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Connecting Community With Opportunity At NAM’s 17th Annual Nonprofit Summit Of The Midlands

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 08/16/2023 - 2:00am

OMAHA, Neb. – “Connecting Community with Opportunity” is the theme of the 17th annual Nonprofit Summit of the Midlands to be held Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Embassy Suites La Vista Hotel and Conference Center. Hosted by the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands (NAM), the all-day Summit annually brings together more than 300 nonprofit executives, employees, board members and volunteers from Nebraska and Iowa.

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Nonprofits May Engage In Advocacy And Limited Lobbying, But Few Do So – New Research

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 08/09/2023 - 5:00am

Fewer than a third of charities in the U.S. (31%) engaged in advocacy in the last five years.
(Shutterstock)

Fewer than a third of charities in the U.S. (31%) engaged in advocacy in the last five years. This represents a dramatic decline in the past two decades, we found, even though the law allows these groups to speak up regarding the issues that affect the people they serve.

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Two NE Nonprofits To Host Free Omaha Clinic On Building Generational Wealth

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 08/09/2023 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — Two Nebraska organizations are partnering to offer free individualized sessions Aug. 12 on how homeowners can build generational wealth.

The Omaha sessions will delve into how the homeowner can have more control over the future of their home, and how family benefits can accrue from that asset.

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Indigenous Language Interpreters Unite To Fill Gaps

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 08/02/2023 - 5:00am

Bethany Fisher was raised in the Marshall Islands, the daughter of American missionaries who spoke English at home but who insisted that she and her siblings speak the Indigenous language of the island republic everywhere else.

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Activists Have Long Called For Charleston To Confront Its Racial History. Tourists Are Now Expecting It.

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 08/02/2023 - 4:00am

In his younger days as a carriage driver, Tony Youmans would strike a rapport with customers, nearly all of them white, as he prepared to show them around downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Youmans knew that long-whitewashed racial history lurked everywhere — beneath every cobblestone, every courtyard garden, the hooves of every draft horse he steered past the finely preserved antebellum structures.

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To Get Rid Of Hazing, Clarify What People Really Think Is Acceptable Behavior And Redefine What It Means To Be Loyal

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 08/02/2023 - 3:00am

My husband and I spent a late August day several years ago settling in our oldest child, Andrew, for the start of his first year at college. We went to Walmart to buy a mini fridge and rug. We hung posters above his bed. We attended the obligatory goodbye family lunch before heading to our car to return to a slightly quieter house.

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When Charities Engage In ‘Brand Activism’, Research Shows They Must Demonstrate Bravery To Attract Donations

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 07/19/2023 - 5:00am

Charities often rely on “warm and fuzzy” images and “poverty porn” tactics to attract donations. But in recent years, some UK not-for-profits have shifted towards activism-driven campaigns.

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American Indians Forced To Attend Boarding Schools As Children Are More Likely To Be In Poor Health As Adults

Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 07/19/2023 - 2:00am

Many American Indians attended compulsory boarding schools in the 1900s or have relatives who did. My family is no different. Three generations of Running Bears – my grandparents, parents and those from my own generation – attended these residential schools over a period stretching from approximately 1907 to the mid-1970s.

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Science Activism Is Surging – Which Marks A Culture Shift Among Scientists

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 07/12/2023 - 5:00am

The March for Science is one example of scientists advocating for political change. (Sait Serkan Gurbuz / AP Photo)

Hundreds of scientists protested government efforts to restrict educational access to Western science theories, including Darwin’s theory of evolution, in June 2023 in India. Similarly, scientists in Mexico participated in a research strike in May 2023 to protest a national law they claimed would threaten the conditions for basic research. And during the same month in Norway, three scientists were arrested for protesting the nation’s slow-moving climate policy.

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Underwater Music Show In The Florida Keys Promotes Awareness Of Coral Reef Protection

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 07/12/2023 - 4:00am

Kelly Angel, left, and Kara Norman pretend to play underwater musical instruments, Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary near Big Pine Key, Fla. (Frazier Nivens / Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection Saturday in the Florida Keys.

The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, which also spotlighted eco-conscious diving, took place at Looe Key Reef, an area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary located about 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of Big Pine Key.

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Non-Profit News

Connecting Community With Opportunity At NAM’s 17th Annual Nonprofit Summit Of The Midlands

Nonprofits May Engage In Advocacy And Limited Lobbying, But Few Do So – New Research

Two NE Nonprofits To Host Free Omaha Clinic On Building Generational Wealth

Indigenous Language Interpreters Unite To Fill Gaps

Activists Have Long Called For Charleston To Confront Its Racial History. Tourists Are Now Expecting It.

To Get Rid Of Hazing, Clarify What People Really Think Is Acceptable Behavior And Redefine What It Means To Be Loyal

When Charities Engage In ‘Brand Activism’, Research Shows They Must Demonstrate Bravery To Attract Donations

American Indians Forced To Attend Boarding Schools As Children Are More Likely To Be In Poor Health As Adults

Science Activism Is Surging – Which Marks A Culture Shift Among Scientists

Underwater Music Show In The Florida Keys Promotes Awareness Of Coral Reef Protection

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