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How can nonprofit leaders enact effective practices to achieve the promise of social equity?

ASU Lodestar Center

Bank of America, in conjunction with Indiana University's Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, found that almost 1 in 4 high net worth individuals serve on nonprofit boards. Psychic wages” are not providing incentives to offset student loan debt, housing prices, and health insurance.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. 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.

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Peace Games & International Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

College students have led the fight on issues. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan. We're going to give out 10 $25K grants - one game in particular - University of Denver students created a game called Squeezed. We decided to follow our artists and engage the audience on this issues.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

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.

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Building the World You Want: 6 Nonprofit Campaigns to Consider on International Day of Charity

EveryAction

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily grant the Trump administration's request to reinstate portions of its travel ban (blocking people from six countries - Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Somalia - from entering the United States), CARE reignited their #BetterThanTheBan campaign. Take Action. Twitter | Facebook.