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New Technology Developed to Amplify Community Voices for the Media

Non Profit Quarterly

The Local Voices Network (LVN), developed by the nonprofit Cortico in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab , is bringing people together to share their perspectives with each other and with a small electronic “digital hearth” that records their every word. Hosts and participants all volunteer their time for the discussions.

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Please Help: Volunteers Needed To Help With Hurricane Wiki To Prep for Hurricane Ida

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ida is expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast near the Alabama/Florida border late Monday or early Tuesday. We need volunteers to review the wiki section by section and make sure that there are resources collected for Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Most importantly, we need to update the wiki: [link].

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

DipJar

At the heart of the operation are a dedicated medical team, a professional staff, and hundreds of volunteers. The Friends of Dallas Animal Services started in 2019 when its founders Stephanie Fox and Wendy Reiner were volunteering at the shelter. How FODAS Helps. That connection has been a two-way street, even in trying times.

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How a Fan of Nonprofits Teaches Tech and Fundraising

Tech Soup

She's our volunteer Netsquared organizer there. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven, global network of nonprofit technology workshops and networking events. They did this as a demonstration project by publicizing last year's #GivingTuesday together. Louis; Huntsville, Alabama; and Orlando. Get (or Give!)

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

Museum 2.0

The Waffle Shop is a cafe and live streaming TV channel that serves a diverse audience of late night club-goers and locals in an urban neighborhood. The library is run in the lobby of a theater company by a group of volunteers led by Nell Taylor. Waffle Shop (Pittsburgh, PA). Want some waffles with your art? PieLab (Greensboro, AL).

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Coming to a Public School Near You: Hopefully, You as a Volunteer

Have Fun - Do Good

Tuesday was my first day volunteering with the "reading partners" program at my neighborhood public elementary school. I highly recommend volunteering with young people, whether they are as little as a kindergartner, or as old as a college student. If you're a parent, the local PTA may have ways for you to get involved as well.

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Leading the Resistance: 28 Organizations You Can (and Should) Support Today

EveryAction

That’s why we empower local leaders to build a strong movement for equality that secures critical grassroots wins at every level. Donate | Take Action | Volunteer | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Volunteer | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook. Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. Donate | Volunteer | Twitter | Facebook.

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