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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

Candid

Uplifting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) Shaw University, located in Raleigh, NC, was the first HBCU organized in the South and is the birthplace of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). We each had the opportunity to elevate a woman from the past who is a part of our journey.

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ITWorks & SAP America: Connecting Young Adults To Bright Futures

TechImpact

14 students from the ITWorks program in the Philadelphia area visited SAP America last week for Career Day this year. Career Day is just one of the opportunities students have to immerse themselves in the technology landscape. Career Day is just one of the opportunities students have to immerse themselves in the technology landscape.

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Spotlighting the Benefits of the Stakeholder Economy at Davos 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

Research has shown that if 100% of students in developed countries received climate education, the emissions impact would be greater than that of wind and solar combined. These engaged activists shared great ideas for how we can help young people learn to tackle climate change — for themselves and for the world.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As always, I’m delighted to share the latest Benetech highlights as we work on these ambitious 10X dreams! With Bookshare, our student members can access and read the books they need—in the classroom, at home, and on the go—and have a fair opportunity to succeed at school just like their peers without disabilities.

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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. Teens As Free Agents. Un Foundation.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

BB: Can you share a story of how a family's life has been changed for the better by Fair Trade? PR: I was in Brazil a few months ago, and in this village in Brazil there are about eighty or ninety families that are all very small coffee growers. And when we say small in the coffee world, we're talking about one or two acres.

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EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

There were some complications with this, we didnt have enough ethnic avatars, so the Brazilian one was a blonde girl, as we knew there were also blonde girls in Brazil. Most of the piece broadcast to millions of Brazilians was about the outrage that we represented Brazils efforts in the worldwide fight against poverty by a spoilt blonde girl.

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