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Just Announced: The 2021 Classy Awards Finalists

Classy

Systemic racism. They work around the globe, from San Diego to Sudan, and represent programs of all sizes. They are addressing a myriad of social problems, including: Food insecurity . Lack of access to clean water. Domestic abuse . Lack of access to quality education . Wage and opportunity gaps. Mass incarceration . Animal testing.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

He is a Chicago-born Oregonian, who moved to Eugene after living abroad in Sudan. David is a current program supervisor for the CASA program in Lane County, whose mission it is to supply children in the child welfare system volunteer advocates.

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Foot Traffic Philanthropy: Location Based Mobile Application - CauseWorld

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Food for poor families, water in Sudan, trees in the Amazon, etc. There is a scaling system for Karma points - for example supporting a classroom is five points while sending a book to a library in a developing country is 100. No purchase is required at any store, and karma points can be redeemed nine predefined good causes.

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

Connection Cafe

Having spent several months in Southern Sudan, I know the struggles that people have to find clean drinking water. According to reports, Instagram is currently working on a built in metrics system, so that companies who invest advertising dollars on Instagram can get a moderate picture of ROI. Something that tells a story.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

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. And he's come up with his plan, his social entrepreneurship plan, to bring attention to the refugee plight and also to contribute to rebuilding in Sudan. It had been bombed.

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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. It is cool to see that happening.

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