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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Senior Care

Bloomerang

The Sigma Foundation For Nursing funds research grants, leadership education grants, membership subsidies, and Sigma programs that connect and empower nurses around the world. It is a place for caregivers to turn to experiencing personal hardship or needing financial assistance for educational purposes. Cash & Counseling Programs.

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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

After a year of pandemic-fueled isolation — undoubtedly a primary factor in 42% of adults experiencing anxiety and depression, up 11% from previous years — educational institutions and businesses are making the mental wellbeing of their students and employees a priority. At any given time, we all sit on the spectrum of mental health.

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. They will support schools in closing the educational gaps that have widened by schools shuttering. First published on Ozy.com.

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My First Intergenerational Social Media: Learning from Gen Z's and Value of Different Points of View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've worked with other groups - small business, higher education, librarians, educators, and others, but never all mixed up. I spent some time in the beginning asking questions and letting people share their experience and perspectives on social media. I wish I could do inter-generational workshops all the time!

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. These programs involved cultural, educational and training efforts that used interactive theater and storytelling. Congratulations on completing your PH.D!

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

There were times when coordinating a fire art festival while researching social capital theory made me want to burn my computer. We scaffold levels of participatory experiences at events that are intergenerational, multidisciplinary and appeal to different types of learners. All of our events require some level of participation.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

As time has gone on, my attention has shifted from the tactic of participation to the outcome of building community. At the same time, “identity” doesn't always mean demographics. As we developed new 3rd Friday community festivals , we were careful to design them as intergenerational experiences. And so on.

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