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Tracy Kamen’s Role in Navigating Disaster Relief

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Bridging the Gap: Navigating Disaster Relief Global Empowerment Mission , founded in 2011, is Tracy Kamen’s current canvas for creating positive change. Equipped with a diverse skill set, Tracy recently took on the new role of Vice President of Development at Global Empowerment Mission. .”

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As Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins, Florida Community Foundations Prepare Permanent Disaster Funds

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

In a new model of crisis response, permanent funds allow foundations to issue grants quickly in response to natural disasters. By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press Marta Lavandier, AP Photo House of Hope, which provides food, as well as other essential services in Marin County, Fla.,

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Newsletter: Should You Ask Partners for a Minimum Revenue Commitment? ; UK Chicken Shops Ask Diners to Go #KnifeFree ; Google’s Unusual Plan for Disaster Relief

Selfish Giving

Here are 135 Instagram influencers in key industries from food to travel to fashion. Brain Food 1. Google’s unusual plan for disaster relief: just give survivors money. I love the idea of cause-related pop-ups. Here are four examples. My favorite is Elepop ! Influencers are the fire that can ignite your cause campaign.

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How Smithfield Foods is Doing Well by Doing Good (And What You Can Learn From Them) [SPONSORED]

Selfish Giving

If you’re operating in the cause marketing space and you’ve never heard of Smithfield Foods , you’re missing out. To provide some scale, Smithfield is one of the largest global food and consumer packed meats companies in the world, to the tune of $14 billion.

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Undocumented and Unprotected: How Immigration Status Amplifies Climate Vulnerability

NonProfit Quarterly

TIRRC is in the midst of launching a climate justice campaign on the heels of several climate disasters, including a flood that impacted South Nashville, a neighborhood with a large population of immigrants. “We The CBOs started a disaster assistance fund specifically designated for undocumented people, dubbing it an “ UndocuFund.”

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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

In recent years, the group, labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as right-wing extremists , has been painting a different picture of itself—as a disaster relief organization. Militia Groups’ Recruitment Strategy Militia groups often appear before federal agencies after natural disasters.

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Commitment to funding Native self-determination 

Candid

For decades, Native American tribes have faced economic and food insecurity, education barriers, substandard and overcrowded housing, and limited healthcare—all tied to flawed federal policies and broken treaties. PWNA provided $8,000 in disaster relief funding to heat the center so that Crow Creek tribal schoolteachers could tutor students.