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The Woman Accused of Running a Murderous Cult Linked to Roko's Basilisk Faked Her Own Death Before "Coming Back to Life"

Futurism

Though the nature of her alleged death-faking scheme is unclear, Ziz was nevertheless considered dead by her family, who published an obituary for her in her hometown newspaper in Alaska.

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Dash Systems raises $8M for precision-airdrops-as-a-service at distant or disaster-stricken destinations

TechCrunch

“And when I say anywhere, I mean like the tip of Alaska. “The rural use case is easy to get,” said Miller, noting the difficulty and delays of delivering to rural communities in Alaska. Why do you need to land at all? “We should be able to do one-day deliveries anywhere in the world,” he told TechCrunch.

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$370 Million In AmeriCorps Grants Available

The NonProfit Times

million) will support approximately 35,000 AmeriCorps members working on more than 300 projects focused on education, the environment, job training, addiction treatment, services for veterans, disaster preparedness and recovery, and more. The balance ($192.6 Awards are given on a fiscal year calendar running from Oct.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

sgEngage

Over the last couple of years, as natural disasters continued to pick up in intensity and COVID – 19 brought rising income and healthcare inequalities to center stage, corporations have increasingly been pouring more focus into their own ESG measurements and practices in conjunction with their corporate social responsibility efforts. .

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

They came from Alaska, from ad agencies on Madison Avenue, from everywhere. Nancy Jo's and CACRC's work in frontline disaster relief was featured in Sundance Channel's "Big Ideas For A Small Planet" series. Nancy Jo recalls that it was a mess. The Years After the Catastrophe.

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5 Games Supporting Nonprofits’s Missions, from Low-Tech to High-Tech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre teamed up with Parsons The New School of Design’s PETLab to develop Games for a New Climate , a series of games about disaster preparedness in the face of flooding, drought, and other climate change issues. Games for a New Climate. ” Senate Immersion Module.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Serving The LGBTQ+ Community

Bloomerang

MADRE works in communities that war or disaster have rendered difficult to fund and challenging to reach. Pride Foundation provides critical funding to the community organizations that are actively addressing the needs of and expanding opportunities for LGBTQ+ people in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. PFund Foundation.

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