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The Internet Gets Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Invisible Children’s film tapped into a network of celebrities, whose tweets and status updates helped to amplify a simple story and call to action. In many ways, however, the KONY2012 episode is an old story about the power of social capital and strong narratives.

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Community colleges: A critical access point to higher education

Candid

In April, President Biden shared his American Families Plan , which aims to support low and middle-income families and children. Under Candid’s taxonomy , we track funds supporting “community college education,” which encompasses funding both to community colleges and to their foundations.