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

Kindful

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: Social services. Impacting: Empowerment through music education.

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NTC Day of Service 2011: The Art of Story Capture

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year’s Day of Service featured three different projects – a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC’s largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. Tech Recycling Day.

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NTC Day of Service 2011: The Art of Story Capture

NTEN

This year's Day of Service featured three different projects - a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC's largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities.

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Seeking Clarity about the Complementary Nature of Social Work and the Arts

Museum 2.0

I was with two close friends who work in social service organizations focusing on homelessness and criminal justice respectively. And we each have specific interests in increasing access, connection, and empowerment of marginalized people. We CAN take risks with more flexibility than social service agencies.

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Symantec Donation Safeguards Computer Labs for Students

Tech Soup

It aims to provide a gateway towards empowerment, educational, and employment opportunities to lead a fulfilling, prosperous, and purposeful life. Its mentorship helps prevent its clients from re-entering the foster and judicial system or repeating poverty and homelessness cycles. Smooth Transition, Inc., Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

It seems like every day there's a new overhyped idea that claims to fix a problem you never thought you had, like a delivery service for laundry quarters. Referral Services. When you click on a category, say Technology, you'll see a list of related services such as the Mission Bay Library or the Tenderloin Technology Lab.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Genève, Switzerland: LINforum3 Partage Idée, Réflexion, Projet, Startup, Service. Solutions Informatiques — Cloud — SaaS — Services en Ligne. Responsables!