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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

This means many children and teens who regularly had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be hungry or undernourished over the summer, even when there are free meals available in their communities. Share summer meal site info via text or email.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Pick a great public space and create a quick event on Eventbrite.com. Combine local businesses, a boardwalk, info booths, and a nice day for a good cause.

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How to Write Fundraising Emails That Get Results

Get Fully Funded

For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . These jobs can be accessed via public transportation.

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Social Networks to Replace Email? NOT!!!

Care2

She said only 11% of teens email daily and that they are using SMS (or Twitter) and social networks for communications. Interestingly, despite all the protests against Facebook’s privacy policy she also said that people entrust their personal info with social networks. The teens Sandberg referenced are doing just that.

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Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook"

Forum One

Some Federal agencies are experimenting with fascinating approaches to public engagement online, even in the absence of specific guidance about how they should approach these online opportunities. s Open Government Directive, which is expected to address how agencies should proceed on open data approaches, and on online public engagement.

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Trust Me, Know Me, Love Me: Trust in the Participatory Age

Museum 2.0

In short, it limits museums from being places that are trusted as institutions of public engagement and interaction--the places many museums claim they want to be. There are two reasons to pursue this: for better accuracy (trusted source of info) and for more diverse inclusion of voices (trusted source of varied social experience).

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Self-Censorship for Museum Professionals

Museum 2.0

Tom compared public perception of racial intelligence to that of sexual orientation, commenting that over the last thirty years, the left has advocated to have racial intelligence categorized as nurture and sexual orientation categorized as nature. And so my question is, why are we keeping them away? Why aren't we developing our audiences?"

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