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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From there they traversed Long Island Sound to New London, Connecticut, and then drove to Boston. Architect Stephen Cassell, for example, proposed protecting New York’s financial district with a ring of tidal salt marshes and wetlands around lower Manhattan.

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Government contracts and nonprofit organizations: Problems and solutions

ASU Lodestar Center

Through this powerful partnership, local services have improved, such as: enhanced human services, increased community development, greater economic development, and superior environmental protection. Register for the 3-course, 100% online Grant Proposal Certificate from the Nonprofit Management Institute. In fact, very few.

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How heavy metals get into baby food—and what California is doing to help parents

Fast Company Tech

For example, local water that contains heavy metals is often used to rinse debris and bugs off natural products, such as leaves used to make a widely used supplement called kratom. That campaign also laid out plans to propose limits for other heavy metals such as arsenic and mercury. Read the original article.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

GCF seeks to target these areas to help fill the gaps in climate financing through Requests for Proposals (RfP) and pilot programmes which are focused on specific themes. PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. Areas served: Worldwide.

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

However, the second Monday in October is still celebrated by 14 states and about 130 local governments as Columbus Day. 1977: Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed by a UN conference held to address discrimination against Native Americans. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday. What do people search for?

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What will happen with the Equal Rights Amendment under Trump?

Fast Company Tech

ABAs resolution urges federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to support implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment and urges all bar associations and the legal community as a whole to support implementation of the ERA. However, there are skeptics. State ERAs have been used to challenge and overturn abortion restrictions.