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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ben Duda is executive director of AmeriCorps Alums and graciously agreed to share some thoughts on this as guest post. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources.

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Public Allies Arizona: Getting Things Done for America

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Annie Bello Graduate Public Allies Arizona I quickly realized that Public Allies was no cop out when we were sworn in as AmeriCorps members. I am an AmeriCorps member, and I will get things done. I will carry this commitment with me this year and beyond I am an AmeriCorps member, and I will get things done.

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. how to start a nonprofit Dick Erwin AmeriCorps' I recently completed a nonprofit internship, and it was a very difficult and challenging experience. and Canada. Like this article?

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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The Neuroscience of Purpose: Recharging in the Nonprofit World

ASU Lodestar Center

If you work for a nonprofit, there’s a good chance that you’re working on a tough problem like the achievement gap, homelessness, or global hunger. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man" by Michael Soto. Why this matters for those of us in the nonprofit world. Further Readings. Self-Control as the secret to succes.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Executive Compensation"

ASU Lodestar Center

Or, "Please give this family a place to stay for the night; and why dont you see if you can eliminate homelessness in the meantime?" How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. —oh and while youre at it, can you please end all hunger everywhere?"

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

We tune into causes through our relationships with others, whether its a kid from our neighborhood in a youth group, our sister doing a breast cancer run, or our friend organizing a reading night at a homeless shelter. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.