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Getting from “no” to “yes” for climate justice

Candid

Our new guide provides helpful and instructive case studies to illustrate how other funders have taken such steps. . For example, the guide shares how savvy education funders are considering the impact of learning loss on students who every year miss more and more days of instruction due to the climate crisis.

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Bright Idea: Host a Peer-to-Peer Event Plus an Auction

Qgiv

They use the power of movement and music to transform the lives of their students while creating an inviting and nurturing community for all. Founded in 2018, they’ve grown from being a small summer camp to a sustainable, year-round program that serves individuals across the United States.

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3rd Annual EveryAction Nonprofit Halloween Costume Parade

EveryAction

Due to high demand, CLI quickly expanded, and now offers an expanded service model including recurring workshops in literacy instruction and personalized, job-embedded coaching to help educators create a lasting love of reading in their students (of books like Where the Wild Things Are!). Star Wars: Force for Change.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

This isn’t a way of thinking routinely instructed in underserved schools. There are many challenges that inner-city communities in the United States face when it comes to education. The best schools drive home the need to access the wisdom and economic opportunities of those who have already carved out a successful career.

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Delivering a Better Volunteer Experience: 5 Tips for Nonprofits

Volunteer Hub

According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, a research center of the Urban Institute, approximately two-thirds of nonprofit organizations in the United States utilize volunteers. Volunteers should have clear instructions on how to reach someone from the organization quickly and efficiently. Transparency.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. We have over half a million readers in the United States, and over 625,000 different ebook titles available for instant download.

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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s allowed in many formats to present the text not in logical reading order, but completely out of order with instructions to the device on how to make the content “look” on the page. So, the student might be able to read only 60% of the relevant content, and have no idea about what the equations say.

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