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November Cause Awareness: National Native American Heritage Month

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Elliott-High Eagle, a Cherokee Indian, created the first official week of awareness and recognition for American Indian and Alaska natives in October 1976. You can also read books, watch videos and movies, and listen to talks and podcasts by Indigenous experts, scholars, conservationists, linguists, chefs, and more. President Gerald R.

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What does a Purpose-Driven Company Look Like?

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We need all our colleagues to connect with our purpose,” Boone explained on the Purpose 360 podcast. For example, at the heart of Alaska Airlines is a sense of stewardship for the people and places it serves. So far, Alaska has reduced its emissions by more than 35% per passenger mile since 2004.

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Spotlighting the Benefits of the Stakeholder Economy at Davos 2022

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For more on this topic, listen to our climate action episode from season two of the award-winning Force Multiplier podcast Opens new window. I couldn’t think of a better way to create meaningful impact than by bringing together prominent leaders and activists whose ideas and leadership are changing the world for the better. Opens new window.

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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

Noble Paws teaches people with disabilities to run their own dog team, which was a very unique idea in Alaska. Huge thanks to Steve Vick and Devin Thorpe for the content for this article which was adapted, with permission, from the Nonprofit Ally Podcast #067: The Quest for Funding.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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You can listen to my interview with Jensine on the Big Vision Podcast website, or on iTunes. They came from the favelas of Brazil, from Alaska, from the Bronx, immigrant women from the Bronx. Tags: Big Vision Podcast interview. They broadcast and unite women's voices from around the world into a powerful force for change.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

Have Fun - Do Good

Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast. I spent a number of years traveling and working in communities throughout China and Russia and Alaska, working with communities where the problems were right in their face.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. I also produce several podcasts, one of which is called the Big Vision Podcast.

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