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Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions

Candid

California and New York have the most unions in the dataset, with 3,790 and 3,777 organizations respectively. In that campaign, the CTU pursued demands beyond their own wages and benefits to aid their students, including: smaller class sizes, a nurse and counselor in every school, and resources for homeless students.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. “In family becomes homeless. Nonprofit Finance Fund.

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A Few Reviews of The Networked Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Claire Murray almost five years ago this month when I was working as a consultant for the Community Technology Center Networks to do training for human service agencies that provided homeless services. Claire was working with the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square. I trained her staff on how to blog. I like point 5 about interns.

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7 Ways to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Saleforce Nonprofit

A career exposure panel with Lehman and Bronx Community College students. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me is a New York Times bestseller, written as a letter to his teenage son. African Americans make up 40 percent of the homeless population despite only representing 13 percent of the general population.

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7 Ways to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Saleforce Nonprofit

A career exposure panel with Lehman and Bronx Community College students 3. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me is a New York Times bestseller, written as a letter to his teenage son. Black Americans make up 40 percent of the homeless population despite only representing 13 percent of the general population.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof. Connecting and enriching a national movement. Trail-blazing Road Warriors.

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

Have Fun - Do Good

We are both from New York, but felt that California was the right place to be. EP: Well, Mayor Newsom has already given Michael the green hat, from San Francisco Green, because he works with the project Homeless Connect people. EP: We were both in publishing in New York City. And we just did.