Us too. Last year 8,000 Schwab employees volunteered thousands of hours to help the communities we call home. Just imagine what we could do together. https://bit.ly/3xFAslx
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Few times in life do we have the opportunity to channel all our professional experience for a great cause, at the right time and place. That time has come. As I reflect on a military career, a corporate career, followed by work in not-for-profit, serving as the CEO of Mission Roll Call is a perfect fit for me at a time when our Veterans and their families need their voices heard. Mission Roll Call is the first ever of its kind, a nonpartisan movement to give every veteran a voice to be heard by our nation’s leaders and communities. The next few months, I will be busy building a team and launching this 501 c 3. My thanks to the generosity of the supporters of Mission Roll Call, who have the passion and vision to make a positive difference for our veterans. The purpose of Mission Roll Call is to provide veterans, military and veteran supporters with a powerful, unified voice that is heard by our nation’s leaders and communities. Traditional advocacy groups require veterans to voice their opinions through layers of bureaucracy at their local, state, and national levels, where veterans lose their voice. Using the latest technology, Mission Roll Call hears the unfiltered voices of veterans and other supporters across America and tells their collective story directly to lawmakers and interest groups. It is a community where veterans, other supporters, and their families share stories, voice concerns, and present solutions for their benefit. Mission Roll Call speaks this unified truth directly to Washington, taking their communities’ concerns and solutions to advocate for positive change. The top three priorities for Mission Roll Call are ending veteran suicide, ensuring veteran access to healthcare and benefits, and advocating for underserved veteran populations.
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The economic news right now is that consumers continue to propel our economy forward. Meanwhile, in the nonprofit sector there is a commentary on the reduction in individual gifts. What gives? My take is that we fail to communicate the value of being a donor back to those very same donors. We fail to market what being an investor in our solutions can mean to the donor. Instead we expect that problem statements, wealth and generosity alone will create the equation for successful giving programs. We use more words when less will do and get wrapped up in our internal dynamics. We forget to say thank you in meaningful ways, and that a little humor reminds donors that you are a human. Despite the headwinds of inflation and price indexes, there is more than wealth in the economy to help drive your mission forward. It's on us to create brand loyalty by understanding and conveying to our donors the impact they make toward our bold visions through the relationships we create and maintain.
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Lawrence Grandpre is Director of Research for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. His focuses include drug policy, criminal justice, police accountability, and community-based economic/educational development. He is the co-author of “The Black Book” and his work has been featured in The Guardian, The Baltimore Sun, Time Magazine and Black Agenda Report. He is also the co-host of the In Search of Black Power Podcast. In this episode Lawrence and I discuss the foundations of intercommunal violence in Black communities and the limits of a public health model of Community Violence Intervention. Lawrence provides a critique of the way that clinical "best practices" and "evidence based solutions" offered by the public health academy and non-profit industrial complex displace Black community efforts to address interpersonal violence. Lawrence calls for a methodology which situates the interpersonal violence as part of a political economy of anti-blackness, and discusses the importance of policy solutions that give Black people the power, resources and sovereignty to solve the problems that capitalism, white supremacy and over policing have created in Black communities. We filmed this episode one day after attending the funeral of our friend Anthony Day, who was murdered while on his lunch break at his job. The emotion is raw, but so is the necessity to have a sharp critique of the problems and solutions on offer by the current political order, and to provide an alternative vision of the way that interpersonal and structural violence can be ended, by the people most targeted by it. Links Leaders of A Beautiful Struggle-https://lbsbaltimore.com/ Op-Ed- Opinion: Time to reconsider public health approaches to curbing Baltimore’s gun violence-Baltimore Banner-12/13/2022 https://lnkd.in/ed384MDQ... Video-The limits of white-led nonprofits for "black on black" gun violence - In Search of Black Power • The limits of white-led nonprofits fo... Contact Lawrence at [email protected] ne0nubian on x and instagram
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#menshealth #veteranshelpingveterans | North Topsail Beach, North Carolina. Here's what has helped me; I hope it helps others (individual experiences may vary): - Do something difficult every day. - Be uncomfortable (for a short period) every day. - Watch the ethanol consumption — the same stuff we put in our vehicles. - Watch the 'tribes'. - Monitor the inner dialogue; if you wouldn't say it to your child, you shouldn't be saying it to yourself; and, finally, - Borrow from men who got it right. Notice I wrote 'watch,' not stop. The veteran's identity — that's what it is, a bumper sticker — can be as harmful as it is helpful. If an opening elevator pitch, post, or conversation begins with, "AS A VETERAN, ..." I'm already turned off and not listening or reading, and I'm not the only man who is done — literally done with the veteran identity. I've traveled the world, and I can confidently state that veteran identity politics is uniquely American. We even have a subset of the identity, the Bro Vet, for example. Yes, military service is something to be proud of, and we have all done some unique things, e.g., presenting our flag to a widow; it's tough. But not every phone call, post, message, poster, card, or letter needs to state, "IF YOU ARE HAVING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, ..." Veterans' 'tribes' live and breathe identity politics because that's what partisan unions do; they attack individuality (there's no room for a voice like mine). It's amazing how quickly a conversation turns to disability stories, again, uniquely American. Some vets' nonprofits avoid politics, some. The vast majority of 'tribes' are all in on the As-a-veteran scene because it's wildly profitable and persuasive for a select few in DC. I'd say about 30% of the men's motivational speakers, leaders, philosophers I borrow from are veterans, and 0% are lobbyists, lawyers, and legislators. That's not a coincidence. Again, individual experiences may vary, but I hope what has worked for me helps other men in a jam. I did exactly what the DoD, VA, and all the veterans' nonprofits told me to do, and it made everything a million times worse. I took the keys back, built a business, am raising four healthy, happy children, and am enjoying being close to the water — the closest I'll likely ever get to exploring space. I'll close with: North Carolina is the best!
