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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re proud to highlight the innovative and impactful work of these Kindful customers. Impacting: Mental health. Impacting: Mental health. Impacting: Mental health. Mission: Next Rung exists to make an impact in the lives of firefighters and first responders. Porter’s Call.

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Movies for Impact. Bonus points if the artist does an entire custom flash related to your cause. LGBT Pride Month (June, US). 2019 Start-Date: July 28).

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Equity in Arts Funding: We're Not There Yet. We're Not Even Close.

Museum 2.0

There's the barrier of artistic quality--funders, trustees, or staff members who argue that work by non-canonical artists is not up to the standards of the institution. Reading the report, I kept thinking of Rick Lowe, the artist and community activist behind Project Row Houses in Houston.

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How Gen Z Donors Harness the Power of Online Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And despite their youth (its oldest members are only now leaving their teens), kids in Generation Z are regularly rocking social media for social good. Small Givers, Big Impact. Helping Your Teen Give Back.

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Year Three as a Museum Director. Thrived.

Museum 2.0

Over the past three years, we''ve tripled our attendance, doubled our budget, and, most importantly, established deep and diverse relationships with community members, artists, and organizations across Santa Cruz County. MISTAKES I MADE: Taking criticism too personally and letting it impact my emotional health too much.

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The Participatory Museum, Five Years Later

Museum 2.0

Our museum is highly participatory: plenty of opportunities for visitors to contribute, for artists to collaborate, for community members to co-create. Over the past year, our board and staff have leaned into the political nature of what we do, developing a theory of change with community impact at its heart.