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2-1-1 Connecting Communities

VisionLink

2-1-1, the phone number used by millions to access information about community services, is celebrated nation-wide today, February 11th. Right now, many hundreds of call operators across the nation are answering requests for assistance about housing, food, legal issues, family support, health care, jobs and schooling and much more.

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AmeriCorps Expands Commitment Advancing Equity and Racial Justice

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AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, launched its equity action plan in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order 13985 on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. .

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FEMA's 2022 National Preparedness Report Findings

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We’ve been reviewing the recently released National Preparedness Report from 2022 and a few sections really stand-out. You can find it here: National Preparedness Report December 2022 Here is our take. As a result, national capabilities supporting readiness, mass care and individual assistance programs have significantly improved.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They are active in our communities, in our schools, and have valuable knowledge and experience that our nation’s elected officials could learn from and be inspired by, and yet very few U.S. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People :: @ NAACP. National Coalition for the Homelessness :: @ NTL_Homeless.

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Benetech Closing Statement on the Marrakech Treaty

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We want to do everything we can to support the communities of people with disabilities, and the organizations that serve them, to end the book famine in each country. Thanks to strong support from publishers and authors, one third of the Bookshare collection, over 60,000 titles, is already available today in every country in the world.

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Research Friday: The Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship

ASU Lodestar Center

ASU School of Community Resources & Development. Government has a rich legacy of social entrepreneurship. federal government’s social innovations reached new heights with President Lyndon B. from the private, non-governmental civil society partnering with government. Gordon Shockley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor.