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July Cause Awareness: Disability Pride Month

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As more and more activist organizations began to gain traction, it became clear that the nation needed to adopt more comprehensive civil rights legislation to increase independence and fully integrate people with disabilities into U.S. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law.

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Volunteerism Keeps Proving Its Value (Especially When Skills Are Given)

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and sometime in April or May, during National Volunteer Week , when Independent Sector often issues its updated data on the value of a volunteer hour. What’s even cooler is how the value jumps higher when volunteers give their professional skills in law, finance, marketing, operations, you name it. So here’s the good news.

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Juneteenth Resources

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The Conscious Kid —The Conscious Kid is an education, research, and policy organization that supports families and educators in taking action to disrupt racism, inequity and bias. Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national organization that brings hundreds of thousands of white people into fights for racial and economic justice.

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[VIDEO] Building Your Nonprofit’s Engagement Engine

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But don’t do that right now, wait at least an hour because we got Sarah Durham, one of my favorites joining us from Massachusetts. Or maybe even policy makers who have influence over government, you know, budgets, you know, for the CDC or things like that. Hey, Sarah, how are you doing? Sarah: Hi, Steven, thanks for having me.

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