The Knight Foundation recently released an awesome report on their grant to Macon, Georgia for a social game designed by Area/Code to build community through local currency. These are a bunch of my favorite things. (Games! Philanthropy! Sociology! Money!) You really must read more about it, because I can’t embed any here and it’s too… Continue reading Cool game, cool community building, cool report. Thumbs up.
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The two groups, the twin engines of wealth-creation in our time, both donate substantially. But these rich are different from Fortune 500 CEOs. Hedge-fund and tech-sector donors aren’t content to write checks for established programs, says Bruce Flessner, a principal at Bentz Whaley Flessner, which advises non-profits on how to score grants. Rather, the hedgies… Continue reading
Duke was one of the first employers to make benefits available to same sex partners in 1994 as a way to be inclusive and supportive of the needs of all faculty and staff, and this support will continue. Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president of administration at Duke, following the approval of Amendment One in North Carolina.… Continue reading
Conquering Food Deserts
The question remains: If there is real demand for fresh food in food deserts, why don’t supermarkets open up there? Why don’t they regard them as food emerging markets? Well, it takes two things: innovative businesspeople who are willing to pursue opportunities where others see only problems — and creative government subsidies to make the… Continue reading Conquering Food Deserts
Happy Tax Day! If you’re #ProudToPay, tweet it.
Learn why people are #ProudToPay taxes today, and share some of your own reasons! At the end of the day, we should feel very lucky to live in a country where taxes support the public good and many freedoms that we take for granted, even if we do grumble while money leaves our bank accounts.… Continue reading Happy Tax Day! If you’re #ProudToPay, tweet it.
Trayvon Martin, God bless him, an innocent kid, a wonderful kid, a box of Skittles in his hands. He didn’t deserve to die. But I bet you money, if he didn’t have that hoodie on, that nutty neighborhood watch guy wouldn’t have responded in that violent and aggressive way. Geraldo Rivera, Fox News host You… Continue reading
We ended up identifying our niche by that process of engaging the community in the conversation. Laura McNulty, Executive Director of Health Horizons International, on how the programs were developed in an interview with WFYI public radio’s Barbara Lewis. Sounds smart to me!
New website alert! Done.com
You find screened, skilled neighbors to help with tasks - grocery shopping, babysitting, fixing things, party planning, etc. - and then hire them. Once a task is complete, a task is also done for a child in need (sponsored by Unicef). I also love Done.’s values statement, which includes such items as assuming good intentions… Continue reading New website alert! Done.com
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. Henry Ford
Milwaukee man sells cafe for $100
I like every part of this story.Milwaukee man sells cafe for $100
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