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May Cause Awareness: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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This is a month dedicated to celebrating the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and their many contributions and achievements throughout history. May is set aside every year to celebrate the achievements and contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to American history and modern society.

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A clarion call to invest in historically Black colleges and universities

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She responded, “Hmm, I am going to Boston University. Not only did I have the good fortune to receive a world-class education, but my learning was steeped in the history and lived experience of Black people. We were so excited! Susan, you won’t be able to say that.” My story isn’t unique.

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Attention Nonprofit #datanerds: Data-Informed Fundraising!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data!” ” Now certainly development professionals have a history of using research – think donor research for big endowment campaigns.

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Keynote by George McCully at NTC Boston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(Note: My collection of vlog and blog posts on the NTC Boston 2005 can be found here ). The theme of NTC Boston2005 was "Enabling Technology Funding: Issues for Grantmakers and Grantseekers." His classics background was clear as he gave us a brief history: ???Prometheus He was also backlight, so no photo or video.

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5 Games Supporting Nonprofits’s Missions, from Low-Tech to High-Tech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

By placing players squarely in the middle of the issues at-hand, games for social impact allow them to experience the nuances of these challenges in a way that is often as transformative and it is informative. The Senate Immersion Module will launch in Boston in March, at the opening of the EMK Institute.

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She's Geeky -- An Unconference for Women in Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now, I need to figure out how I can squeeze this in before podcamp Boston and VON. October 22-23 Computer History Museum. connect to each other and address issues women face in participating in technical communities. or maybe you just care about the issues facing women as they work in or around technology development???

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On White Privilege and Museums

Museum 2.0

I am in no way an expert in issues related to racial and ethnic representation in the arts. As a feminist, when I really think about this issue, I realize that it's not solely one of Whiteness. They tell histories of white male conquest. I write this piece in good faith about the organizations I know best: museums.

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