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Celebrate Women’s History Month with these innovative leaders

Nimble AMS

This year, the United Nations declared the International Women’s Day theme to be “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” Happy Women’s History Month ! The UN chose the theme to highlight what women have accomplished in the technology sphere and the steps needed to achieve gender equality in digital spaces.

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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

Candid

For example, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) undertook a six-year lobbying campaign in New York to pass better protections for domestic workers. In comparison, organizations in the District of Columbia and Wisconsin, which secured the second and third most funding, only received $75 million and $35 million respectively.

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Volunteer value reached almost $32 per hour in 2022

EveryAction

Candid has reported that new data from Independent Sector and the University of Maryland’s Do Good Institute estimates the national value of a volunteer’s time in 2022 as $31.80 per hour national estimate for 2021, this finding is a continuation of the steady two-decade-long trend of the growing value of a volunteer’s time.

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School Choice and Blackbaud Software

sgEngage

states and the District of Columbia now have at least one school choice program, but no two are exactly alike. The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) offers a list of considerations about participation. How much assistance are states providing? More than half of U.S.

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Mr. Manager, Tear down this wall!

Forum One

People curious to learn more about these trends packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington on September 16 to discuss the challenges and successes of content syndication. The District, never a beacon for transparent governance, sought to reverse course when he joined the new Adrian Fenty’s administration.

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Loco for Local: Regional Examples of Open Government

Forum One

This is a promising trend. Rather, most attention goes to large government transformation initiatives, and many of the "wins" have been those that operate on a national scale. Idea Crowdsourcing Sites: District of Columbia , New York , Edmonton, and San Francisco.