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Unlocking the Value of Circles

NonProfit Quarterly

While peer circles are widely used in corporate and educational contexts, their value to nonprofits and community organizers is underappreciated. Experts often overcomplicate lectures with jargon and references that may not be culturally relevant to the people they are trying to teach.

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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

But to build cooperative intelligence, cooperative education needs to start at a much earlier age. Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. Aside from these cultural and ideological factors, there are the practical benefits.

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Camps Specialist

Anedot

This position may continue beyond the summer as part-time or full-time as a field specialist for our on-going environmental education youth programs.

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Mapping the Landscape of AI-Powered Nonprofits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Three goals that stand out with especially strong potential to be transformed by AI are SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 4 (Quality Education), and SDG 13 (Climate Action). As such, this series focuses on how AI-powered nonprofits are transforming the climate, health care, and education sectors. Joy Education exemplifies this.

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Thank Heaven For 11: Take The Lead Celebrates 11 Years Working Toward Mission of Equity

Fundraising Leadership

This course will teach you the specific thought processes and skills to identify and channel your inner strength and power, Feldt says. Gloria Feldts Sum is a friendly and conversational take on the happenings of the week in culture, business, economics, leadership, entertainment, and life. Learn more about Leadership Ambassadors.

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Bringing Climate into the Classroom: New Hampshire Students Push for Increased Climate Literacy

NonProfit Quarterly

Sarah Weintraub, 18, 350NH Youth Team-member For over a year, beginning in 2023, the 350NH Youth Organizing Program has been spearheading an effort to increase education about climate change in public schools throughout New Hampshire. But that’s a surface-level lesson.” 5 Now, the teens are setting their sights on schools.

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Can Universities Build Community? A Conference Explores Possible Paths

NonProfit Quarterly

The Netter Center, Harkavy noted, seeks to solve problems and improve quality of life of proximate communities, thereby benefiting the community and supporting the teaching and research missions of the university. The culture and structure of a large university often clashes with the culture of the surrounding community.