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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

After a year of pandemic-fueled isolation — undoubtedly a primary factor in 42% of adults experiencing anxiety and depression, up 11% from previous years — educational institutions and businesses are making the mental wellbeing of their students and employees a priority.

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Gen Z Is Ready to Join Your Junior Board of Directors

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The low-hanging fruit segment for this are individuals who served on their university’s student government. An example of this is when our organization hosted a giveaway on Instagram that engaged a lot of Gen Zers to follow our Instagram page in order to enter.” Don’t discount the old-school approach.

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My First Intergenerational Social Media: Learning from Gen Z's and Value of Different Points of View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I facilitated a hot topic workshop at the Healthy Communities Annual Conference hosted by the Search Institute in Minneapolis. One of the takeaways was, don't assume that everyone thinks like you do - and expose yourself to different points of view. This week I put that into practice.

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Elevating Advocacy Voices for Children Through Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Voices for Utah Children recently helped host a conference on. possible solutions to the problem of intergenerational poverty. During the conference, we premiered a video produced by University of Utah students that combined powerful images and data about children in poverty in our state.

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[VIDEO] Young Professionals and Junior Boards: Beyond the Kid’s Table to Meaningful Engagement

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For example, in the National Women’s Political Caucus, this group hosted something like phone banks for candidates that we had endorsed. But in Pedal the Cause, we host a fundraiser every year. And yes, I would say, even with high school and college students, you might have people who want to identify that way.