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Crafting Successful Charity Eligibility Guidelines for Your Corporate Matching Program
Corporate matching programs are powerful tools for amplifying the impact of employee charitable donations. They allow employees to contribute to nonprofit organizations of their choice,…
How to Administer an Employee Assistance Fund (EAF)
64% of employees cite money issues as a significant source of stress, according to the American Psychological Association. Often times that stress can be a result…
The Business Case for Employee Volunteer & Skills Giving Programs
What if I told you that having an employee volunteer program could potentially save you money – say $1,000 to $6,000 per employee. Would you…
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month 2024
In honor of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan – considered the tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States – each…
Universal Human Rights Month
 Universal Human Rights Month recognizes the importance of basic rights and fundamental freedoms through education and advocacy, volunteer recruitment, and fundraising activities. In recognition…
Ukraine Crisis Relief
The war in Ukraine has become the fastest-growing humanitarian crisis since World War II. The United Nations is warning that continued conflict in Ukraine could…
Torture In 2014: 30 Years of Broken Promises
Electric shocks. Beatings. Rape. Humiliation. Mock executions. Burning. Sleep deprivation. Water torture. Long hours in contorted positions. Use of pincers, drugs, and dogs. The very…
Charities Intensify Efforts in Riot-Torn Baltimore
As tensions simmered down following riots that shook this city on Monday, foundations and groups here vowed to work harder to help people in neighborhoods…
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…
9 Eye-Opening Facts about the State of Human Rights Worldwide
In 2014, Amnesty International recorded and investigated human rights abuses in 160 countries and territories worldwide. While progress is being made in some areas, the…
Egypt: Retrial of Al Jazeera journalists must pave way to their unconditional freedom
An Egyptian court’s call for a retrial of three jailed Al Jazeera journalists acknowledges major flaws in the original convictions but leaves the men in…
Raise your voice for Human Rights on #GivingTuesday
Amnesty International has defended human rights for over 50 years. While you can’t buy human rights, you can help Amnesty fight for them. When you give…
Amnesty International: Ferguson police committed human rights abuses during Michael Brown protests
By Terrence McCoy Just before midnight on Aug. 19, a longtime local cop named Ray Albers trained his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on a protester in Ferguson, Mo.,…
Take Action: Tomorrow Could Mean Life or Death for Moses Akatugba
When he was only 16 years old, Moses Akatugba was arrested and tortured in Nigeria. He reports being beaten by the police, shot in the…
African healthcare laid bare by Ebola epidemic
By Savio Carvalho Two years ago, I had the privilege of visiting Freetown and other parts of Sierra Leone where Amnesty International was training maternal…