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

Candid

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. organizations outside Europe and the United States) and to frontline organizations in the Global North. . Not reinventing the wheel.

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

In the spring of 2020, as COVID-19 and the uncertainty of how to react spread across the United States and Canada, people holed up in their houses and apartments. Students gravitated to online classes. Using such tools, especially when they are new, can be scary. Restaurants shut down.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate. Accordingly, U.S.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

Qgiv

From accountants to college students, from administrators working in construction offices to legal professionals, many are considering new career directions to gain more meaningful work and to serve the greater good in their communities. GPA chapters are located across the United States.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind. In the U.S.,

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

I would say that we made the best use that we could of the tools that we had,” she said, “but I’d say about 10% of our volunteers are not tech savvy and so they got left behind.”. We held 33 virtual focus groups (via Zoom) with 181 CVAs in the United States and Canada. Talking with Volunteer Administrators.

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Giving Days Down Under: Five Key Steps for a Successful #GivingDay

Connection Cafe

Many universities have adopted their own day, some with historical significance, to highlight their programs and areas of need. And perhaps more importantly, utilizing challenge donations means that your acquisition campaign has turned into a tool to bring in a few large gifts.