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Ways We Can All Help Advance Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment

Connection Cafe

Women’s and girls’ empowerment is a sweeping topic, defined and shaped by family beliefs and cultural norms in the community and country where one lives. Some people associate the empowerment of women and girls primarily with challenges faced in communities where poverty and lack of access to education determine one’s level of empowerment.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

Kindful

Many foundations focus much of their philanthropy work on youth empowerment—and for good reason. The foundations on this list are just a few of the many that understand the importance that youth empowerment plays in helping young people from all backgrounds grow and excel during this critical stage of their life. Kellogg Foundation.

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Celebrate International Women’s Day 2021

Forum One

Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions, but we can choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequity. Telling stories through images of empowerment. During Women’s History Month, we are excited to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021.

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Donation Drives: Catalyzing Change Through Collective Giving

Greater Giving

The Dynamics of Donation Drives Inclusivity and Empowerment At its core, a donation drive fosters inclusivity, inviting people from diverse backgrounds and walks of life to participate. The immediacy of the call to action can rally communities to come together and provide timely assistance, demonstrating the power of collective goodwill.

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Earth Day ‘22: Salesforce.org Customers Tackle Climate Challenges by Land, Air & Sea

Saleforce Nonprofit

Mission: Empowerment of children and youth and mobilize for and enable the restoration of 1 trillion new trees worldwide. Outside of Salesforce.org, Cheryl serves on the Board of Directors for Community Action Marin. Plant for the Planet. Trees are one of the most powerful tools we have to combat the climate crisis.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

Growing Pains Founded in 1926, AbilityFirst (formerly known as the Crippled Children’s Society of Southern California or CCS) was created to help children with polio and other physical disabilities, and I was hired in 1998 to turn around this disability service organization. After five years, we finally balanced the budget.

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'Thanks to Public Allies, I am Now, and Forever, an Agent of Impact'

ASU Lodestar Center

I didn’t know how I could turn ideas into action, but I wanted to learn. This creates a self-sustaining cycle of empowerment, which is critical to ending the disconnection and disempowerment that prevent individuals from living the life they are worthy and capable of. I see how our actions ripple through the lives of others.

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