Join us for our year-long celebration of 25 years in service to great ideas!
Palomacy On April 23 of this year, Palomacy participated in the UC Davis 108th Picnic Day. They brought their squad of rescue pigeons to help educate the attendees about pigeon and dove rescue, about which most people are not familiar. They were warmly received by the crowd but had a pigeon mishap: one of their […]
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Project Homeless Connect Project Homeless Connect relies on volunteers to keep their programs running that service un-housed people in the San Francisco area. Do you live in the Bay Area and are looking for a meaningful, rewarding way to give back? Consider becoming a volunteer at Project Homeless Connect. Learn more or apply here. HERicanes […]
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Just Solutions Collective Just Solutions Collective has released part 1 of their three-part blog series to address why it’s important to factor in energy burden reduction when taking action to transition to clean energy. Solutions that don’t take the impact energy burden has on households into account do not support environmental or climate justice. Read […]
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Breaking Barriers Goldie Hawn, Academy Award-winning actress, director, best-selling author, and CEO of MindUp, will give the keynote presentation on day one of the sixth Breaking Barriers symposium on Tuesday, April 19. Learn more here. Northern Sierra Partnership The United States Forest Service can only do so much to plant new trees to replace the […]
Read MoreOn March 15, Community Initiatives (CI) Legal Director Brandy Shah and Senior Client Services Manager Audrey Roderick joined Angela Schreffler, COO, and Nicki Leszman (former Senior Client Services Manager at Community Initiatives), Senior Programming Manager, of the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC) for a “COVID Conversation”, a series of Tuesday hour-long panel discussions hosted and […]
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Just Solutions Collective Fundamental inequities of the current energy landscape and how the nation could evolve its energy issues are examined in Just Solutions Collective’s recently released report: “Energy Burden and the Clean Energy Transition: Challenges and just solutions from energy assistance practitioners and advocates from around the country.” Join them March 31, 2022, for […]
Read MoreWe’re thrilled to present this wonderful video, “YOU CAN MAKE IT Help Aid Africa,” which thanks Community Initiatives Board Member Abbas Moloo for his hard work supporting humanitarian causes in East Africa. Abbas recently returned from Africa after visiting those served by Help Aid Africa, the nonprofit he founded. Please enjoy! Music by Dogo Flower. […]
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Renaissance Journalism Renaissance Journalism has a new pilot project called LaunchPad, which provides an opportunity for emerging journalists with passion for making changes to journalism to make sure equity and social justice are considered in the reporting process. Two programs will run the first year, LaunchPad Fellowship for NextGen Journalists, and LaunchPad Career Development Grants […]
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ComSciCon Our partner project, ComSciCon, will be hosting its tenth annual Flagship conference in August of 2022. The event, to be hosted in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is intended to help participants build communication skills that scientists and other technical professionals need to express ideas to their peers, experts in other fields, and the general public. Read more here. […]
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The Council for Global Equality Our partner project, The Council for Global Equality, is one of several advocacy groups pushing for the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals who remain in Afghanistan. In particular, they are advocating for the Taliban to recognize the rights of everyone in the county, including those who identify as LGBTQ+. The Council […]
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