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How does your nonprofit involve the local community in its programs and initiatives?

Blue Avocado

Our mission is to inspire children and teens to engage in the community with acts of kindness. Attending the weekly lunches at the Washoe Tribal site, being present at all county board of supervisors meetings (where we speak during public comment to let our events and ambitions air), are some of the ways we do our outreach.

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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. National Coalition for the Homelessness :: @ NTL_Homeless. If there is a nonprofit that you would like to add, please do so in a comment below (political rants not necessary, thank you). Junior Achievement :: @ JA_USA. Maplight :: @ MapLight.

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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

If you like the post, please check out the thoughtful and complicated comments on the original post. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities. YES students defy expectations.

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Building Community Bridges: A "So What" Behind Social Participation

Museum 2.0

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. They were in a playful mood, talking about the objects, playing the games, responding on the comment boards. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. Next time, everyone was talking.

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Nancy Wins Free Copy of Being the Difference

Have Fun - Do Good

To enter, you had to write a comment on the post, Win a Copy of Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World about an "ordinary" person you know who is doing extraordinary things to change the world. I've known Rick for years and have met few people as inspirational as he.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. The Institute found that mobile phones can increase homeless teens' opportunities and help them stay connected to caseworkers, shelters, potential employers, and support networks. Lesbians Who Tech.