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Goalsetter raises $3.9 million to teach financial literacy to kids

TechCrunch

Goalsetter , a platform that helps parents teach their kids financial literacy, announced the raise of a $3.9 Founded by Tanya Van Court, who lost over $1 million in the 2001 bubble burst, the platform teaches financial literacy to children of all ages, helping them learn economic concepts, lingo and the principles of financial health.

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Celebrating Black history and Black futures

Candid

This blog provides a brief overview of Juneteenth and the role that HBCUs have played as guardians of Black history and Black futures. . Looking back at the history of Juneteenth and HBCUs. When we talk about history, we always say we teach the past while we teach the future.

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Fortnite’s ‘March Through Time’ experience teaches players Civil Rights history

Digital Trends

A new Fortnite experience will allow players to witness all of Martin Luther King Jr.'s s famous I Have a Dream speech.

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What Hocus Pocus Can Teach You About Major Gift Fundraising

Bloomerang

The Engagement Meter looks at giving history (recency, years given, upgraded gifts), interactions (event attendance, volunteering, communication preferences, website visits), and e-mail (subscribes, opens, clicks) to give you a temperature reading on each donor in your database. . So how do you keep track of them?

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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

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February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved!

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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

This is why volunteerism has played such a major role throughout history. In this guide, we’ll take a broad look at volunteerism to explore its history and benefits. We’ll cover: Volunteerism definition History of volunteerism Types of volunteerism Why is volunteerism important? Teaching volunteers valuable life skills.

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What does Instacart’s supposedly delayed IPO teach us about how unicorns think?

TechCrunch

Instacart going public is notable not just due to its own corporate history. While disappointing, this turn of events does teach us a few things. What does Instacart’s supposedly delayed IPO teach us about how unicorns think? Sadly, we are likely bereft of new unicorn liquidity information for the rest of calendar 2022.

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