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New Customer: Crisis Call Center

VisionLink

This is the Crisis Call Center of Nevada, established as an outreach effort of the University of Nevada, Reno, due to the high rates of suicide across the state. We are pleased to welcome another new customer to the VisionLink network.

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Giving circles can strengthen collective action. Here’s how. 

Candid

Their strength lies in uniting diverse groups around shared values, which fosters deeper dialogue and collective action. Collective giving groups are becoming more civically engaged and educated about policies that affect their values and giving priorities.

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Elon Musk passes Jeff Bezos to become the richest person on Earth

The Verge

billion incentive package for Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada that it served as the genesis for Amazon’s beauty pageant-style search for its second headquarters. Bezos was reportedly so envious of Musk’s success in securing a $1.3 Bezos has a spaceflight company in Blue Origin much like Musk does with SpaceX.

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Tesla’s readying a ‘million mile’ battery that could greatly lower the cost of EVs

The Verge

The group has been funded by Tesla since 2016 , according to Reuters. The Japanese giant has helped Tesla create batteries at its Gigafactory in Nevada for years, and it also operates inside the former SolarCity plant in New York where it helps Musk’s company make solar panels.

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Connected Cannabis Co. raises $30 million to bring its designer weed strains to more states

TechCrunch

The new round was led by existing investors including Navy Capital and One Tower Group. The company says it plans to focus on states with robust cannabis cultures and promising outlook for growth, such as Nevada and Michigan. Today, the company announced $30 million in debt and equity financing. Currently, Connected Cannabis Co.

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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

Highlights this month include website accessibility in Portland, Oregon; project management in Boston, Massachusetts; and data visualization in Las Vegas, Nevada. Find your local #Tech4Good group. If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Find out how we’re working toward living and working in space at TC Sessions: Space 2020

TechCrunch

We’re thrilled to have Janet Kavandi from Sierra Nevada Corporation, Melodie Yashar from SEArch+, Nujoud Mercy from NASA and Axiom’s Amir Blachman joining us at TC Sessions: Space on December 16 &17 to chat about the future of human space exploration and commercial activity. astronauts.

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