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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lessons Learned About Resilient Networks from Super Storm Sandy by Pat Brandes, Executive Director, the Barr Foundation. From there they traversed Long Island Sound to New London, Connecticut, and then drove to Boston. Another architect, Kate Orff, has proposed oyster-encrusted barrier islands to mitigate surges off Brooklyn.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

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Or maybe your Executive Director or Board wants you to focus on certain ones? Sometimes that one phone call can give you a leg up when it comes time for the funder to review grant proposals. Each Friday, you’ll receive information about a few upcoming deadlines and new Requests for Proposals (RFPs) posted within the week.

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What will happen with the Equal Rights Amendment under Trump?

Fast Company Tech

Now that Biden acknowledged the ERA, the next steps are celebration and implementation, says Kati Hornung, cofounder and executive director of VoteEquality! , When Congress proposed the ERA in 1972, they made it a conditional proposal to add language to the Constitution, if and only if, it was ratified within seven years, says Stephen E.

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Senate confirms Trump loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director

Fast Company Tech

The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI, moving to place him atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite doubts from Democrats about his qualifications and concerns he will do Donald Trump ‘s bidding and go after the Republican president’s adversaries.

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Senators question Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s Labor Department pick, on her past pro-union views

Fast Company Tech

During her opening statement, Chavez-DeRemer described the proposed law as imperfect. If confirmed, Chavez-DeRemer would be in charge of the Department of Labors nearly 16,000 full-time employees and a proposed budget of $13.9 When Cassidy asked her if she still supported it, she declined to give a yes or no answer.