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Celebrating Black history and Black futures

Candid

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas learned that they had in fact been granted their freedom in 1863 and had spent two additional years in bondage at the hands of exploitative plantation owners. Looking to the future. HBCUs are also about the future.

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Becoming A Networked Nonprofit Workshop: Reflections from Junior Achievement Worldwide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The ECS Foundation accepted the proposal and granted funds to help support aspiring female high school students become future leaders. Dalton who works with the Louisville, KY JA Office mentioned her organization reached out to the local Social Media Club to recruit a board member.

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And the Winner(s) of the Social Media Library Are.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But the grand prize winner of the books offered by Steve are: Erin McMahon , Metro United Way, Louisville, KY. The most interesting part of webinars is the q/a and Tara got an interesting question about how you measure Whuffie and she wrote her reflection here. Erin even wrote a little poetry as part of her entry.

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