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An Insider’s Guide to bbcon 2023 in Denver

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After three years of meeting virtually, we’re bringing bbcon back in-person October 22-24 in Denver! Give back to the Denver community by assembling hygiene and health kits, which will be donated to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. We can’t wait to see you live in Denver!

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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

Mission: Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) empowers youth in our community to find their way through social-emotional support and by building safe, accepting communities. Headquarters in: Denver, CO. The Speedy Foundation. Youth Homes. Adolescent Counseling Services. Impacting: Mental health. Impacting: Mental health.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Since then, Stacey has become an indispensable member of our staff, leading our community programs and inspiring us to think in new ways about how we can build social capital in our community. I chose to focus my thesis on Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs.

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Public Service, Advocacy, and Institutional Transformation

Museum 2.0

Yesterday, I had lunch with Monica Martinez, the ED of Homeless Services for Santa Cruz county. I was amazed not only by her energy and intelligence but by her simple, transformative goal: to end homelessness. Monica is trying to reposition her organization as a social justice organization working on solutions to end homelessness.

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Team ReadyWoof’s Pawsitive Impact

Tech Soup

services, has a culture that emphasizes employees' roles in the community and the importance of their involvement in non-profit organizations. This dog-friendly atmosphere provided the perfect incubator to create a passionate team for this year's Furry Scurry, an annual walk that raises money for Denver's largest animal shelter.

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A New Habitat: Transforming Communities with Remote Work Tools

Tech Soup

Habitat for Humanity has been working to serve the nearly 100 million homeless and 2 billion people living in slum housing around the world since 1976. Normally I have it at home, but I am currently working from Denver for the week and brought the phone with me. Transforming Communities … From Outside the Office.

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Eight Other Ways to "Connect with Community"

Museum 2.0

Last month, the Christian Science Monitor published an article entitled, "Museums' new mantra: Connect with community." It took me a couple weeks (and various museum blog responses ) to realize what bugs me about this article--it treats "connecting with community" as a marketing ploy, a "mantra" rather than a mission. Which community?