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Trusting community organizers to build a multiracial democracy

Candid

But community and labor leaders, housing and other advocacy groups, and environmental justice organizations are fighting back. And Northern California Grantmakers is helping private foundations and public charities sharpen their capacity for deploying 501(c)(4) funding effectively.

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Highlights from Issue Lab’s most popular 2024 resources 

Candid

Industrial Food Animal Production: How It Works And How We Resist by Rachel Mason (Author) with funding from Animal Charity Evaluators. It is intended to provide insights and guidance to help advocates working within the farmed animal advocacy sphere affect positive change.

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Does the Internet Inspire Youth Activism or Slacktivism?

Care2

“We found that being part of online participatory communities tied to youth interests, political or not, exposes youth to a greater degree of diverse viewpoints and issues and is related to higher levels of civic engagement,&# said Joseph Kahne, one of the contributors to the study. The study found the opposite to be true.

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Do You Empower People to Take Action? Thoughts on Zoos and Charity:Water

Museum 2.0

I had a vague sense of how conservation fit into their educational missions, but I didn''t realize the extent of the direct advocacy and activism happening every day. A clear example of this can be found in the difference between the 96Elephants campaign and that of charity: water. I certainly didn''t. This can sound disingenuous.

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Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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[VIDEO] First Steps to Nonprofit Strategic Planning, Now!

Bloomerang

The kind of strategic planning processes that I lead are inclusive and participatory which means that the group is consulted, the vision of the group, the energy, we kind of tap into the energy, vision, knowledge, experience of the people who will be doing the work in order to make plans. Where are we not putting our energy?

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Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest

Connection Cafe

And for anyone attending the event and looking for some insight into how to get in on the philanthropic and social advocacy action, here are some of my recommendations on sessions, events and activities that have gold stars next to them on my personal event agenda. The Beacon: Lounge with a Conscience!