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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

The book was so popular that it was also made into an award-winning hit film. Stevenson is a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School and started EJI to dedicate his life to fighting the unequal treatment of marginalized communities. We have a calendar at EJI where we put out an action you can do everyday.

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

foundations steadily decreased their support of HBCUs, in terms of both percentage of total giving and grant dollars awarded. The number of large foundations awarding grants to HBCUs also decreased during this time. In fact, large U.S. It should be noted, however, that 2020 data collection is still ongoing.

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7 Reasons Why You Should Attend Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

We’ve already told you about conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall and Grammy award-winner Leslie Odom Jr. Clooney is a globally recognized, high-powered barrister in the field of international human rights and criminal law. headlining our first-ever Nonprofit Summit. Nonprofit Summit features Dr. Jane Goodall, Leslie Odom, Jr.,

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Cloggers Awards Ceremony

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

August 31st: Cambodia Bloggers Awards Ceremony. As many of you may have already read, part of my project budget was to include video blogging camera kits to give as prizes or awards to encourage video bloggers. " The awards announcement post is here ( Note it is written in both English and Khmer. for honesty.

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Living Plastic-Free with Beth Terry (Big Vision Podcast)

Have Fun - Do Good

She spearheaded the successful Take Back the Filter Brita recycling campaign in 2008, and her life and work have been profiled in Susan Freinkel's book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story , in Captain Charles Moore's book, Plastic Ocean , and in the award-winning film, Bag It. You can follow her on Twitter at @PlasticfreeBeth.

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Comprehensive Guide To Year-End Giving

CauseVox

For Fiver, this means pulling client testimonials from thank you letters written by program participants or through phone interviews with families. Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library.

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Can Compassion Be Cool?

Have Fun - Do Good

"[T]hat quality of reverence, that is really the gateway through which we can begin to rediscover our capacity to do good." -- Interview with Van Jones , President, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Only by establishing peace in yourself can you be helpful in contributing to peace.