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Children’s National Nurse Retires After 50 Years of Helping Children
When you donate to an organization like Children’s National, your support enables nurses like Clydia McAbee to care for families and their children being helped by one of the…
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What’s next for women’s rights? Have your say!
This month we celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 and the kick-off of the 59th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Both of these events happen…
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SPLC sues private probation company, Alabama city over racketeering scheme
When Roxanne Reynolds couldn’t pay the fines from traffic tickets in Clanton, Alabama, the city court put her on “pay-only” probation – a form of…
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Access to Clean Water is a Global Nutrition Issue
783 million (1 in 9) people do not have access to clean water, and it is projected that two thirds of humanity will live in water-stressed…
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Are We Creating a Lost Generation of Women in Our Workforce?
Throughout the past 16 years, I’ve seen many qualified women come through our doors who are simply passed over in the job market, judged on…
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SPLC: Working Towards a Day When Equal Justice & Equal Opportunity Become Reality
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society.…
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Giving to D.C.’s Federal Workplace Drive Declines 2%
By Holly Hall Contributions by Washington-area employees to the Combined Federal Campaign, the government’s workplace giving drive, declined again last year to $49.2 million, a…
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Coffee Meets Water: Restoring Clean Water Through Crowdfunding
By Nellie Kim and Sarah Ford Can you imagine not having access to clean water? The truth is, not having access to clean water is…
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Charities Lose Big Revenue by Ignoring Minorities, Study Suggests
By Holly Hall Fundraisers are missing revenue opportunities by failing to keep up with rapid changes in the nation’s demographics. Minorities are often overlooked by…
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Reaping Big Rewards by Doing the Unexpected
By Bill Shore At Share Our Strength, it took us nearly 25 years to learn that doing what is most expected of us required doing…
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Mark Your Calendar! CPL’s 25th Anniversary Gala is April 11th
Join Canine Partners for Life (CPL) in celebrating their silver anniversary! CPL’s 25th Anniversary Gala: Saturday, April 11, 2015 7:00 pm–10:00 pmWintherthur Museum and Country…
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Let’s Make Elderly Nutrition a National Priority
In the United States of America, no senior citizen should go hungry. Unfortunately, hunger among our elderly population is a growing crisis—hunger rates have more…
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