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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

In this interview, Stevenson shares his thoughts on how we seek to reconcile as a nation, how he personally handled prejudice and racism, his path to his true calling, and how he finds the strength everyday to keep on fighting. Mr. Hinton spent almost 30 years on death row in Alabama. Because in his words, “hope is a superpower.”.

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11 Powerful Quotes about New Power at the 2019 Social Good Summit

Connection Cafe

This year marked the 10 th anniversary of the Social Good Summit , an annual conference hosted by the UN Foundation, Mashable, 92 nd Street Y and the United Nations Development Programme that celebrates advocacy and activism for social impact. Do not confuse youthful moral clarity with naivete.” Dr. Ayanna E. .

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

VisionLink

His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. Martin Luther King, Jr. I share this dream.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

VisionLink

His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. Martin Luther King, Jr. I share this dream.

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Leading the Resistance: 28 Organizations You Can (and Should) Support Today

EveryAction

Lambda Legal Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. United We Dream.

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Your Official #NN17 Local's Guide to Atlanta

EveryAction

Part museum, part-living institute, visit the King Center for a history lesson on where we've come from, and strategize on where we're going. The museum , curated and maintained by the National Archives, provides a solid tour and history lesson of Carter's presidency, and encourages visitors to engage in his ongoing human rights work today.

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