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Women’s History Month: 11 Nonprofits That Are Advocating For Female Empowerment

Kindful

Mission: WomenRising’s mission is to assist women and their families to achieve self-sufficiency and live safe, productive, and fulfilling lives, through social services, economic development, and advocacy services. Impacting: Empowerment through music education. Impacting: Gender equity in the music industry. 500 Women Scientists.

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October Awareness: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Qgiv

About one in eight women and one in 833 men will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetime. If you have a family history of breast cancer, the BRCA gene test can help you determine what your risk of breast cancer is and help you develop a plan for preventative care. Get screened. Make healthy lifestyle choices.

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Symantec Donation Safeguards Computer Labs for Students

Tech Soup

It aims to provide a gateway towards empowerment, educational, and employment opportunities to lead a fulfilling, prosperous, and purposeful life. Smooth Transition began working to reach at-risk teens early — before they dropped out of high school or left the foster care system. Smooth Transition, Inc., Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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Caravan Studios Showcases Diverse Apps for Social Good

Tech Soup

Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup, hosted a breakfast in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood for nonprofits, app developers, and anyone interested in changing the world for the better. The site features information for developers, including tips for building apps and a guide for getting started.

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Igniting the 15NTC stage at lightning speed

NTEN

Transcending "Social:" Visibility and Empowerment In An Uber-Mega-Meta Self-Conscious Age Speaker: Jianda Johnson, Business and Resource Development Specialist, Guadalupe Montessori School. Why I Don''t Use Volunteers Speaker: Liza J. Dyer, Volunteer Program Coordinator, Multnomah County Library.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

Museum 2.0

Instead of designing programming and then seeking out audiences for it, we identify communities and then develop programs that are relevant to their assets and needs. Find representatives of this community--staff, volunteers, visitors, trusted partners--and learn more about their experiences. Recruit new volunteers or board members.

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The Participatory Museum, Five Years Later

Museum 2.0

Every time we encourage a volunteer to launch her own collections research, or empower teens to launch their own program series, or invite new partners into our projects, we invite them to participate. Empowerment? But I''ve learned that humans can be agents of scale too. That participation is powerful and scalable.