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Who are the Millennials?

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The oldest Millienials are approaching 30 and the youngest are about to be teens. All nonprofits should be aware that Millienials are: The most ethnically and racially diverse youth in US history. Starting out as the most politically progressive age group in modern history. What does this mean for your nonprofit?

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Co-Creating Exhibits with Teens and Volunteers: The Importance of Criteria

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This summer, I worked with the Chabot Space & Science Center on a design institute in which eleven teens from their Galaxy Explorers program designed media pieces for an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition on black holes. There was no initial design, no graphics, and no idea of where the teen' work would fit into an overall structure.

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

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Include your mission and vision statements, a brief history, and a summary of your programs and services. Can a child or teen volunteer with their parent’s permission? If a photographer or videographer will be onsite give the volunteer a name tag in a different color, and let the photographer or videographer know to avoid those people.

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Giving the Gift of Accessibility

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The One Year Devotionals For Teens 29. The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. Tags: accessibility volunteer donor gift books Bookshare. Twin of Ice 25. Any books by Michael Feldman 26. Any books by Michael Perry. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma 28. Hunger's Brides: A Novel of the Baroque 30. IMPULSE 34.

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Benetech and the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

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They have an open collections policy, and they see media artifacts as objects that connect people--to art, to history, to politics, and to each other. PieLab resembles other community development projects: it employs struggling teens, provides local entrepreneurs and organizations with space and support, and brings together diverse folks.

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How Different Types of Museums Approach Participation

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History Museums OPPORTUNITIES - History museums are in many ways the best-suited for visitor participation. As cultural anthropology has swung away from a vision of authoritative history and toward the embrace of multiple perspectives, there is potential for those stories to come from all over the place, including visitors themselves.

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