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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Launched in partnership with the Ford Foundation , which has committed $3 million in matching funds as part of its America's Cultural Treasures initiative , Southern Cultural Treasures is aimed at fostering lasting stability and resiliency among arts communities across the South.

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease." Viola Vaughn "A group of failing schoolchildren in Kaolack, Senegal, once asked Viola Vaughn to help them pass their classes. Maria Da Silva "Has lost 14 family members to AIDS.

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[VIDEO] Emerging Trends in Nonprofit Social Media Marketing

Bloomerang

Peace Corps in Senegal in West Africa. So during Suicide Prevention Month, there was a campaign called Seize the Awkward, and they ran a three-day Twitch event to raise awareness and raise funds, where people on Twitch that were doing live streams. I’m happy to send it to you afterwards. So I was a journalism major in college.