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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

170 billion each year, according to AmeriCorps, the federal agency focused on national and community service. Some organizations intentionally encourage this kind of intergenerational cooperation, including CoGenerate and Generations United. The total value of the hours of unpaid work volunteers put in totals an estimated U.S.$170

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Mapping technology gap data to address and eliminate the digital divide

Tableau

Digitunity, an initiative of the National Cristina Foundation, is a national organization working to eliminate the technology gap and build inclusive device ownership so everyone can thrive in a digitally-connected society. Unsurprisingly, data itself can play a significant role in guiding that process. .

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Natives Rising wins backing to help Native Americans into tech and startups

TechCrunch

According to the National Center for Education Statistics , Black, Latina, and Native American women represent approximately 16 percent of the total US population, but make up only 4 percent of students obtaining bachelor’s degrees in computing. They are also being hit the hardest by inflation right now, as a result.

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Mapping technology gap data to address and eliminate the digital divide

Tableau

Digitunity, an initiative of the National Cristina Foundation, is a national organization working to eliminate the technology gap and build inclusive device ownership so everyone can thrive in a digitally-connected society. Unsurprisingly, data itself can play a significant role in guiding that process. .

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All Raise’s interim CEO is now full-time

TechCrunch

Since taking the helm, Hendrix Buckner got the Miami chapter going in late January, “relaunched its VC Cohorts program for partner and principal level investors, expanded the VC Champions mentorship program and launched our first national Black and Latinx Media Mastery program,” All Raise said in the blog post.

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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

Museum 2.0

I was co-author of a recently completed research study [ PDF ] funded by the National Science Foundation, the Bilingual Exhibit Research Initiative (BERI), which strove to better understand bilingual labels from the visitor perspective.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. It is a time where a lot of organizations are going through an intergenerational transfer of leadership, and a lot has been written about what does that mean? BB: There's a directory, isn't there, of women of color organizations?