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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

Tech Soup

High-Tech Help for Homelessness. Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? A recent study by California nonprofit Community Technology Alliance found that almost 70% of the homeless people surveyed in their county did have a mobile phone. For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help.

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Ali Forney Center Saves Time and Effort with Norton Security

Tech Soup

Transgender teen Ali Forney fled his home at age 13. Forney continually helped other youth that were facing similar difficult circumstances, and he became a public advocate for improving safety for homeless youth until his life was tragically cut short. homeless youth LGBTQ security nonprofits privacy Norton symantec'

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Introducing Abbott Square Part 3: Community Participation Builds a Community Plaza

Museum 2.0

But when we started hosting formal community visioning workshops in 2013 with the Project for Public Spaces, we heard other opinions of downtown. Businesspeople asked how we would keep out homeless people, drug addicts, and deviant behavior. We heard suburban moms describe downtown as dangerous, dirty, and unappealing.

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What I Learned From @nancylublin About #dataonpurpose

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, they ran a campaign for teens to collect food for a Food Banks around the country. Another example was to help Youth Homeless Shelters. Another example was to help Youth Homeless Shelters. They interviewed them and found out that homeless teens want one thing – jeans. Text Crisis Line. R u there?”.