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Teaching Tolerance film about Selma march set to premiere amid 50th anniversary celebration

March 2, 2015

The SPLC’s new Teaching Tolerance film about the Selma voting rights march will premiere this week in Montgomery during the festivities marking the 50th anniversary of…

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Talbots & Dress for Success: a Perfect Cause Marketing Fit

February 26, 2015

By Sarah Ford While sipping on my coffee this morning, I was flipping through the Talbots Spring magazine and was thrilled when I got to…

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Project Scientist Girls Learn STEM: From Roller Coasters To Cable Jewelry

February 26, 2015

By Nichie Wilson, Events Manager On January 23, Time Warner Cable partnered with Project Scientist to teach more than 50 young girls about the science…

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Volunteering with Feeding America Doesn’t Stop with Working in the Local Soup Kitchen

February 24, 2015

Each day, hunger is experienced in every community across this country.  In fact, the Feeding America network feeds over  46.5 million neighbors each year.  Ending…

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Company’s Staff Is 80% Employees With Autism, Provides Model For Other Businesses

February 24, 2015

A father-son team launched a car wash to help an underemployed population make a splash on job scene. John and Tom D’Eri recently spoke to…

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12-Year-Old Has Her Goals Set High: To Change the World

February 18, 2015

When soft-spoken 12-year-old Rania Gadnis tells you she plans to be a neurosurgeon someday and also wants to found a group of international schools for poor…

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Nearly One-in-Four Millennials Believe Their College Loans Will Be Forgiven, According to Research from JA and PwC

February 13, 2015

Colorado Springs, Colo. – “Millennials & College Planning,” a new report from Junior Achievement USA (JA) and PwC US, prepared by New York-based research firm YPulse, shows…

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Helping to End Poverty, One Person at a Time

February 10, 2015

“What does the world need me to do?” When Mark Bergel, 51, asked himself that question, his answer was to start A Wider Circle, a nonprofit…

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Entrepreneurship Education Helps Put Kids on the Path to Success

February 10, 2015

By Jack E. Kosakowski The Milstein Commission, convened by the University of Virginia to identify pathways for Americans to achieve middle class success, recently released its findings.…

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How to Bring Dress for Success to Your City

February 10, 2015

Ever thought that there should be a Dress for Success in YOUR city? Start one! Dress for Success is committed to expanding their network of…

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Attend the National Conference on Ending Poverty, March 28, 2015

February 5, 2015

Poverty takes lives.  It steals potential.  It shrinks choices – dramatically and with permanent effects. It leads to dramatically high drop-out rates and equally dramatic…

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SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance magazine examines power of storytelling to promote social justice

February 3, 2015

Storytelling can be a powerful classroom tool that helps increase understanding, spark empathy and reduce stress as students tell their own stories and learn from…

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