Modest Needs is a small but ambitious nonprofit, founded in 2002. It has a three-fold mission; ·Provide responsible effective short-term financial assistance to families and individuals in temporary crisis Lessen the burden on state and federal agencies to care for the truly indigent by stopping at-risk households from slipping into a cycle of poverty Promote compassion …
My friend Damona Hoffman is a brightly shining star. And, as are all of the women I will be featuring over the next everal weeks in my “Women In The Spotlight” post series, an example of someone not defined or guided by the status quo. Like the others I am featuring she is someone who has …
That’s right, Helsinki Finland. According to Mat Trewern of BBC Radio Manchester, the city has used a groundbreaking program to virtually eradicate homelessness. According to the newscaster one thing that stands out as unusual at Helsinki’s central train station on a bitter cold night is that are no homeless sleeping…. And no one begging. And …
Roslyn Young-Daniels is Founder and Director of The Daniels Network, LLC, a marketing solutions and strategic insight consultancy serving the pharmaceutical and health care sectors. She is also President and Founder of, Black Health Matters (BHM) launched in 2003 and the BHM website, a video centric educational network that provides health care professionals and consumers …
News media and marketers remain predominantly fixated on social media. True, social media usage keeps skyrocketing. However significant growth is coming from private social activity. This is people sending messages and multimedia directly to select individuals or groups of friends, rather than sharing everything publicly. Think Snapchat where messages even self-destruct. While WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal may …
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Acadia Center, based in Rockport Maine, is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization working for a clean energy, low carbon, non-fossil fuel future. Their geographic focus is on the Northeastern United States. Over the years they have developed a successful track record in helping to advance state and regional clean energy initiatives and positive impact climate policies. Their …
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According to an article by Jack Ewing of “The New York Times,” about 80% of the new vehicle bought in Norway last year were electric. In fact, chargers now far out number gas pumps at stations run by the Texas- based chain Circle K in Norway now. Circle K had challenges with regard to charging infrastructure and software. That …
Watsi is a nonprofit healthcare crowdsourcing platform that enables individual donors to directly fund medical care for individuals in developing countries without access to affordable medical care. Their small team believes everyone deserve healthcare and they are on a mission to make healthcare accessible to everyone. How it works is that a Watsi medical service provider partner submits …
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Awhile ago I posted about a narratively digital article by Megan Giller about the indigenous women in the background of some of south America’s most prominent male chefs. One was Patricia Perez who uses her grandmother’s ancient map to forage for plants and herbs in the desert no one else can access. With the link …
I am not sure of the source of this quote, “No One knows everything, everyone knows something and all knowledge resides in humanity.” It is perfect for incapsulating the principle of crowdsourcing. If you haven’t realized it crowdsourcing has proven to be a dynamic and powerful resource. And it has greatly influenced the development of …
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