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Sometimes Students Become Our Role Models: Lessons from Lily
I handed out the benchmark test results in April. Lily looked at hers, the 48% glaring back at her. This wasn’t the grade she was…
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Teen Capitalists Demand Congressional Attention, Supply Dessert
By Warren Rojas Junior Achievement USA’s latest crop of budding entrepreneurs are looking to bend pols’ ears with prospective start-up plans on Tuesday. And the…
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We Know How to Change Foster Care
By Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza In 2010 I got a call from the founder of a nonprofit called the Possibility Project, requesting a meeting —…
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NARF, CILS, and ACLU defend students’ rights to wear eagle feathers at graduation
NARF has long defended the right of Native American students to wear eagle feathers at graduation. Earlier this month, NARF, California Indian Legal Services (CILS),…
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The Benefits of Aquatic Exercise and MS
Walking was always something that I took for granted until that one day that I couldn’t do it anymore. Then, as I watched the world…
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Increased social network can have big payoff for nonprofits, study shows
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Charitable fundraising once depended primarily upon a charity’s size, efficiency and longstanding reputation. That was before Razoo, Kickstarter, Facebook and Twitter came…
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A Bolder Effort by Big Tobacco on E-Cigarettes
By Matt Richtel Electronic cigarettes, promoted as a healthier alternative to tobacco, are getting powerful new backers with an unhealthy reputation: big tobacco companies. The…
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Goodwill Assistance Dog Academy graduates second class
By Ashley Hopkins The second class of fully trained Goodwill Industries assistance dogs graduated from training last week, and they are now the working companions…
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SPLC files federal lawsuit over inadequate medical, mental health care in Alabama prisons
The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) filed suit today against the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) for putting the…
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In the fight against hunger, which role will you play? Loyal trustworthy sidekick, or passive spectator?
Our future lies with the children. The young without limits. The spirited who dream big. The hopeful who envision a better world, a world where no…
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Meet the New Feed the Children
When Feed the Children‘s new President, Kevin Hagan, came on board two years ago, he was charged with transforming this storied international nonprofit into the…
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Legal Defense Fund Welcomes New Senior Policy Counsel
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. today announced that Monique L. Dixon has been appointed Senior Policy Counsel for Criminal Justice and State…
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