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May.04.2012
Recently, I took Freedom Road Publishing in a new direction — focusing on not-for-profit organizations. I am on the Board of one not-for-profit and I see how these organizations struggle for money to maintain operations as one after another the federal and state government funds disappear.
To show...
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Jan.14.2011
Social Justice for All--that's the kind of motto that makes a '60s flower child like me prick up my ears. And it's the motto of San Diego's wonderful Foundation for Change, which I support wholeheartedly.The group does so many good things in our county and our cross-border region (a friend of us...
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Jan.12.2011
Although I contribute to many charities, the non-profit organization that owns my heart is the American Society of Journalists and Authors. http://www.asja.org. ASJA began in the 1950s as the Society of Magazine Writers, and gradually grew and morphed into ASJA. Non-fiction writers are under...
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Jan.12.2011
My favorite non-profit is the Rescue Mission in Syracuse NY. Who doesn't require rescuing every now and again? My small contribution helps feed the down and out. With the economic recession, there are more hungry families than ever, many in need temporarily.
"We serve seven hundred meals a...
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Dec.09.2010
On my 2010 short list of women who should be in Santa's "nice column are Rachael Chong, a professional financier who founded a non-profit to link professionals with other non-profit organizations that would benefit from skilled volunteer support, Elizabeth Edwards, Hillary Clinton, and Jessica...
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Mar.22.2010
This year the Milpitas Alliance for the Arts sponsored a short story contest, of which I got to be one of the judges. Yesterday we gathered for a fabulous luncheon to honor the winner, Pria Banwait . She wrote about growing up in the Bay Area with Punjabi Indian restrictions which stifled her...
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Sep.28.2009
Is it possible that the future of real journalism is in the form of a non-profit entity?
It appears to be the latest approach given that approximately eight to ten non-profit journalism or news outlets have sprung up around the country: ProPublica in New York, The Voice of San Diego, Texas...
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Jul.25.2009
I stood outside the Otter Project in downtown Monterey, California, disappointed. The glass door to the office was locked, and as I peered in no one seemed to be moving around inside. I'd gone out walking the dog and had hoped to find someone to tell me how California's sea otters were doing these...
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Nov.04.2008
My beloved Daddy died in my arms. Before he died I asked him what more I could do for him in this life. His response was that he was dying a happy man because he had married the woman he loved, been married to her for 45 years, adored being the father of five rambunctious children, and enjoyed...
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Aug.27.2008
We are working to catalyze a greatly needed national dialogue on race and reconciliation. The footage we have shows a community overcoming difference to find connection, it shows people speaking truth to power and telling the buried stories of their ancestors. Stories can change hearts. They open...
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