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Veterans Leverage Their Pro Bono Skills to Rise to the Call of Duty from Afar

Saleforce Nonprofit

When the Afghanistan government fell to the Taliban just days after the U.S. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan. Government. One group of West Point graduates came together to form a nonprofit organization, Allied Airlift 21 (AA21), which quickly grew to over 250 volunteers. About the Author.

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Saleforce Nonprofit

The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is a stark reminder that many Salesforce.org nonprofit customers often work in fragile environments. About the Author. Rakesh has also engaged across the board with policy-makers, senior government officials, academia, first responders, NGOs/IGOs, volunteer organizations, and industry leaders.

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How to Build Platforms that Our Movements Can Own

Non Profit Quarterly

Open Collective launched in 2015 to offer solutions to a basic need: informal groups, like collectives, have few places to put their shared money. Combining a tech platform with fiscal sponsorship, Open Collective can take on the compliance side—like dealing with the Internal Revenue Service—so that groups can focus on their work.

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Break the Bias: Changing the Game for Girls & Women

Saleforce Nonprofit

Women and girls in particular have felt the impacts of a never-ending global health pandemic, conflict and displacement, and authoritarian government takeovers, to name a few. The takeover by the Taliban in Afghanistan earlier this year instantly sent the future of girls and women in that country into chaos. About the Author.

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Impact and Interoperability: How Technology Powers Collaboration

Saleforce Nonprofit

When the Afghanistan crisis reared its ugly head again this year, a group of veterans, active-duty service members, former government officials, civil servants, and nonprofit organizations came together to work online to help individuals and families evacuate the country. About the Author. Jessica Hood.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide. Our peace and solidarity program is really unique because we look at the work and the experiences of women veterans, which is a group that is rarely looked at. There is a lot of discrepancy about who is being included, and who is not.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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Honorata joined a small group of women who also suffered in war. In small groups, the women learned basic business and marketing skills. T he program works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan. Reunited, she began to rebuild their life."

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