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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. reported for “informal helping.”

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Ways We Can All Help Advance Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment

Connection Cafe

Women’s and girls’ empowerment is a sweeping topic, defined and shaped by family beliefs and cultural norms in the community and country where one lives. Some people associate the empowerment of women and girls primarily with challenges faced in communities where poverty and lack of access to education determine one’s level of empowerment.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

.orgSource

Could the issue be trust? But at.orgCommunity we like to explore issues before they become sound bites. ENA Culture Statements Staff The Emergency Nurses Association will seek at all times to foster and maintain a culture of excellence, commitment, empowerment, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability.

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Hire Fresh Talent—But Before You Shop, Check the Fridge

.orgSource

Even if the job market becomes more advantageous to employers, post-pandemic job seekers are intensely focused on issues that go beyond compensation and benefits. Once we talk through the issues, they realize that there is a current employee, who with the right training and mentoring, would be a great fit for the role.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

Data is critical in evaluating programs, demonstrating the need for new services, and helping nonprofits build an airtight case for support. In November 2023, we received a grant from the Capital One Foundation to support our housing and financial empowerment programming.

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May Cause Awareness: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Qgiv

With a network of over 80 affiliate organizations with deep roots in the Asian and Pacific community, the fund makes contributions to support Asian and Pacific senior and youth services, health and well-being, counseling, legal services, advocacy, civic engagement, and arts and culture.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

In the process, I was exposed to a number of organizations whose boards struggled with a variety of issues. In fact, one of my two biggest challenges as nonprofit CEO involved convincing boards that their service demanded accountability. In contrast is the middle third, who are typically helpful and service-minded—but with a caveat.

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