Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

Through his nonprofit, “ Technology for People ,” he has dedicated his life to girls (and boys) empowerment through technology. The man had been accused of beating his wife and children -domestic violence is a huge issue in many places of the world, and in rural India. The man denied it and left.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

There is a massive opportunity to provide products and services that will make life better for today’s seniors and future generations of older adults to come. Don’t make a product “for old people” — make a product that helps older adults lead a healthier, more active, more connected life.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

ValleyCAN seeks to improve public health and quality of life in disadvantaged communities by qualifying low-income residents for multiple incentive-based programs. Mission: Empowerment of children and youth and mobilize for and enable the restoration of 1 trillion new trees worldwide. Valley Clean Air Now (ValleyCAN).

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

In June of 2018, this mandate feels more pressing than ever, as thousands of families seeking asylum are torn apart and children are held in cages at the U.S. Their model of empowerment amplifies the voices of refugee communities, allowing them to act as their own champions. border, all during the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

At the age of 13, my grandfather left his country and ended up as a refugee in America. Despite harsh conditions, he made a new life in a new country, but never forgot his homeland. Seventy-five percent are women and children. A branch of my family tree is from the Ukraine.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2013

And we each have specific interests in increasing access, connection, and empowerment of marginalized people. Here are some of the big differences we noticed: Their work involves life-or-death situations. We all care about making a difference in our community. Museum work is mostly non-contact.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

AUesome (Sunnyvale, California) A therapy kit and a digital app designed for parents, educators and treatment centers to support children on the autism spectrum. FYDER (San Antonio, Texas) An effort to recycle plastic bulk bags into flexible, durable 3D printer filament to extend the life of otherwise discarded materials.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning."

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OpenAI

JULY 14, 2022

The Orrigos have worked in top children's hospitals around the country and now virtually meet up with families, bringing children’s ideas to life through personalized cartoons, music videos, and mobility friendly video games. DALL·E gave us a huge amount of inspiration,” Orrigo said.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The company is committed to advancing digital inclusion, education, and economic empowerment through its corporate social responsibility initiatives. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Targets mission is to help all families discover the joy of everyday life, which extends to its nonprofit giving programs.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2009

At the recent Online Nonprofit Technology Conference , Edward Granger-Happ of Save the Children, shared some valuable insights on how nonprofits can work towards the sweet spot at the intersection of technology and mission by looking at the ever-important starting place: strategy and vision. So what can we do? Get ahead of the change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The royalties that I earn from my books have been donated to nonprofits to support women’s and girl’s empowerment work and given this past week, I am all the more convinced of the need to support such programs.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

Like Arjun, they are deprived of treatment and the chance to build a life of dignity for themselves. Not only does WORTH work towards creating a barrier-free world for the physically challenged, it does this work with the help of people who have different abilities, creating a circle of empowerment.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Dynamics of Donation Drives Inclusivity and Empowerment At its core, a donation drive fosters inclusivity, inviting people from diverse backgrounds and walks of life to participate. It empowers individuals to be part of something greater than themselves, channeling their collective energy towards positive change.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I have always been a very aspirational person, and I have always aspired to do something great with my life. This creates a self-sustaining cycle of empowerment, which is critical to ending the disconnection and disempowerment that prevent individuals from living the life they are worthy and capable of.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

Nonprofits to donate to Women Helping Women Fund The Women Helping Women Fund is based in Spokane, Washington and dedicated to empowering women and children in the community. Their grantees come from all over the world and the fund partners with organizations thematically with a current focus on economic empowerment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Empowerment for our participants comes from connecting to an inner wisdom that is often kept hidden from public view, but is a place of extraordinary innate strength and well being. We know that creativity and freedom of expression go a long way in educating children to be tolerant and open minded.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

So women cook, clean and take care of their children, and these are all uncompensated activities. Holly has now been out meeting with the International Labor Organization and thinking about different ways that you really help create empowerment for women who work in informal markets. So that has been this huge, exciting progress.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" The farmer-turned-activist is ready to sell struggling teenagers on something they may want in their hearts but don’t know how to access: a ticket to a meaningful life.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

These are scenarios where humanitys continued empowerment rests on some combination of (a) AIs not choosing to seek power, and (b) the success of active efforts to restrict their options for doing so. And if AI development continues unabated, this broader sort of global vulnerability looks much harder to avoid. This is the pay-out.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

For example, the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation focuses on grants for organizations rooted in social change and justice, while the Kellogg Foundation provides grants for nonprofits that help children and families. Your organization can apply for one of the foundation’s grants to help children in your community.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

SC: I'd started working with an organization called YouthAIDS which provides services and products to children worldwide who are affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis. This challenge benefited the Cambodian Children's Fund out of Cambodia. You shouldn't beat your wives and your children." I raised a lot of money. I thought, "Great.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

And I think that was when my senses were forming, that connection was really given to me, and it has become a part of my life. I have always been very connected to my environment and to the earth. So that has always been kind of the underpinning of my choices and my work and my commitments.

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

National Urban League —The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)— SURJ has various local chapters.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. I find it helps keep life in perspective. Organizations like these teach everything from sports, to science, to the arts, to girl empowerment. I had a blast, and hopefully it was a fun learning experience for him too.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. The post 2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations appeared first on Kindful.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. I went to 15 countries on five continents, and interviewed and photographed 129 women.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. The post Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

After meeting Roxster — while stuck halfway up a tree on London’s Hampstead Heath — Bridget approaches her dating life with more of a confident, liberated attitude than in previous films. Despite publicly praising his younger girlfriend, he confides in Bridget about the lack of intimacy in his life, how lonely he feels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

3 And if the patterns that led you into unsustainable ways of life are reproduced in the machines that you build to automate society, thats essentially the same as seeing that youre heading over a cliff and then pressing on the accelerator. And what they want most of all is for the passengers not to stand up and grab the wheel.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

Economic Empowerment: We need to offer job training, financial literacy, and connections with inclusive employers to improve economic opportunities for LGBTQ+ individuals. Pat from Children’s Flight of Hope Engaging Gen Z and Millennials and offering fair wages.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

You just have to keep planting and just got to hope that other people will come along after you to water those seeds and to know that the trees our for our children's children. Is it children and literature? So we're bringing a lot of elements together, the innerpersonal the activist. That's just the reality.

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