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A Volunteer Hour In U.S. Jumps To $33.49

The NonProfit Times

The value is estimated from data collected in 2023, the figure illustrates the valuable and significant contributions volunteers make every day to support our communities and nation. The lowest state value was in Mississippi at $25.42. The value of volunteer time annual updates are released in April during National Volunteer Week.

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Google plans vaccination clinics at some of its sites

The Verge

It’s going to make some Google facilities — buildings, parking lots, and open spaces — available as vaccination clinics, with plans to open sites in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kirkland, Washington, and New York City first, and expand nationally as vaccines become more widely available.

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

VisionLink

His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities. Martin Luther King, Jr. I share this dream.

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When is Equal Pay Day for social sector leaders in your state?

Candid

Equal Pay Day is a symbolic day created by the National Committee on Pay Equity to increase awareness about the gender wage gap. Mississippi. Specifically, this day marks how far into the year a woman must work to receive the same wage that a man received the previous year. This year, U.S. 118,819.00. 112,037.00. 143,321.50.

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The Art of Petition Delivery

Care2

Join Care2, Salsa Labs and organizations from the Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign for this Expert Webinar on TUESDAY MAY 28th at 2pm ET. It is a coalition effort comprised of National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society and Environmental Defense Fund.

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Chocolate prices will continue to rise. Blame aridity

Fast Company Tech

A recent report I helped coordinate for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification found that drylands now cover 41% of global land, an area that expanded by nearly 1.7 Narcisa Pricope is a professor of geography and land systems science and associate vice president for research at Mississippi State University.

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Teachers are leaving schools. Will they come to startups next?

TechCrunch

According to the National Center for Education Statistics , a teacher who works in Mississippi makes an average of $45,574 annually, while a teacher in New York makes an average of $82,282 annually. What if a company can help a Mississippi teacher make a wage similar to a New York teacher? Image: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch.

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