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A Fallen Hero and the Company He Kept
By Ryan Scott The other day, I received the terrible news that Stephen Robinson, a leading advocate for veterans and a friend of Causecast, had suddenly passed away. He died at the age of 51, while working at his desk at Prudential, laboring to the very end to improve the lives of veterans. Steve’s work…
Read MoreJob One for America: Put Young People to Work
By Hillary Rodham Clinton A few weeks ago, I met an impressive young man named Oscar during a visit to the Intertech Plastics manufacturing factory in Denver in the run-up to this week’s Clinton Global Initiative’s annual CGI America conference. Oscar grew up in the old South Lincoln Homes, a Denver housing project where unemployment…
Read MoreChief Seattle Council Venturing Crew 310 Embarks on Denali Expedition
By Patrice Eulin On June 12, Venturing Crew 310, chartered by Cascade Leadership Challenge (CLC) in Seattle, Wash., began an expedition to climb Denali, the highest peak in North America. Keeping with its philosophy that “being out in the world is the only way to find our place in it,” CLC provides challenging adventures for young people…
Read MoreTeam USA Goalkeeper Tim Howard: Comfortable in His Own Skin
By John Strubel Tim Howard is hard to miss. After all, he’s a 6-3, 210-pound goalkeeper who became the face of the U.S. men’s national soccer team prior to this summer’s FIFA World Cup. He sports a full, dark beard, menacing brown eyes, a shaved head and—perhaps not as noticeable for those unfamiliar with him—an…
Read MoreHow CSR Natives Can Help You Drive Impact & Stimulate Innovation
By Craig Bida (From the CSRwire Talkback Blog Series) Ask any CEO: It’s a corporate social responsibility (CSR) jungle out there. C-suite leaders know just how hard it is not only to compete for attention in a marketplace full of purpose-driven branding but also to meet amped-up expectations of delivering significant societal and environmental impact. Oh, and…
Read MoreWhy We Need Boys Town
Why do we need Boys Town? Hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. lose their childhood to poverty, gangs, homelessness and abuse, through no fault of their own. Boys Town needs your help to give children back their childhood. Without hope and without help, these children would have been lost. Boys Town, saving children and…
Read MoreRemembering Vincent Chin: The Passion and Agony of a Community
I don’t know why I didn’t do it this year. Maybe because it’s too painful, and rounded-year anniversaries give us an easy excuse to let it go. But I couldn’t help noticing this year, as I looked at the calendar and remembered the dates. There’s really no reason why we shouldn’t call for a national…
Read MoreReflections of a Daughter of a Prostate Cancer Survivor
By Melissa Stewart I can remember sitting in the San Francisco airport on an August afternoon in 2008. I was annoyed because my flight was delayed for over 5 hours and all I wanted to do was get home. Then I got the call. My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer. At the time, he was…
Read More“Orange Is the New Black’s” trailblazing portrayal of foster care
In this excerpt from a new Salon.com article, which takes a look at how the hit show “Orange is the New Black” is “trailblazing in the way it manages to capture the painful contradictions at the heart of the foster care system”, Children’s Rights’ Ira Lustbader and Fostering the Future blogger Michael Place are featured.…
Read MoreMowing for Memories
By Adrianne Philion Sitting in the waiting room, a familiar place he has been before, Jonah watches as children just like him go through the same motions – doctor appointments, blood work, scans and more. Yet something stuck out in Jonah’s mind. Though all these children are on similar paths there is something different about…
Read MoreRegister Now! July 9, 2014: High Performing Charities Webinar Part 2
America’s Charities’ High Performing Charities Initiative (HPC) is a new program designed to empower your organization to thrive by aspiring to higher levels of accountability, transparency and impact. America’s Charities’ goal is to help members be in the best position to thrive and succeed in this era of increased competition for resources and meet rising…
Read MoreFeed the Children & FNS Team Up Through Summer Food & Education Program
As one of the largest international charities based in the United States, Feed the Children’s mission is to provide hope and resources for those without life’s essentials. Everything Feed the Children does in the U.S., or in the 18 countries they serve around the world is mindful of their vision that no child or family…
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