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Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being 

Candid

The Race for Results report series tracks how children across racial and ethnic groups are faring at the state and national levels on key education, health, and economic milestones. The national child poverty rate fell from 9.7% Six indicators have improved for every racial and ethnic group during the past decade—but unevenly.

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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations

VisionLink

But, the new coronavirus pandemic has brought out another aspect of American society— the tenacity and ingenuity to work around obstacles to helping that until this point in our lifetime were unseen, namely that of social distancing. Visit NVOAD at nvoad.org.

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Thanksgiving: What are your grateful for?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m at the New Jersey Shore for the Thanksgiving holiday. My hometown got hit pretty hard, but we’re counting our blessings that my family’s house is still standing and able to enjoy this Thanksgiving with family. Your organization participate or you can fundraise for a cause.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

The moment you’ve all been waiting for, the official Cause Camp 2017 speaker lineup. Cause Camp is Nonprofit Hub’s annual conference, bringing the best and the brightest from both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, to inspire, educate and transform nonprofits of all shapes and sizes, from all over the world. Derrick Feldmann.

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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate

ASU Lodestar Center

Nelson Mandela spent four-plus decades as an activist and freedom fighter and 27 years in prison because the demeaning National Party policy of apartheid in South Africa impeded black South Africans’ ability to live with human dignity. the fact stands that OWS supporters choose to endure the harsh conditions in solidarity for the cause.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We turned on CNN and watched together as scenes from New Jersey and New York flashed across the screen. Hurricane Sandy caused over 100 deaths in 10 states and left more people in the dark than any other storm in United States history. It’s not a nightmare,” I said, “It’s for real.”.

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News by the Spoonful: The $10 USB Condom (Seriously)

Tech Soup

Several prominent nonprofits participated, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, WordPress, Mozilla Foundation, Public Knowledge, Greenpeace USA, Sierra Club, Common Cause, and MoveOn.org. Here's another "as California goes, so goes the nation" story. The New Instagram Hyperlapse App.

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