the tools and confidence to manage that reality.”

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Award Winning Combinations for Social Change

Care2

Cristi Hegranes, Global Press Institute – Global Press Institute (GPI) advances both responsible global journalism and community empowerment by offering journalism training to women around the world.

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