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10 Nonprofits to Support on World Humanitarian Day

EveryAction

Their work spans the globe, including promoting the work of a vegetable and chicken farmer in Vietnam , providing financial support to nearly 2,000 families participating in soil conservation projects in Guatemala , and building sanitation facilities in Somalia. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. AIDS United.

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A Brief History of Nonprofit Organizations (And What We Can Learn)

NonProfit Hub

During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. This took the organization from a private franchise focused on local chapters to one the entire nation—and big donors—could get behind. The government also became much more involved in social and cultural welfare programs.

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A Veteran's Day Reflection on Temporal Community

ASU Lodestar Center

I’d been watching the parade for an hour or so when a unit of Vietnam War era soldiers marched past. The second is a set of rules or laws that members agree to accept. The third is a system of governance for promulgating the rules, assuring compliance, and effecting change. The first is a common mission or experience.

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Must Hear Speech from Barack Obama and the Power of Podcasting

Have Fun - Do Good

I love listening to Barack Obama's podcasts because he gives me hope that there is at least one person in the US government who is reasonable, sane, intelligent and truly cares about people as humans, not just as voters who can keep him in or out of office. I do want to make the following observations, though. I believe that U.S.

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