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New Technology Developed to Amplify Community Voices for the Media

Non Profit Quarterly

The Local Voices Network (LVN), developed by the nonprofit Cortico in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab , is bringing people together to share their perspectives with each other and with a small electronic “digital hearth” that records their every word. Cortico’s “digital hearth”. July 8, 2019; Nieman Lab.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people on June 6, 2023, the first state of emergency ever declared in its history spanning four decades. Creating change is not a “one-size-fits-all” effort—there’s room for many voices.

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. Thankfully, this pandemic will likely inspire a new wave of national service. posted by Jaime Ernesto Uzeta, CEO, Public Allies.

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The Power of Giving: Supporting AAPI Nonprofits That Align with Your Values

Neon CRM

Whether you’re looking to contact your congressional representatives or donate to a local nonprofit, here are four groups you’ll love (plus a resource for finding tons more). You can connect with a local chapter— take a look at their chapter directory to find the one nearest you. Photo by Jeong Park.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

Kindful

National Park Trust. They prioritize programs that advance young people’s political and civil participation and rights, that amplify youth voices, increase their decision-making powers, and raise awareness of their rights and needs, and that empower young people to educate and inspire their peers to act. National Park Trust.

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Forum One Wins 10 Vega Awards

Forum One

The digital storytelling approach illustrates all that NRDC has accomplished—from landmark legislation to practical changes that benefit the environment and local communities every day—to inspire audiences to support its work into the future and continue to grow its impact. National Air & Space Museum. The Vilcek Foundation.

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Technology Toolbox: Learn from Occupy Wall Street to Occupy YOUR Street

Amy Sample Ward

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets.