Penny and Bill George recently donated $8 million to the YMCA of the North to recruit health coaches and provide the neighborhood with a variety of holistic wellness programs. George Family...more
"Young people once trusted and brought into key and significant intergenerational decision-making and dialogue spaces, not only bring alternative perspectives, but can help us challenge together,...more
Rep. Marsha Blackburn is making headlines for a Facebook post in which she urges people to stop using single-use plastics.
In it, the Republican from Tennessee says she met with top Justice...more
President Barack Obama awarded Medals of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to thirteen cultural and political icons, saying that the recipients have marked my life in profound...more
It's Martin Luther King Jr.
Day, and the city of New Bedford, Mass., is taking the day to honor the slain civil rights activist.
The Rev.
Sandra Gatlin Whitley will be the keynote speaker...more
Three billion people across the world depend on seafood for protein, even as global fish stocks fall due to overfishing and temperature rise.
Australis Aquaculture, a vertically-integrated...more
Martin Levine of NonProfit Quarterly examines a tech-backed nonprofit accelerator and poses a round of questions asking if this philanthropic effort helps solve problems like inequality,...more
"There are no better forecasters of resilience in the world than young people, who have been calling attention to critical sustainable development issues."
That's the assertion of the Economic...more
The Community Foundation of Greater Sun City Center has recently announced that they are now accepting grant applications from several organizations with a tax-exempt status from the IRS.
Robert...more
"Climate justice is the social justice issue of our time," Heather McTeer Toney said last week at the Techonomy Climate conference in San Francisco.
The EDF VP for community engagement added that...more
The Neighbourhood Midwives, the brainchild of Annie Francis of Hampshire, offers midwifery services geared for the continuity of care to women and their families.