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It's all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps”. Special thanks go to Councilman Reggie Gaffney Jr. for his commendable efforts in providing an educational opportunity for his constituents in District 8 and beyond. By facilitating access to capital from Ameris Bank, which aims to assist 400 individuals/families in achieving their dreams of homeownership and similar aspirations. It is imperative to contextualize the practice of redlining, which has been a deeply entrenched and discriminatory system aimed at impeding black individuals' access to equitable lending and housing opportunities. This systemic practice has contributed significantly to the perpetuation of the wealth gap and systemic racism. By deliberately denying equal lending prospects based solely on the color of one's skin, redlining has engendered a profound and enduring impact. Alarming indicators, such as the unchanged census tracks since the consolidation of the City of Jacksonville and Duval County, reveal concentrated areas predominantly inhabited by black communities. The persistence of these discriminatory practices reflects either an appalling disregard or overt prejudice. Furthermore, gerrymandering has contributed to the exclusion of minorities from minority-access districts, limiting their representation and political power. This issue compounds the challenges faced by marginalized communities in Jacksonville. The Northwest Corridor, characterized by weak infrastructure and high population density, presents additional obstacles to progress and prosperity. Addressing these infrastructure deficiencies is crucial to improving the quality of life in these communities. Efforts to increase access to capital and promote homeownership are vital steps towards closing the wealth gap and dismantling systemic racism. Homeownership has long been regarded as the cornerstone of wealth accumulation for all citizens, and by ensuring equal opportunities, we can foster economically sound communities with low crime rates and high graduation rates. Conversely, neglecting these opportunities perpetuates cycles of poverty, resulting in high crime rates and low educational attainment. The struggle against these injustices is ongoing, and it is disheartening to witness their persistence in 2024, reminiscent of the challenges faced by our ancestors in the 1820s and 1920s. However, by raising awareness, advocating for change, and supporting initiatives like this can work towards a more equitable and inclusive society where every individual has the opportunity to pursue the American dream. Ameris Choice Program | Ameris Bank https://lnkd.in/eC2Ki88W #SomethingToThinkAbout #Leadership #Duval #Jacksonville #StrongerTogether
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It is fundamentally unjust for equal justice work to rely on philanthropy. Inalienable rights are the job of the government to guarantee and protect. They cannot depend on white supremacist foundations, genocidal psychopaths, and fascist corporations to bestow scraps through their complicated system of legal tax shelters. As the failed U.S. government continues to abdicate more and more of its role to nonprofits and corporations, but still also collects our taxes to use to its own ends, we march faster and faster toward the fascism this administration, and the last one, and the next one have already joined in league with. If you ever want justice, or any kind of freedom, it’s time to change your business models from laundering money and arguments to ground-up self-funding and direct economic empowerment. As a wise friend of mine told me recently: “If you don’t know the names of the people you’re helping, it’s saviorism.” And if this sounds crazy or radical to you, it sounds crazy to me to keep propping up this system and selling our souls in the process. I serve people not gatekeepers.
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🌈 Neon One left something truly magical at the end of the rainbow this March… introducing the Neon One Generosity Indicator! 🎁 So, what's all the buzz about? The new Generosity Indicator is a tool designed to provide users with a comprehensive and fair assessment of a constituent's generosity. Think of it as a unified scoring system that considers affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value, each scored on a scale of 1-5 (from low to high). 💖 Affinity: Measure the depth of connection someone feels toward your cause. ⏳ Recency: Look at when a supporter last contributed to a nonprofit. 🔁 Frequency: Evaluate how regularly someone supports their preferred causes. 💵 Monetary Value: Understand the financial contributions made by a supporter. But here's the real magic—the Generosity Indicator is so much more than a wealth indication tool. It goes beyond financial metrics, and looks at a person's time, talent, and treasure to provide a holistic view of their generosity. 🚀 Neon One clients will be able to design automated workflows, craft dynamic segmentations, and generate detailed reports—with a deeper understanding of generosity. By leveraging this new capability, nonprofits can immediately start to cultivate deeper connections, enhance engagement practices, and boost all forms of generosity within their communities. WATCH the Neon CRM March 2024 Release Webinar to learn more about the Generosity Indicator: https://shorturl.at/kpquN
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"We see 2 mental models for systems change being used in philanthropy: systems dynamics & systems emergence. We need to be aware of which models we are using and why" https://lnkd.in/dtUzgn-E
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