Friday, 03 September 2010
Social Innovators to Strut Their Stuff at Ignite Baltimore! $1,500 grants available for your great ideas! Ignite Baltimore events showcase rapid-fire presentations by artists, technologists, thinkers and activists, and spark new conversations and innovative thinking across cultures and disciplines - supported by the B'more Smart Fund at [ABAG Member] The Baltimore Community Foundation. Responding to the Floods in Pakistan In the last week of July 2010, torrential rains caused devastating floods in large parts of Pakistan. As many as 1,500 people have died in what officials have called Pakistan's worst flooding in 70 years and has affected the lives of nearly 14 million people, according to estimates from the United Nations. The number is expected to grow significantly as flood waters pass through Southern parts of the country and as information from remote areas become more available. "Charitable Giving: Governments, Nonprofits Team Up for Results" "Leverage" is a word that we are hearing a lot lately, and it's something that has recently been done very effectively by Local Government and the Nonprofit Sector - By Betsy Nelson, Special to The Daily Record, August 22, 2010 "Charitable Giving: Guiding Volunteerism Toward a Common Goal" You probably know the positive impact a benevolent person can have on an individual in need, or what a group of volunteers can accomplish together when working toward a common goal. Now imagine what the impact could be if the mayor appointed someone to focus on scaling volunteerism to meet urgent needs in our community - By Betsy Nelson, Special to The Daily Record, August 7, 2010 "Obama Era Offers Opportunity for Philanthropy to Push for Racial Equity" The election of our first African-American president gave many Americans hope that the United States was ready to make significant and genuine progress in the area of racial equity. Some commentators even suggested that this milestone meant we now live in a "post-racial society," with a public and leaders who have finally learned to approach racial issues with more maturity and less fear than ever before - By Sterling K. Speirn for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, August 7, 2010 "Baltimore is a City that Gives and Gives and Gives" If manufacturing is the muscle that historically propelled Baltimore's economy, with higher education providing the brains, then the nonprofit sector --particularly the neighborhood and community-based organizations often operating on a shoestring -- has earned its place as the city's heart and soul. Baltimore and its surrounding region are blessed with an abundance of organizations that make a difference every day in the quality of community living - B'More Media, August 3, 2010 Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2010 Kids Count Data Book According to data in the Annie E. Casey Foundation's just released, 21st annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, overall improvements in child well-being that began in the late 1990s stalled in the years just before the current economic downturn. Find national data and state-by-state data and rankings on 10 key indicators of child well-being.