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Move Interest in Cause into Action! Register for MCON, June 24-25
On June 24-25, in Chicago and online, corporate, cause and public leaders from all across the country will come together for MCON 2015, one of the country’s premier conferences on creating and building movements for causes. You’ll want to attend MCON if you are a: Cause marketer looking to build an effective platform to move…
Read MoreHow Giving Homes To The Homeless Reduces Homelessness
In the 1990s, at a time when temporary shelters were often the only options available to homeless people, Pathways to Housing, a New York-based nonprofit pioneered an innovative solution to chronic homelessness: giving the homeless homes – an approach now referred to as “housing first”. Since then, the “housing first” approach has been adopted by the federal…
Read MoreHow Scouting Helped Prepare This Teen to Fight Cancer
Katie Casserly never knew how much the Scout Motto — “Be Prepared” — would apply to her life until she was diagnosed with cancer last fall. The 18-year-old Venturer from Staten Island, N.Y., wanted to be in Scouting ever since she was little, and she has enjoyed every minute. “Scouting teaches you numerous things, gives you millions…
Read MoreLittle Rock Nine Members Ernie Green, Carlotta Walls Lanier Oppose Anti-LGBT Legislation
Today, Ernie Green and Carlotta Walls Lanier, members of the historic “Little Rock Nine,” voiced strong opposition to H.B. 1228– a discriminatory Indiana-style bill that will open the door to discrimination against LGBT people, people of color, religious minorities, women and other minority groups across the state. Green and Lanier are two of nine African-American students who…
Read MoreChange Makers and Dream Chasers
By Joey Ponce As MCON rounds the corner to the fun- and work-filled home stretch leading up to the big day, questions from friends and interested folk start to ramp up. “What’s this MCON thing all about? Is it cool? Is it fun? Is it for me?” And I’m always at the ready to explain to…
Read MoreNearly 15 Years Later, Alexander’s Wish Still Impacts His Life
There is just no better news than finding out a wish kid has overcome an illness to go on to better things in life. We have many stories of wish kids who are now parents, in college or working in their dream career. We just got a great update about Alexander and his life since…
Read MoreCorporate volunteers can be a burden for nonprofits
The next time you’re inclined to pat yourself on the back for your company’s volunteer work — the murals painted, the community gardens planted, the vacant lots cleaned — think of Kathleen Walsh. She’s the chief operating officer at the YMCA of Metro North, which manages more than 1,000 volunteers a year at its seven…
Read More5 Creative Ways to Use Your Skills for Good This Spring
April is just around the corner, and while — the spring weather is enough of a reason to celebrate, we’re even more pumped because it’s — but even more important to us, it is almost Volunteer Month! We want to help you to celebrate by giving you even more ways to share your skills– because as we…
Read MoreHow Dollars For Doers Programs Bolster Fundraising
By Adam Weinger From holding doors open to leading mobility-impaired persons across streets, people reach out and help strangers every day. What do these good-doers receive in return? Perhaps the intimate feeling of having done the right thing or a simple thank you or nothing. And these people are okay with their lack of a reward…
Read MoreLivestrong Announces New President and CEO, Former Komen Executive, Chandini Portteus
The Board of Directors of the LIVESTRONG Foundation has announced that it has selected Chandini Portteus as the Foundation’s next president and chief executive officer, effective April 6, 2015. Portteus, 36, joins LIVESTRONG after nearly 10 years with Susan G. Komen, where she served most recently as Chief Mission Officer responsible for strategy and programming around research, community health,…
Read MoreMorris Dees delivers speech to marchers commemorating 50th anniversary of Selma-to-Montgomery March conclusion
In a speech to thousands of people who traced the final two miles of the Selma-to-Montgomery March 50 years ago, SPLC Founder Morris Dees spoke of today’s civil rights challenges: new voter restrictions and racial gerrymandering, school re-segregation, LGBT rights, and the political resistance to extending Medicaid to low-income people in need. In pointed remarks,…
Read MoreBoys Town Paves the Way for Prevention and Early Treatment of Children with Behavioral and Mental Health Problems
A place known for second chances will soon be recognized for early intervention practices, giving children with behavioral and mental health problems the best first chance to a successful life. Medical research is increasing our understanding of how abuse and neglect affect the developing brains of children. In response to these new research findings, Boys…
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