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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services.

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Nonprofit Storytelling: The Quick and No-Nonsense Guide

Bloomerang

Since childhood, we have been taught to expect a certain structure for stories to follow. Hospice and homelessness can both be taboo subjects that can make people uncomfortable. PUNT Pediatric Cancer Society in New York shines as an example of storytelling at an event. Step 1: Understand story structure. Watch below.

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

You’ve probably heard the phrase “I have a dream” at least some point in your childhood. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me is a New York Times bestseller, written as a letter to his teenage son. The good news is that nonprofits like Larkin Street Youth Services are working to help address homelessness.

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

Listen to Dr. King’s most famous speech You’ve probably heard the phrase “I have a dream” at least at some point in your childhood. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me is a New York Times bestseller, written as a letter to his teenage son. King’s legacy, and ways to give back while carrying his legacy forward.

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

Have Fun - Do Good

We are both from New York, but felt that California was the right place to be. EP: Well, Mayor Newsom has already given Michael the green hat, from San Francisco Green, because he works with the project Homeless Connect people. EP: We were both in publishing in New York City. And we just did. We're hardened now.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Despite her family's affluence, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood in Chicago during the 1930s was not without hardship, discrimination, and segregation. Writer and author of New York Times best seller "Bad Feminist," modern-day feminist icon Roxane Gay is a force of nature. Fund their work! Sheroes in the Arts. Lorraine Hansberry.

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