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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Mr. Hinton spent almost 30 years on death row in Alabama. Bryan Stevenson (BS): It’s important that we have a new consciousness about the problems created by our history. So while it was an extraordinary moment, there is so much about our history that we’ve got to change. Because in his words, “hope is a superpower.”.

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Friends of Dallas Animal Services: Creating Limitless Possibilities for the Animals of Dallas

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But the history and relationship of these two organizations goes back further – and is broader – than this one important program. In the case of kitten season, FODAS funding provides support for mothers and their kittens, taking care of orphaned kittens, purchasing incubators, and the fostering/adoption process.

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11 Powerful Quotes about New Power at the 2019 Social Good Summit

Connection Cafe

If you look at history, all major movements that changed the world were started by young people.” – Catherine Flowers, Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice . “Do There is an unfair power balance between youth organizations and funder organizations – Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Youth Observer. ”If

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

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Fifty years ago in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and the rest of the old South, Blacks could not drink from "whites only" water fountains, could not sit at "whites only" lunch counters or swim at "whites only" public swimming pools. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim''s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.''

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

VisionLink

Fifty years ago in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and the rest of the old South, Blacks could not drink from "whites only" water fountains, could not sit at "whites only" lunch counters or swim at "whites only" public swimming pools. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim''s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.''

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3 bbcon Takeaways to Power 2019 Planning for Higher Ed

Connection Cafe

And tracking your constituents’ activity—such as giving history, appeals, attended events, birthdays, etc.—is A higher education customer panel session featured experts from Fanshawe College , Grinnell College , Manchester University , and University of South Alabama. is critical to enabling personalization.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

They have an open collections policy, and they see media artifacts as objects that connect people--to art, to history, to politics, and to each other. If you're looking for inspiration with a collections focus, the Underground Library is a compelling experimental space dedicated to archiving all media produced in Chicago.

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