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From 50 States to 50 Countries
Heather Jenkins will soon graduate from law school with a degree specializing in human rights and refugee law. To obtain her diploma, Jenkins must pour over documents that are more than 1000 pages long, think critically about the material that she encounters, and present cases that will change lives. Jenkins is motivated, driven, and successful, despite the challenges of having been born visually-impaired...
Tags: Seedlings Braille Books, Equal Opportunity, Education, Southeast Michigan
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Strategic Alignment Creates Consistency
When addressing the Girl Scouts of Macomb County, be prepared to discuss more than cookies and camping. Within the group that provides young women in Macomb County with leadership education and opportunities, staff are busy facilitating a transition that will form a broader organization...
Tags: Girl Scouts, Strategic Alignment, Southeast Michigan, Foster Care, Leadership
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Strong Community, Diverse Community
When his parents shared the news that they would soon be retiring and moving to Florida, Terry was instantly panicked. The news meant more than missing the frequent and sound advice he often received from his two closest role models; it brought about the threat of homelessness...
Tags: Community Housing Network, Oakland County, Homelessness, Diversity, Affordable Housing
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Alma Students Uncover Reasons for Engagement
By educating citizens in diversity and tolerance, Michigan’s nonprofit sector helps to build a citizenry willing to work together to create lasting change.
Tags: Tolerance, Diversity, Alma College, Service-Learning, Volunteerism, Holocaust
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Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance: creating opportunity through a connected Michigan
With well over 2,000 miles of trailways in the state, Michigan residents and visitors can always take advantage of a serene landscape. Driving the development of these trails is the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance, a nonprofit that promotes trail use for recreation, health, transportation, economic development and environmental/cultural preservation purposes...
Tags: Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance, Rails to Trails, Connecting Michigan, Muskegon, Environment, Health, Wellness
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The Cabrini Clinic: A Safety Net Below the Safety Net
When Sister Mary Ellen Howard, Executive Director of the Cabrini Clinic, a free medical clinic in the heart of Detroit, answered a knock on the door, she encountered a young woman who had no where else to turn...
Tags: Cabrini Clinic, Detroit, Volunteerism, Healthcare, Medical Insurance, Uninsured
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Volunteer Center of Greater Kalamazoo: Building Nonprofit Capacity Through Volunteer Management
Since 1966 nonprofit organizations in Kalamazoo County have been provided with a steady stream of engaged volunteers. Ensuring the availability of this valuable nonprofit resource is the Volunteer Center of Greater Kalamazoo...
Tags: Kalamazoo, Volunteer Center, Nonprofit Capacity, Volunteerism, Volunteer Management, Volunteer Centers of Michigan
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Engaging Tomorrow’s Philanthropic Leaders
Within Michigan’s philanthropic sector there lies a group of relatively new, and relatively young professionals hard at work developing opportunities for emerging leaders to develop professionally...
Tags: EPIP, Philanthropy, Giving and Volunteering, Foundations, Leadership Deficit
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Alma College: crossing disciplines to protect watershed
The Pine River that flows past Alma College presents an unfortunate service-learning opportunity. Not unfortunate because students are given the chance to serve their community, but unfortunate because the service that they are performing is a direct result of severe pollution...
Tags: Alma, St. Louis, Environment, Water Quality, Service-Learning, Pine River, Pollution
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Grand Rapids Community College: Mentoring the Bilingual
Creating a connection is the first step necessary in developing any quality mentoring relationship. The Hispanic Student Organization (HSO) of Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) looks to develop this connection through the use of foreign language...
Tags: Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community College, Mentoring, Diversity, Service-Learning
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