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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. When we built our National Memorial to the victims of lynching, we couldn’t do that.

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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. Jon Townsend, Chief Information Officer, National Trust. Clooney is a globally recognized, high-powered barrister in the field of international human rights and criminal law. headlining our first-ever Nonprofit Summit.

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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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7 Ways to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Saleforce Nonprofit

It emphasizes why direct action to break unjust laws is needed, rather than waiting for justice or equality to arrive. Nonviolent resistance to unjust laws eventually influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time was a national bestseller published the same year as the March on Washington.

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The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

For example, when NWLC’s Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, Judy Waxman, was interviewed on MSNBC in a story about the failings of the individual health insurance market when it comes to women, we ran special ads on keywords we thought people might search for after watching the piece.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

Have Fun - Do Good

They sat side by side to discuss the role of women in rebuilding society, women's rights and the new Constitution, and family law. Kennedy New Frontier Award in 2007. Together they shared their lives, their hopes and dreams. In small groups, the women learned basic business and marketing skills. She received the John F.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. Like there'll be times where I'm really interested in food issues, and I'm interviewing and talking to people about that.

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