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Building Community Through Soccer: Maigan T. Bridgette’s Story at Sporting Kansas City

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

With a passion for political science and social justice, she initially envisioned a career in law but found herself drawn to the nonprofit sector. “From the roaring crowds at Children’s Mercy Park to the grassroots initiatives fostering youth development, Sporting embodies the ethos of community engagement and empowerment.”

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The United Nations’ Innovation Learning Journey

Stanford Social Innovation Review

While local organizations and the public sector are vital in tackling these overlapping crises, an often under-discussed arena of innovation is the role of the United Nations (UN) and its related agencies—the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and so on.

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Activating Loving-Awareness

NonProfit Quarterly

We cannot say that we know as a whole what these phenomena are, but we have caught glimpses in our models that these realities are possible; and, therefore, we have hope that our combined creativity, imagination, collaborative abilities, and technological innovations will shed light on these future collective realities.

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

And then if you’re getting into a debate, you know, these techniques that I’m going to talk about today can range from any form from your nonprofit to your religious organization, to your mom’s group, to your friend group, and even to a debate, political science. . The next is contributing something of value.