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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

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Fittingly, the university hosted the session “A Report on Philanthropic Funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” She and my great-grandfather worked as sharecroppers while raising eight children. Joseph Awards After-Party and meetups in between, there was plenty of Black joy and celebration.

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One week to go: 2015 NTEN Challenge update

NTEN

There''s just one week left in 2014 and we need all of the help we can get to start next year on the right (and well-funded) foot to support scholarships, membership and program accessibility, and the quality content that makes this such an amazing community. Jon offered to match donations up to $2,500 but only for a quick 48 hours.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn this milestone. We travel because we need to raise money, and we won’t get it unless we get in front of the donors. We’re a former grantee and we hope that our work and Gates funding priorities coincide again in the future. I recently hit three million lifetime miles on American Airlines.

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