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What the YMCA Taught Me About Community, Civil Society, and Democracy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The lesson of the activity was to teach the campers to set goals, strategize, and effectively communicate to accomplish the goal. Ryall YMCA on a field trip to YMCA Camp MacLean in Burlington, Wisconsin. They participated in a team-building exercise where the campers were passed a hula hoop around the circle while holding hands.

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Idealist and VolunteerMatch to Merge

NonProfit Quarterly

Volunteers hold up the foundation of civil society, notes nonprofit watchdog Independent Sector , which maintains an ongoing measure of the average hourly value of volunteer time ($33.49, as of last spring) to nonprofits, many of which depend on volunteers to function.

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From Uprooted to Uplifted: The Movement to Restore Indigenous Land Rights

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Though these violations continue, over the last 10 to 15 years, we have increasingly seen momentum among rightsholders, their allies, and civil society in advocating for rights-based and community-led conservation. billion for this work over five years to consolidate otherwise fragmented financing streams.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

She has spearheaded innovation in heart and stroke prevention with AHA active in more than 100 countries. Rutzen has worked on the legal framework for civil society, digital rights, and public participation in 100 countries. AHA has invested more than $5.9

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Municipal ID programs like Chicago’s CityKey learned from early failures of a similar effort in New York City that ran the danger of handing the Federal Government a list of undocumented immigrants, in part thanks to NYC’s active communication of “lessons learned.” Create synapses for within-city learning.

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The impact of COVID-19 on civil society, part two

Candid

The rate of Turkish organizations reporting complete suspension of their activities decreased from 29 percent in April 2020 to 16 percent in August, according to TUSEV. Perhaps some organizations that had to stop activity were able to bounce back. News from Turkey does offer a glimmer of hope.

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Digital Public Policy: New Priorities for Nonprofits

Philanthropy 2173

It is derived from lessons learned preparing the Integrated Advocacy report and this article on media coverage of civil society and covid. Just as digital practices and public policy shape online expression and assembly, civil society also shape digital practices and policies.