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Going Beyond the Dollar: The Community Leadership Role of Foundations

sgEngage

Historically, community leadership has been more of a concept versus an action. Leadership is both a process/action and a result, but we often only hear about the results of good leadership. It encompasses activities such as community organizing, advocacy, and public service, empowering individuals to contribute to their communities.

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7 Nonprofits Fighting for Immigrant Rights

Everyaction

There are nearly 800,000 people protected under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). From legal work to advocacy to grassroots mobilization, these 7 organizations highlighted below are fighting to ensure that immigrant rights are human rights. American Immigration Council. Learn more about their #HeretoStay Campaign.

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

With many incredible ideas on the table, they committed to moving forward with two community-driven approaches to combat hunger: A Hunger Action Plan to activate our Salesforce ecosystem around long-term systemic changes to fight hunger. Interested in co-creating the Hunger Action Plan or Food Access Kit? “ Jennifer Thall. .”

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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

Benjamin Perks, UNICEF’s head of campaigns and advocacy, has seen firsthand how mental illness comes from adverse childhood experiences. “I Less than half of all Americans with a mental disorder actually get the treatment they need.

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What Mesh Businesses Should Support Philanthropy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On-demand Advocacy. The platform he’s building contains information on 60,000 people (the “base”) who are interested in advocating for a variety of policy changes to combat childhood obesity. Are you listening LinkedIn? Marty Kearns, of Netcentric Campaigns, has a more intriguing answer to Efurd’s question.

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Some Reflections about Social Data in the Cloud from the Social Innovation Summit 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One example comes from, StethoCloud , which developed a solution to diagnose childhood pneumonia. He did a live demonstration of a check in with a patient and reviewing his ultrasounds. It was inspiring to see it in action, but also how they improvised to get it started.

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How the Latino Community Foundation Used Learning and Pivoting to Get Better Fundraising Results

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

LCF has built a dynamic network of Latino nonprofit leaders through its advocacy platform, the California Latino Agenda and has engaged a powerful group of female donors through the Latina Giving Circle. It unites diverse advocates, allies, and inspires philanthropists to work together to build a better California.

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