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With millions of American’s facing the grim prospect of eviction or foreclosure due to the pandemic, the need for affordable housing solutions is more important than ever.
Join our round-table community conversation to share your ideas and discuss ideas and projects addressing the challenge in Indianapolis and beyond. Last month’s conversation was focused on home ownership (see below for link to recording) so this month we’d like to focus more on opportunities for renters and people who aren’t able or don’t want to buy a home.
Round-table participants include:
– Valerie Davis, Neareastside Indy Community Leader, Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) Ambassador, https://www.cicf.org/2019/06/19/our-community-ambassadors/
– Josh Livingston & Joe Bowling, Englewood Community Development Corporation, https://englewoodcdc.com
Alejandro Samaniego, Central Indiana Democratic Socialists of America Housing for All Committee, https://www.centralindsa.org/housing4all/
If you missed last months conversation here is the recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/BMmXTDwlBahAvF9bW-ZBoqVsOJCqMa7_gfe8io7LCOmcXaiK4e3ylvQPi8H3XDkPxojnTmx_u7uOyf4.YISDMpLGAbFr0lz5?autoplay=true&continueMode=true&startTime=1611950602000
Tags: affordable housing, houseing as a right, social justice, nonprofit, Kheprw Institute, CICF, Englewood CDC
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On Thursday, February 11th at 2 PM EST, the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and BerkShares, Inc. will host a virtual Community Banking Roundtable with presidents Jay Anderson of Pittsfield Cooperative Bank, Rick Cantele of Salisbury Bank and Trust Company, and Chuck Leach of Lee Bank to highlight the role and defining characteristics of community banks.
This conversation will be moderated by Alice Maggio, former director of BerkShares, Inc., a corporator of Lee Bank, and member of the Schumacher Center’s Board of Directors. This free webinar will take place from 2:00 to 3:30 PM EST via Zoom. Register below.
Tags: Schumacher Center for a New Economics, BerkShares, Inc., nonprofit, timebanking, giving economy, sharing, cooperatives, cooperation, alternative currency, localism, shop local, main street.
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Register here:
https://forms.organise.earth/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=369134&lang=en
This online gathering aims to explore cultural difference, Western culture, colonisation, modern societies as well as Indigenous worldviews, perspectives and philosophies from around the world, including Australia, Africa, New Zealand and the Americas.
Practical decolonial actions that flow from these perspectives will also be considered along with potential emergent decolonial futures. Formats will include presentations, interactive exercises in small breakout groups, and general questions and discussion.
This gathering will be hosted by XR Global Support Trainings and Regen 101 Working Group and will be facilitated by Dr. Yin Paradies, an Aboriginal-Asian-Anglo Australian of the Wakaya people from the Gulf of Carpentaria. He is a Professor of Race Relations at Deakin University, where he conducts research on racism and anti-racism as well as teaching and researching Indigenous knowledges and decoloniality. Yin is a climate and ecological activist who is committed to understanding and interrupting the devastating impacts of modern societies.
He seeks meaningful mutuality of becoming and embodied kinship with all life through transformed ways of knowing, being, and doing that are grounded in wisdom, humility, respect, and generosity. He is a current Moora Moora resident, having moved to the mountain in 2020 to be in community, cultivate a closer connection to Country and engage in an ethos of down-shifted collective sufficiency, voluntary simplicity, frugality, direct democracy, and radical localisation.
While this is a “free” event we do invite participants to engage in the gift economy to support a local community climate change food growing group.
Feel free to do so here: PayPal.Me/YinParadies
Register here:
https://forms.organise.earth/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=369134&lang=en
Regen 101 workshop
Register here: https://forms.organise.earth/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=939276&lang=en
Support XR here: https://chuffed.org/pay/campaign/62932
Tags: explore cultural difference, Western culture, colonisation, modern societies as well as Indigenous worldviews, perspectives and philosophies from around the world, including Australia, Africa, New Zealand and the Americas, nonprofit, social justice
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Register to join us for organizational updates, silent auction, conservation awards, and more! We’ll hear from National Wildlife Federation’s President & CEO, Collin O’Mara, on a path forward for wildlife conservation in 2021. We’ll also host the new DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife Director, Amanda Wuestefeld, and learn about the Grasslands for Gamebirds and Songbirds program. High school and university students can register to attend for free!
