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November Cause Awareness: National Native American Heritage Month

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This important awareness month is dedicated to honoring the contributions of Indigenous American Indians and the history of the country’s first stewards. In the following years, New York adopted the Congress’s plan, designating the second Saturday in May as American Indian Day.

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June Cause Awareness: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

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The Stonewall riots didn’t mark the start of the gay rights movement, but during a time when it was dangerous to be out and proud, they were a galvanizing call to action for the LGBTQIA+ community to fight for their right to openly be themselves. A year after the riots, the first pride parades took place in several U.S.

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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Field Museum Store offers gifts for those interested in science and cultural, natural, and human history. Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities. Perfect gifts for the nonprofit techie! 10) Getty Store :: shop.getty.edu.

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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

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Concert tickets Buying concert tickets has become like a competitive sport, as passionate fans flood ticket platforms to see their favorite artist live. For example, if your town is known for gorgeous cherry blossom trees, offering paintings with these trees by a local artist can inspire bidding.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Babycastles is New York’s first independent video arcade. It lasted for four months.

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Cool App Roundup: Arts Organization Edition

Tech Soup

artist's influences and the exhibit, in the artist's own words. also created a mobile app in conjunction with a Valentine-themed evening event to create a real-time "dating game" (with an artsy slant, of. For example, YBCA's audiences loved having access to artists' own unfiltered words.

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21 Strategic Lessons for Creating Great Nonprofit Games

Tech Soup

A dynamic design team will include developers, designers, artists, strategists, community builders, researchers, and studies on the success or impact created through gameplay. (MB, ARIS is used for designing local, geolocative games at Global Kids connected to libraries and schools to talk about the history and issues in their.

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