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Providing education for incarcerated students

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Our campaign garnered bipartisan support for lifting the ban and spurred policy shifts in states including New Jersey, Michigan, Tennessee and North Carolina. Congress and efforts to lift the federal ban on Pell Grants. . And in December 2020, Congress voted to lift the ban on Pell Grants for incarcerated people. .

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Performance Based Funding Institute to Improve Higher Education

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Douglas Zimmerman and Lois Ann Porter traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to organize the Performance-Based Funding Institute VisionLink produced for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Shaun Yoder of Education First, facilitating the North Carolina state team at the PBF Institute.

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VisionLink Supports the National Academy Foundation’s Work-Based Learning Fellows

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Members of the NAF WBL Fellows 2014 The National Academy Foundation (NAF) is a leader in preparing high school students for college and career success.

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The Sit-Ins: A Story of Creative and Strategic Struggle

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Four freshmen from the North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College — known to history as the NC A&T Four — sat down at the whites-only Woolworth’s lunch counter. recognized these sit-ins as an “electrifying movement of Negro students [that] shattered the placid surface of campuses and communities across the South.” .

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5 Things You Should Never Write in a Thank You Letter

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More than half my students had never seen any type of live theater, and none had been to an outdoor theater,” she wrote. Because of your gift, more students can receive academic and social support as they navigate a changing world. Thank you for believing students like Xavier deserve opportunities to pursue their dreams and goals.

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Youth Fundraising Ideas: 10 Fundraisers for the Young at Heart

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Have you seen high school students from athletics organizations or prom committees washing cars for cash? Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina excels at hosting family-friendly fundraisers. Car wash fundraiser. The first of our youth fundraising ideas is a car wash fundraiser. Of course you have.

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NTEN Celebrates National Volunteer Week: Honoring NTEN Committee Members

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Paula Jones, Director of Technology, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits. John Cluverius, Teaching Assistant/Graduate Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Conor Barnes, Advisor, Investor, & Student. Lauren Hasey Maher, Program Manager, National Center for Family Philanthropy.

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