Tags: nonprofit, environment, nature, sustainability, Indiana Wildlife Federation
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Join us for our kickoff and prep webinar to discuss HSUS Indiana’s Humane Advocacy Week!
During Humane Advocacy Week, you will ‘meet’ virtually with your two state legislators to ask for their support of priority HSUS Indiana animal protection legislation. These meetings will be virtual, via zoom, phone, facetime (whatever works best for you!)
Find your state legislators: http://action.humanesociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=electedOfficials
What’s even more exciting is that each day of the week between February 1 – 5, there will be a different virtual activity and opportunity to be a voice and take action for animals in Indiana and beyond!
Whether you are a veteran or new advocate, you will want to participate in the HSUS Indiana Humane Advocacy Week Kickoff & Prep Webinar on Wednesday, January 27th from 6:30-7:30 PM.
You will learn about the week’s planned activities, top HSUS Indiana legislative priorities, how to schedule your meetings with legislators & more.
Looking forward to “seeing” you soon to take action for animals!
Tags: Humane Advocacy Week, nonprofit, Humane Society, social justice, animal welfare, vegan
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In Henry County, Kentucky, the Wendell Berry Farming Program of Sterling College offers a tuition-free junior and senior year farming curriculum focused on ecological management of livestock, pasture, and forest using draft animals and other appropriately scaled mixed power systems. Inspired by the lifework of farmer and writer Wendell Berry, and designed in partnership with The Berry Center, in New Castle, Kentucky, the program serves undergraduate students from Kentucky and elsewhere who intend to farm. In combination with previously-earned credits, students earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from Sterling College, a federally-recognized Work College. Wendell Berry says of the curriculum, “This farming program is exactly what most needs doing here.”
As we have done for decades on our Vermont campus, Sterling College provides in Kentucky a farmer education that links the liberal arts to farming, forestry, draft power, and good land stewardship. The curriculum combines the arts and sciences with community-based, co-operative economics and training. Students work with local farmers, economists, rural advocacy groups, and The Berry Center staff. The curriculum culminates in graduates’ farm plans. The Wendell Berry Farming Program is for students who will have completed at least 60 college credits by August of 2021 and who are farming already or intend to farm for a livelihood. Cohorts of 12 students are selected from a pool of applicants for a 2-year commitment. Applicants do not need to have attended Sterling College in order to apply. Although financial need is not a prerequisite for admission, we are especially interested in applicants who are Pell Grant-eligible as well as students from groups underrepresented in farming. Typically, admitted students have a strong liberal arts and sciences background, a solid work ethic, a desire to farm, and a commitment to strengthening rural places.
Register here: https://sterling.radiusbycampusmgmt.com/ssc/eform/Md670c87A86R0x6702l0B1.ssc
Tags: Wendell Berry Farming Program Virtual Open House, college open house, nonprofit, farming, major
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Join us for a Solidarity Summit!
When: January 23-24, 2021
Where: Wherever you are, and online at hopin (link TBD)
Who: People who are ready to use mutual aid to support each other in building a world that supports thriving life for the 100%
Why: Hosted by Humans United in Mutual Aid Networks, in order to come together to learn from and support each other in mutual aid efforts. Our goal is to create means for everyone to discover and succeed in work they want to do, with the support of their community. We act on our belief that everyone deserves a lively humanhood, and we support each other to live our highest and best life.
What: At the Solidarity Summit we’ll gather (COVID-safe, physically distant, outdoor, masked when possible, and/or online) simultaneously in our localities with our local mutual aid partners, and connect online across all the locations participating, in order to build skills, relationships, and momentum together while benefiting our local work.
