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What the Lost Children Knew: A Story from Colombia’s Amazon Rainforest

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Photo by Los Muertos Crew on pexels.com On May 1, 2023, a Cessna plane took off from the tiny Amazonian town of Araracuara in Colombia, carrying seven passengers: the pilot, four children, their mother, and another adult. But the four children—Lesly (13), Soleiny (9), Tien Noriel (4), and Cristin (1)—survived.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Bloomerang

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Funding Priority: Arts & Culture.

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From Factory to Civic Powerhouse: Rebuilding Local Democracy in Barcelona

NonProfit Quarterly

Children developed breathing problems as they inhaled the poisonous air. In the months that followed, the people transformed the factory from an empty toxic shell into a vibrant space of cultural life. Although local in nature, this history has implications for movement activists in communities across the globe.

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How to Eliminate the Myth of Meritocracy and Build the World We Deserve

NonProfit Quarterly

The myth of American meritocracy is not merely an occasional story; it is upheld daily by social systems, structures, and cultural narratives. The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws.

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Climate Justice for Generation Alpha

NonProfit Quarterly

But Generation Alpha, comprising children born after 2010 and following Generation Z, is on track to be the generation least connected with nature. Although the benefits of nature to young children are so clear, children and families experience profound disparities in their access to safe green spaces near their homes or schools.

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Healing-Centered Funding for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Her care for Black babies and their families is culturally centered, celebrating tradition and responding directly to anti-Black racism. At Chicago Beyond , we have learned that a more interconnected understanding of the social and environmental issues we seek to address increases the probability of successful outcomes.

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Newsletter: Social Media vs Website: Which is Best? ; St. Jude’s Cause Marketing Tops $1 Billion ; Two Revolts Against Selfish Selfie Culture

Selfish Giving

Jude Children's Research Hospital has raised a $1,000,000,000 with cause marketing in the past 15 years.?? ?? Two pushbacks on selfish selfie culture. My new friends at Proud Pour make wines that support 20 environmental nonprofits to restore oyster reefs and bee habitat. Marketing Your Cause 1. Brain Food 1.

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