Each week we’ll do our best to bring you a collection of links that highlight political news that impact nonprofits, helpful links for nonprofit professionals, and something positive to end your week.
Political News
- Anita Kumar of McClatchy DC provides the details on rumors that the Trump Administration could be working to broker an immigration deal.
“The White House officials want Trump to strike an ambitious deal with Congress that offers Dreamers protection in exchange for legislation that pays for a border wall and more detention facilities, curbs legal immigration and implements E-verify, an online system that allows businesses to check immigration status,”
- Patrick Gillespie of CNN Money discusses the reason why there are record-number of available jobs (6.2 million) and why they’re often going unfilled. One of the reasons is that unemployed workers lack the training for available jobs. This could worsen, as President Trump’s proposed budget cuts funding for job training programs by $1.1 billion, or 40%.
- Based on a letter received by an Associate Professor at Northeastern University in Boston, it appears as if the US Department of Energy is asking grant recipients to remove the terms “climate change” and “global warming” from abstracts. Shared on Twitter by Dr. Yana Weinstein.
Helpful Nonprofit Links
- This week marked the 10th anniversary of #Hashtags. The amazing and energetic Heidi Garland of Guild West Agency shares a video quick video showing how to effectively use hashtags and more importantly where not to use hashtags!
- Susan Wolf Ditkof and Abe Grindle of Harvard Business Review shares about the history and current need for audacious philanthropy. This long-read
“Many of today’s emerging large-scale philanthropists aspire to similarly audacious successes. They don’t want to fund homeless shelters and food pantries; they want to end homelessness and hunger.”
- Can a chatbot help your nonprofit? Jim Lynch of TechSoup highlights successful cases of nonprofits using them.
Something Positive
- What happens when a college football team finds out their coach used to be a MC Hammer back-up dancer? My favorite part of this is the excitement of #9.
Justin (he, him) is a Principal and Co-Founder of Social Change Consulting. He has over fifteen years of nonprofit experience, with expertise in online fundraising, digital communications, and data management. Justin helps organizations connect their communication strategy to their income development needs. When he’s not on the clock, Justin is exploring Berlin, running, listening to too many podcasts, and drinking too much coffee.