Online connected sessions include:
- Skillshares on projects (food sovereignty, wellness, renewable energy, housing, supply development)
- Skillshares on tools like software and economic structures
- Open roundtable discussions
- Outreach and visioning activities with our local communities
- What now for newbies? Real and simple invitations to engage
Many Solidarity Summits include some physical
work we help each other with.
Sign up here to join in shaping it.
See the calendar at mutualaidnetwork.org for more information and scheduling details.
Tags: food sovereignty, wellness, renewable energy, housing, supply development, nonprofit, social justice, sharing economy, solidarity
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Tags: Nonprofit Quarterly, business leadership training, social justice, Remaking the Economy: Health, Racial Disparities, and Economic Justice
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Do you know when and where to spend your organization’s limited technology budget, or how to get the best return?
Join the conversation as we share our research and results from our sector-wide survey—as well as the expertise and hard-earned lessons from nonprofits like yours—in an online forum designed to help you identify which decisions are most likely to pay off and which will lead to disappointment. We’ll walk through some of the most interesting findings from The State of Technology Decision-Making and ROI Among Nonprofits, and our panel of experts will show you…
- How to measure the true return on a technology investment
- What the most frequently overlooked hidden costs are
- How to maximize value
We’ll also make time to answer questions from the audience. Don’t miss this opportunity to make the most of your 2021 budget priorities.
About our Presenters
Karen Graham
Director of Education and Outreach, Tech Impact
Karen Graham is a speaker, trainer, writer, and consultant with expertise in technology leadership and innovation, nonprofit software, and digital strategy. She is the Managing Director of Education and Outreach at Tech Impact.
Patrick Callihan
Executive Director, Tech Impact
As the Executive Director of Tech Impact, Patrick leads the development of programs that include technology education, services and support designed specifically for organizations and several workforce development programs like ITWorks, CXWorks and Punchcode..
Jeanne Bell
Director of Practice Advancement, Nonprofit Quarterly
Jeanne Bell, MNA directs NPQ’s Advanced Practice program to advance critical conversations about nonprofit management and leadership. She is the former CEO of CompassPoint, where she stewarded the strategic evolution of the organization to focus on emerging leaders and emergent leadership practice with an explicit orientation to social change. She is the author of numerous articles on nonprofit leadership, strategy, and sustainability and co-author of several books.
Steve Heye
Social Impact Manager, Netsuite
Steve Heye is a Social Impact Manager at NetSuite (Oracle) where he manages the Suite Capacity program which has 4 team members globally. Suite Capacity provides free programs to help nonprofits go-live and expand their use of NetSuite. They also act as technical experts across the Social Impact team, which donates the NetSuite solution to nonprofits and provides Pro Bono services. He is the author of Chapter 1 on IT Alignment in the NTEN book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. With over 20 years of experience working with nonprofits and technology, Steve brings a real passion and unique set of experiences to the NPTech community.
About Tech Impact’s Idealware
Idealware is a program of Tech Impact, a nonprofit on a mission to use technology to better serve the world. As the authoritative source for independent, thoroughly-researched technology resources for the social sector, our publications, assessments, and training resources save you time and money by providing impartial guidance that gives you the knowledge and confidence you need to decide what’s best for your organization. Learn more at www.techimpact.org and visit our Technology Learning Center at www.techlearningcenter.org.
Tags: nonprofit, training, Tech Impact
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EcoFarm2021 Pre-Conference Event
The time has come for organic farmers to come together to protect the meaning of organic. Join many of the pioneering farmers of the organic movement as they discuss why the organic industry is in need of a course correction and what we must do to bring it back home to its roots. Gain a greater understanding of why many organic farmers are fighting to reclaim the word “Organic” from lobbyists and industrial agricultural corporations. Explore the connections between healthy soil, climate, and nutrition to shed light on why we need greater transparency in food labels and the importance of farmers to lead the way.
Cost: $35
Register: https://eco-farm.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=46
Tags: Organic Farming, nonprofit, social justice
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FREE Live Webinar
Please join us for our ConnectIONS Live session: Creating Our Future Now.
