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Symantec Donation Safeguards Computer Labs for Students

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It aims to provide a gateway towards empowerment, educational, and employment opportunities to lead a fulfilling, prosperous, and purposeful life. Its mentorship helps prevent its clients from re-entering the foster and judicial system or repeating poverty and homelessness cycles. Smooth Transition, Inc., Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

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Because more and more homeless and low-income people are accessing the Internet from mobile devices, the developers behind Link-SF identified a need for a mobile-optimized website for finding social services and local resources in San Francisco. The data was compiled using service information from San Francisco homeless organizations.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

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Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum — October 6. Mason, Ohio: Help Create an App for Homeless to Manage Money More Effectively. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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What is your “Individual Social Responsibility (ISR)?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Through his nonprofit, “ Technology for People ,” he has dedicated his life to girls (and boys) empowerment through technology. In the community, there is only a boys home, but the director of this home, a very committed and passionate professional had just been assigned to set up the girls home.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. Locally, we run a project called the Technology Empowerment Project of Oakland. That is really where the origins of the work came out of.