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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

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Consider this story, which has changed state laws throughout the U.S.: Before MADD, there were little to no legal consequences for driving while intoxicated; her organization transformed American attitudes about drunk driving and successfully fought for stricter laws across the country. Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

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It’s called mountaintop removal and it is the most common mining in West Virginia and Appalachia generally. Mining is in the news a lot recently because of the terrible tragedy in Utah where six miners are presumed dead in a mine collapse and at least three more have been killed trying to rescue them. Obvious isn’t it.

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Litigating a Path to Progress: Nonprofit Advocacy through the Courts

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This meant that within the vast immigration legal services community, we specialized in helping clients currently in detention. It was clear that Congress was not going to take up real efforts to reform broken immigration laws. Some we litigate ourselves, and some we co-counsel with other nonprofits and law firms.

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Women Rise Up Against War: Rae Abileah of CODEPINK

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CODEPINK rejects the Bush administration's fear-based politics that justify violence, and instead calls for policies based on compassion, kindness and a commitment to international law. I graduated college in New York City the summer of 2004 and went to the Republican National Convention (RNC) protest at the end of that August.

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