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Trust Is The Best Currency: CEO, Founder Stamps Approval on Products for Parents

Fundraising Leadership

shopsmarter ” In her early years of entrepreneurship after graduating from York University in 1994 with a double degree in mass communications and political science, Vinderine, who stands just under 5 feet tall, says she endured not only gender bias, but height bias when connecting with funders and clients in person. “As

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Unlearning to Relearn: An Interview with Stephanie Bowman of Mothers Out Front

NonProfit Quarterly

So, I went to college at Hampton University and studied political science. However, no matter how progressive the space was, there was always a layer of sexism, racism, and ageism embedded in the culture. That’s one of our theories of change, as there’s no stronger conviction than a mother defending her children.

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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 are at an incredible inflection point right now as a species, and all of our actions to heal ourselves and the planet have immense repercussions for our children and grandchildren. Our ability to develop greater loving-awareness just might make the difference between our survival as a species or not.

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

They have children, they’re doing all of this. A culture doesn’t like silence. I worked with a organization that they worked with abused children. They have families, they have children, they have this. And ask the kids not to kill themselves or each other for the next hour or so. And so the fact that they.