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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

"After running successful community websites in London's challenging Kings Cross I wanted to help other communities achieve the same sense of empowerment and communication. The Current Nonprofit Landscape: "We are all in this together" - Are you a nonprofit or foundation in Portland/Oregon? "It Learn more here.

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Organizing across generations for civil rights 

Candid

In our case, we found a desire for peer support, community bonding, and empowerment. Wlnsvey Campos made history twice–first as the youngest woman to be elected to the Oregon House of Representatives and then as the youngest person ever to serve in its State Senate. How can the campaigns best meet their needs?

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Twitter Community Organizing Rules for Non Profits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just like any real world activist, motivation is triggered by empowerment and shut down with arrogance. Robin Stephenson is a field Organizer out of Portland, Oregon for Bread for the World. By Retweeting their content when it is appropriate, you validate them as important and increase their influence. What is grabbing your attention?

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How Cloud for Good Gives Back To Our Communities

Cloud 4 Good

Across a wide variety of services, including consultation, patient navigation, support groups, and assistance funding, CRC serves as a local authority in cancer care in their area and the first non-facility-based cancer resource center between Marin County and the Oregon border.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Portland, Oregon: NTEN Presents: Oregon Nonprofit Tech Roundup. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: Giving Tuesday Brainstorming. Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Naples, Florida: Tools for Effective Email Communication. Mason, Ohio: Connecting Nonprofits and Techies in Cincinnati.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

After that I decided to move back to Portland, because I felt Portland, Oregon was an amazing place to start a vision. If your angle is using this training as an outlet for local empowerment and development, then you very much want to bring in mentorship. We think it's because of the mentorship. Colorado, Portland, and San Francisco.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

Open Source Autonomous Boat (OSAB) (Portland, Oregon) OSAB is working to design and build small autonomous vessels powered by solar energy with the purpose of monitoring and protecting ocean, river and lake environments and ecosystems. Pictured at top).

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