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From a Millennial: Nobody Wants to Hear Your Stories. We Want to See Them.

Connection Cafe

Entire civilizations have been built off of, held together by and divided by stories. ” Stories have the power to bring together and to push apart –to distinguish and to extinguish. Stories are also integral parts to any nonprofit organizations and particularly when it comes to fundraising. The pictures told a story.

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5 Steps for Beginners in Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

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Before thinking of events or campaign pages, ask yourself these essential questions to determine if you have the makings of a flourishing peer-to-peer fundraising campaign: Does your nonprofit have a unique story? Craft Your Unique Story. Use that story as a representation of so many more, and relate it to your vision.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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What's one of your favorite FORGE success stories? One of those individuals is Paul Ohisa, and he's a refugee from Sudan. His dream was to go back to Sudan, and to contribute and help rebuild. His idea is that he wants to recreate, in reverse, the walk that he made from Sudan all the way through Congo and into Zambia.

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9 Captivating Content Ideas to Enhance Your Nonprofit Blog

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Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. Stories that convey impact Your nonprofit’s blog is your chance to tell your organization’s story , which is really the story of the people, animals, or places you help.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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Some of the programs that we have currently running are the Sudan Divestment Task Force , which is leading up the campaign to divest state pensions from companies doing business in Sudan on a recently passed Federal legislation to ban future state contracts. His campaign was successful. It is cool to see that happening.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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Her personal story is chronicled in the memoir, Between Two Worlds: Escape From Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam. You get her picture. Literally, the safe haven for women is the only space where they can go, and learn, and share their stories. That's the story of Women for Women. You get her letters.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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If not director of a school, I would like to be someone of importance, someone of value again.'"--Honorata (pictured left) about her experience with Women for Women International. Each had their own stories of horror, of lives lost, and of struggling to regain their dignity. She was captured and tortured by the armed militias.

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