INDIANAPOLIS (PRWEB) September 19, 2022 “Let the world see what they did to my boy,” are the heart-wrenching words spoken by Mamie Till-Mobley who insisted upon an open casket for her 14-year-old Black son who was brutally tortured and murdered for whistling at a White woman in Money, Mississippi in 1955. It all started in…
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How losing a parent helped shape David Mandell’s approach to autism research
Autism’s “fearless” researcher takes on the big questions. When David Mandell’s mother became sick in 1997 from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, he left New York City and moved back to Baltimore, Maryland, to be close to his parents and start graduate school. He had grown up there before leaving for college in New York, so it felt…
A Boulder nonprofit is ‘changing homelessness because it changed us’
As Colorado’s largest statewide, member-supported, multi-media network, Rocky Mountain PBS wants to make sure everyone is seen and heard. BOULDER, Colo. — At Feet Forward, the motto is always ‘changing homelessness because it changed us.’ Every Tuesday, the nonprofit organizes in Boulder’s Central Park bandshell to provide outreach for people who need it the most in Boulder…
Becoming The Change You Wish To See In The World
Since women often play key roles in educating and other family members in giving, their philanthropic influence may extend far beyond their individual efforts. Women are poised to change the face of philanthropy. More than 90% of high-net-worth women gave money to charity.1 Since women often play key roles in educating and other family members…
The Great Awakening: Redefining Work, Values, and Purpose
Work is undergoing a period of intense transformation. A recent conference featuring nonprofit leaders covered what needs to change, why, and how we get there. “By choice, or out of necessity, how people make a living is undergoing fundamental change,” said Marina Gorbis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Future (IFTF), a 50-year-old nonprofit research and…