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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

Mission: Through education and advocacy, the Colorado Mental Wellness Network seeks to provide opportunities for individuals to improve the quality of their lives, give back to the community through meaningful roles, and to change the perceptions of mental health. Mission: Robbie’s Hope is an uprising of teens to help other teens.

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

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For example, let’s say your faith-based organization is also an outreach ministry for shut-ins and the homeless. What technology is your staff going to need to fulfill their roles? First, you have to consider what roles are needed. If you find yourself unable to fill a job role, you’ll need to rely on volunteer help.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community. Is the need for more beds seasonal? Avoid jargon, acronyms and insider talk.

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

"We're always looking at mobile services that can help impoverished, low income, and homeless communities," she told TechSoup. Libraries, particularly those in urban areas, are playing a bigger role in social services. Lift Communities is a nonprofit that pairs advocates with community members in need.

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Utah Pride Center: Unite, Empower, Celebrate

DipJar

To learn more about Utah Pride and to hear about the role DipJar has played in supporting this momentum, we sat down with Kevin Randall, the communications director for the Utah Pride Center’s Pride Festival. In many cases, teens who have come out are rejected by their families and become homeless.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

While many remember it as a male-dominated organization, Cleaver, Angela Davis, and other women actually played a large role in leading the movement to empower African American communities during the Civil Rights era. Queen Anna Nzinga. History remembers Queen Anna Nzinga as one of the great female rulers of Africa. Laskarina Bouboulina.

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Stellar year-end fundraising strategies for busy nonprofit leaders

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Give Every Teen the Chance to Chase Their Dream. Or to help you eliminate your waiting list so every homeless person can get medical care. Create a power talk to share information about the need your organization addresses, your organization’s role, and a story of a life your organization has changed.

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