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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

It was updated for National Mentoring Month in January 2023. Nationally, 71% of the youth we serve are Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and Black History Month is a chance to show youth how to overcome barriers, so they can see the possibilities, and have a sense of pride. De Anna and Sharmel are still connected today.

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5 Organizations To Support On World Refugee Day

Everyaction

Asylum Access focuses on refugees from Africa, Asia, and Latin America (the areas with most of the world’s refugees), and works to help refugees assert their rights in the present and transform systems for a safer and more just future. Asylum Access. World Relief.

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Constituent Empowerment, as old as Lady Liberty

Connection Cafe

While touring the island, listening to my pleasant audio guide chattering away on my headphones, I learned of a constituent empowerment campaign from long ago. The French government extended the gift of the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876, in recognition of our first 100 years as a nation. Let me tell you about it.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries. We’d love to meet you there!

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America , or go international with events in. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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4 Best Professional Development Practices for Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

In addition to her work with The Alliance, Kristine is the founder of Ignite Everyday, an organization dedicated to the empowerment of women in their careers, and serves on the Certification Governing Board for the National Academy of Sports Medicine (“NASM”), which oversees the certification programs offered by NASM, a division of Assessment (..)

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

Their unique model of local fundraising and local giving through their chapters engages thousands of women across North America to give generously in support of their mission. They invest in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change. Areas served: US. Mary’s Pence.