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Another Data Point for Performance Reviews: Employee Volunteering
By Ryan Scott As corporate volunteerism becomes an increasingly important part of the work experience, companies are coming up with new ways to embrace volunteering and tie…
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Attend the National Conference on Ending Poverty, March 28, 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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Changing the Way We Think About Volunteers
There is a shift happening in the social good space. It is a powerful one that is defining the way that companies and employees interact with…
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The Real Reason 75% of Americans Don’t Volunteer
By Greg Baldwin Our country takes great pride in the role volunteering has played in our history. We believe that volunteers are virtuous, kind and…
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Disney Celebrates Compassion Month & Makes $1 Million Capacity-building Grant to Make-A-Wish
People typically display their admiration for a loved one by way of roses or chocolates this month. However, around the Company, Disney employees are finding…
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SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance magazine examines power of storytelling to promote social justice
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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Rebellious Youth Flourishes in New Environment, Excelling Academically and Athletically Thanks to Boys Town
After the death of her father, Annie ran wild, becoming increasingly rebellious with each passing year. At her wit’s end, Annie’s mother eventually sent her…
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Let’s Celebrate National Cat Health Month, Right Meow!
With only 28 days, February marks the shortest month on the calendar. It also marks the observance of National Cat Health Month, a month-long celebration…
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February is Marfan Awareness Month! So What is Marfan Syndrome?
Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue. Connective tissue holds all the body’s cells, organs and tissue together, and it also…
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What DO You Say? Responses to Students’ Difficult Questions
What does gay mean? How can she be your mom? She looks like a boy! Responding to questions about LGBT topics Most of the things…
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The Right Fight for Education
LDF Senior Education Policy Counsel Janel George, along with Joseph Bishop and Dwanna Nicole , writes in a Huffington Post blog why it is imperative for Congress…
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New CDC Report Shows Big Drop in Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Americans
WASHINGTON, DC – The percentage of Americans exposed to secondhand smoke has fallen by more than half since 1999, but one in four non-smokers –…
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