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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

At a macro level, service is an opportunity to reweave our cultural fabric of connection and social trust,” said Dugan. “It To illustrate, Cilente Skendall shared that one activity not considered “service” by most respondents was “alternative breaks”—short trips designed to provide students with “service immersion experiences.”

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How can nonprofits and funders create mutually agreeable performance measures?

ASU Lodestar Center

This is a cultural shift that involves everyone; nonprofit leaders and staff, board members, volunteers, donors, foundation leaders, members of the public and others. According to the Center for Evaluation Innovation’s “Lab for Learning” initiative , “make thinking visible” to cultivate a learning culture.

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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission: To promote the right to education and to preserve the environment and cultural heritage of Brazil. Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo.

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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. Olutosin has created an alternative: a women-only center that allows Nigerian women to connect online safely and freely.

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: 5 Extraordinary Organizations

Tech Soup

" The organization serves refugee and immigrant survivors of human rights abuses with a team that speaks 25 different languages to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of Mosaic's clients. Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. Image 1: Alternatives to Violence. Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.: Image 2: Mosaic Family Services.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

Founded in 1990, the Women of Color Resource Center promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well-being of women and girls of color. Locally, we run a project called the Technology Empowerment Project of Oakland. Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center.

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[VIDEO] You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

Bloomerang

I’ll say at the beginning of the pandemic, there were so many stories of friends and family who were being like go, that there was a culture of uncertainty and through this whole last year, there’s been a period of navigating through uncertainty, which I think is challenging overall. Mimosa: Absolutely.

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