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Hurricane Sandy Art Relief: An Interview with Elana Haviv

Have Fun - Do Good

Elana designed The Telling History Project: Understanding the Past to Create the Future , a curriculum to teach students about human rights. After 9/11, she spearheaded an art-based CMCE 9/11 Trauma Relief Project in the New York City schools. She also pioneered art-based healing programs in post-war Bosnia.

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‘Humans of New York’ Just Won Fundraising | Here’s What We Can Learn from Its Success

Connection Cafe

Maybe you’ve glimpsed the #1 New York Times best-selling book in a store window somewhere. But chances are, by now, you’ve heard the buzz about Brandon Stanton and the internet phenomenon that is Humans of New York. All photos courtesy of Humans of New York].

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Reframe, commit, and expand: How to meaningfully invest in Black leaders

Candid

Leaders like Oluwatoyin Ayanfodun (Toyin) , founder of Tomorrow’s Leaders NYC (TLNYC) which has supported 2,000 over-age middle school students across New York to defy the statistics. Between 2012 and 2020, the Fellowship supported 90 leaders working across 40 U.S.

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New Frontiers in Fundraising

Top Nonprofits

Years later, in collaboration with a colleague, she launched her second initiative, an after-school program in New York City to help under-served high school students with career planning and workplace readiness. Wendy started a jellybean business during university.

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From The Bench To The Boardroom

Eric Jacobsen Blog

In the new book, From the Bench to the Boardroom , Michael MacDonald shares his journey from humble beginnings in the outskirts of Philadelphia, to his college basketball career at Rutgers, to executive positions at Xerox and Medifast. As a basketball player, Michael learned teamwork, courage, adaptability, and much more.

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NonProfit Work and Us

Museum 2.0

An exit interview is too late. Biography: Alison Koch is a digital storyteller, technical product manager, design thinker, dog mama, and perpetual American Sign Language student, currently serving as the inaugural Digital Content Producer and strategist at Playwrights Horizons theater in New York City.

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Dancing for Peace: Big Vision Podcast with Sara Potler

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In conjunction with Aulas en Paz (Peaceable Classrooms), a multi-component pedagogical project designed to promote social and civic competencies and conflict resolution among primary-school students, Dance 4 Peace was designed, implemented, and evaluted in public schools in the outskirts of Bogotá. Today, the program works in Washington, D.C.,

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