Spotlight folks and organizations big and small making positive differences
KEYS (Keep Encouraging Youth to Succeed) Enterprises is a Maryland-based 501c3 nonprofit, grounded in the mission of empowering the marginalized and disadvantaged. Services and support are delivered using innovative methods designed especially to meet each individual’s unique needs. KEYS’ initiatives focus on supporting Baltimore’s underserved communities. . Through its programs the organization provides services and …
Bear with me, this IS a feel good story. And, sometimes we just need a feel-good story. I fee like this is one of those days Recently I posted on the perils suffered by the U.S. wild horse population. This despite the 1971 law passed by Congress to protect them and their right to roam …
The more I learn about Empathy Lab UK, the more I felt I had to share. They may not be US-based but this is an organization worth being on our radar. I’m not connected to them in any way. But, I’m always on the lookout for inspiring fresh ideas centering on young children. Their perspective …
Empathy Is A Muscle And A Trait We Can Grow And Nurture Read More »
Hear me out. I know this may seem out of left field. Wild horses and burros were granted protection by Congress in 1971 deemed “living symbols of history.” With the 1971 Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burro Act, Congress outlawed, capture, branding, harassment or killing of wild horses and burros. And As a result, thinking …
This story was originally published in the Daily Yonder. For more rural reporting and small-town stories visit dailyyonder.com. And, it was subsequently reported in David Byrne’s digital “good news” magazine Reasons To Be Cheerful. We are all, at least most of us very aware of the many public and charter school dual language immersion programs; Spanish, …
Guarding A Treasure- Preserving The Cherokee Language Read More »
According to 2023 research data from Volgistics, a volunteer management software, kids that volunteer are 25% less likely to experience anxiety and 50% less likely to engage in destructive behaviors like smoking or misusing alcohol. There’s no question, volunteerism translates into mastering important adult life skills. To name a few; Social and Professional Communication Skills …
Get Preteens, Teen and Young Adults Into Volunteering- The Sooner, The Better Read More »
The result, “mission therapy” for Veterans and cleaner oceans and waterways for all of us. The idea for FORCE BLUE grew out of a trip co-founders Jim Ritterhoff and Rudy Reyes took in 2015 to go reef diving. Since returning home from several tours in Afghanistan Reyes, a former Recon Marine, had been struggling with …
FORCE BLUE Special Ops Veterans Come Together With Marine Science…. Read More »
For the Algalita Marine Research and Education their 3 decades of plastic pollution research and education it all started in the 1990’s with an eye-opening discovery in the North Pacific by the organizations Founder, Charles Moore. The organization’s initial mission was to restore the disappearing kelp forests and improve water quality along the California …
Rachel Micah-Jones interned for Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey, and then worked on the Senate campaign of Oregon’s Ron Wyden, which stoked her interest in the law. While working in the Washington, D.C., public defender’s office, she saw that immigration laws ill-served her foreign-born clients. She began to think about combining her knowledge …
According widely published data, as well as Project Return’s website, the United States makes up only 5% of the world’s total population but 25% of the world’s prison population. The nonprofit describes incarceration as a growth industry in Tennessee, ranking 12th in the nation in terms of per capita incarceration – which they document grew …
Nashville Nonprofit Providing More Than Hope To The Formerly Incarcerated Read More »