In this free webinar we will explore the Possibility Accelerator Formula, a research-based noetic framework designed to support you in fostering transformation.
By the end of this webinar you’ll understand how you can apply these simple but powerful concepts and practices to any and all change projects — for yourself, for your family, for your community, and for the world!
Register at: https://noetic.org/event/creating-future-now/
Tags: free webinar, nonprofit, Noetic Institute
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Three Registration Options!
Standard Tuition: $179
Scholarship: $119
Pay It Forward: $199
Learn More & Register Today: https://noetic.org/experience/possibility-accelerator/
This Possibility Accelerator Experience is an online workshop designed to guide you in exploring and energizing your moonshot. This research-based program focuses on noetic concepts, tools, and practices to support you in creating any personal or collective transformation.
This workshop is designed to deepen the connections to the common ground of reality, and to spark inspiration that will lead us each to our individual moonshots.
Whether your moonshot is a personal goal, a desire for your family or community, or a vision for the world-at-large, we invite you to tune into the interconnected “inner space” of reality to accelerate the possibilities and create our future.
Workshop Schedule:
Self-paced Study:
– Friday, January 15 – FOUNDATIONS module opens
– Monday, January 18 – IMAGINE module opens
– Monday, January 25 – REVEAL module opens
– Monday, February 1 – IGNITE module opens
Live Interactive Q&A Sessions via Zoom:
– Thursday, February 4, 11am PST
– Friday, February 19, 5pm PST
– Monday, March 1, 11am PST
Community Online Forum:
Friday, January 15 – Monday, March 15
Learn More & Register Today: https://noetic.org/experience/possibility-accelerator/
Tags: nonprofit, Noetic Institute, online workshop
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Registration closes 2 hours prior to the start of the program. To reserve a spot, visit: https://indianahistory.org/events/history-happy-hour-martin-luther-king-jr-in-indiana/
Free Program. Additional opportunities available to support IHS as we continue collecting, preserving, and sharing Indiana’s history.
Stay connected with the stories of your state while you are at home. Bring your own beverage and join us for a series of insightful conversations with some of Indiana’s most interesting scholars.
No matter where he went, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a catalyst for change, fostering a message of peace and equity around civil and human rights. On the eve of Dr. King’s birthday, join I.H.S. archivist Susan Hall Dodson, to hear the stories and impact of this important leader on the Hoosier state.
History Happy Hour made possible with support from Lake City Bank and supported by the Robin and Charlitta Winston Family Fund for African American History.
Tags: nonprofit, social justice, Indiana Historical Society, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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2020 was nothing like any of us could have imagined. Instead of a big year for climate action and progress on other sustainability issues, the world was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. As we look ahead, there are signs of hope, especially with the emergence of a vaccine, but the world continues to grapple with major challenges.
Join WRI on January 13, as we look to the big moments, trends and people that will shape the world in 2021. For the 18th annual Stories to Watch, WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer will share insights why 2021 could set a foundation for a cleaner, sustainable and more equitable future.
Will the world recover from COVID-19? How will the incoming Biden administration influence the direction, and which other leaders will emerge? What technologies will breakthrough? And, will we learn the right lessons from the year like no other?
You won’t want to miss Stories to Watch 2021 as we look at what will happen on climate, the environment, human development and the economy in the year ahead.
Tags: nonprofit, social justice, World Resources Institute, Stories To Watch 2021
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Join Hoosier Action Leaders from across the state to hear their stories and launch our 2021 Legislative Session work!
It is critical that Hoosier politicians pass a budget which prioritizes the safety, health, and future of our children over the profit margins of our wealthiest corporations. Now more than ever, Hoosiers across rural, urban, and small-town Indiana need our elected officials to heed the voices of their constituents rather than lobbyists.
