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Minneapolis will no longer use influencers to cover first George Floyd murder trial

The Verge

The Minneapolis City Council has walked back a plan approved last week that would have paid influencers to share city-approved messages during the upcoming trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, Motherboard reported. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.

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How the Target boycott is causing a beef between Black-owned businesses and consumers

Fast Company Tech

But Targets critics, including Minneapolis-based civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong , view the move as a surrender to the new presidential administrations attack on equity programs. In a news conference outside Targets Minnesota headquarters on Jan.

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Embracing rapid change: Trends shaping the nonprofit sector in 2025

Candid

In another example, the American Cancer Society used AI to examine GoFundMe campaigns and found that over one-third of fundraising stories explicitly described financial hardships caused by medical issues. They need a long-term approach to tackle the underlying causes and ongoing challenges of health inequity.

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Change.org?accused of ?siphoning? donations from George Floyd petition

The Verge

Launched by activists shortly after Floyd’s death, the Change.org petition calls on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and local DA Mike Freeman to file charges against the police officers involved in Floyd’s death. “These actions constitute Change.org profiting from the death of Black people,” the Medium post reads. “We

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Big tech companies are responding to George Floyd in a way they never did for Michael Brown

The Verge

More meaningfully, many companies have committed donations to causes fighting racial injustice in the millions of dollars. Cook has also tweeted twice about Minneapolis: Minneapolis is grieving for a reason. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s May 28th remarks to employees about the protests in Minneapolis were published on LinkedIn.

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4 Common Volunteer Management Problems & How to Fix Them

Volunteer Hub

What barriers is your volunteer management process causing? Paul and Minneapolis had to say: “We greatly appreciate the customer service and support that we receive from VolunteerHub’s team. Paul and Minneapolis. Check out what Catholic Charities of St. When we need support, we receive it quickly and efficiently.”

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Outer, D2C outdoor furniture brand, secures $50M Series B funding to spur expansion and materials development 

TechCrunch

COVID-19 caused a “flight from density” across the U.S., Minneapolis-based Yardbird raised $4.4 meaning millions of Americans fled from big cities to suburbs to escape the coronavirus pandemic. This trend has led to more market opportunities in the outdoor entertainment industry.

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