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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

I received a full academic scholarship to Jackson State in Mississippi, a historically black university with an accredited journalism department. Wise beyond her years, she was more aware of the injustices in the world than I was at that age. That was long before Oprah. What was meant to be a deterrent motivated my parents and me.

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10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The combined forces of smartphones, mobile broadband, and location-aware applications will connect us in more meaningful ways to the people, organizations, events, information, and companies that matter most to us—namely, those within a physical proximity of where we live and where we are. We’re doing the same for energy.

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