Tags: Hoosier Action, progressive, social justice, 2021 Indiana Statehouse Legislative Review, nonprofit
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Tags: nonprofit, abundance, Soul Money Institute, healing, social justice
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Tags: nonprofit, abundance, Soul Money Institute, healing, social justice
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We will open with an introduction to Kwanzaa and its principles, screen the Kheprw Story short film and highlight the work of Kheprw and others involved in building economy and community wealth building on ujamaa (cooperative economics).
We will also do drawings for five $1000 door prizes for entrepreneurs who attend.
If you’d like to present your work please contact us at [email protected]
Tags: nonprofit, social justice, Kheprw Institute
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You heard about our new mission.
Now see our plans in action.
In April 2019, we announced our new mission to mobilize people, ideas and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential—no matter race, place or identity.
You’re invited to join us on Wednesday, Oct. 28, for an update on our commitment to dismantling systemic racism, hear from leaders who are joining us in this work, and learn more about how you can be a part of our plan of action for a more equitable community.
To ensure safety through social distancing and to be accessible to all, this event will be broadcast live from the Madam Walker Legacy Center and shared on an interactive digital platform.
Details on how to connect to the digital event will be shared with registered guest.
Register by clicking the ‘Tickets’ link.
Tags: nonprofit, social justice, Central Indiana Community Foundation
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ABOUT THIS EVENT:
We’re excited to be meeting again to share Animal Reiki meditation (live & online!) with the residents of Jenkins Forever Farm!
Learn about Animal Reiki meditation, the work of animal sanctuaries, and experience a stress-melting guided meditation in the (virtual) company of sanctuary animals.
Open to Animal Reiki practitioners, Reiki practitioners, and the Reiki-curious.
Featuring Kat Forgacs of @BLISS Reiki and Animal Reiki and Stacy Jenkins of @Jenkins Forever Farm.
VIRTUAL EVENT DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 24
3-5pm Eastern US time
Check your time here: www.thetimezoneconverter.com
EVENT DETAILS:
This event takes place on Zoom.
The Zoom link & password will be emailed to you after your registration is complete.
Register by Saturday, October 24 at 1:30pm Eastern US time to participate. (Please note spaces are limited.)
All experience levels welcome.
HOW TO JOIN:
Suggested $15 donation
At least 50% goes to support the rescued beings at Jenkins Forever Farm.
**Register here!: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/animal-reiki-virtual-practice-with-jenkins-forever-farm-bliss-reiki-tickets-125405036841/**
MORE INFORMATION:
For questions, please write to [email protected] or @BLISS Reiki and Animal Reiki on Messenger (m.me/blissreiki).
CONNECT WITH US:
Jenkins Forever Farm on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenkinsForeverFarm/
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BLISS Reiki on YouTube: https://bit.ly/BLISSReikiYT
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BLISS Reiki Facebook community: https://bit.ly/BLISSReikiFBgroup
Tags: BLISS Reiki, animal reiki, Jenkins Forever Farm, sanctuary, nonprofit, animal wellness
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We can’t wait to see you at our annual fall fundraiser this year: a film screening of “2040” and an intimate discussion with Indiana experts! Join us on October 22nd to see director Damon Gameau’s ‘exercise in fact-based dreaming’, 2040.
The film takes a solutions-based approach to how we can, using the technology we already have, mitigate the enormous global issues we currently face. The main themes/solutions looked at in the film are around: empowerment of women and girls; marine regeneration; regenerative agriculture; renewable energy; and circular economy. It’s a story of hope, and a powerful tool to encourage people to take action.
We will also be hosting a pre-film introduction that includes a HIPL produced short film and music, and our post-movie regroup to discuss local climate solutions.
So plan to join in from the comfort of your home to enjoy this widely acclaimed and powerful family friendly film, and the before and after programs!
Registration for the film screening is FREE. Please consider donating $15 to cover the costs of the film and any additional contribution you can give. Gifts from our supporters enable us to continue our mission throughout the year.
So register today and plan a family night at the movies!
Tags: nonprofit, Hoosier Interfaith Power & Light, renewable energy, social justice
