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Movies I recommend if you want to do international aid work, foreign affairs or journalism abroad. For all of this month, each week, I’m publishing a blog focused on working in international humanitarian affairs and community development. This is part three of that series. I know that, for…

Each week this month, I'm sharing a blog I've written about careers in international development. This week: Movies I recommend if you want to do international aid work, foreign affairs or journalism abroad. Post your additions in the comments on the blog:
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Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation The Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation

Please let nonprofit & community groups in Henderson County, Kentucky that you volunteer with or work for or whose services you have needed know about this amazing funding & partnership opportunity. Summer Grant Submission Deadline: May 29, 2026.
prestonfoundation.org

He wants to send our Afghan allies, people who kept US forces safe, who risked their lives & those of their families & were PROMISED we would be there for them, to Congo.
Why would any country EVER ally with the USA, knowing this is how they will likely be treated?

& my reward for my annual criticism of the Independent Sector is that they block me on social media. I think it's a great organization, except for this annual "Here is the value of volunteers!" campaign.
Here's a much better way to value volunteers:
www.coyotebroad.com/volunteer/va...
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It can demoralize paid staff, who wonder if their paid jobs are in danger, since involving volunteers supposedly "saves so much money" (in NOT paying them for work). It distracts from the far better reasons to reserve certain tasks & roles for volunteers.
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Focusing so much on the dollar value encourages financial supporters & others to ask why there are ANY paid staff, & encourage layoffs. It causes friction with staff paid by the hour less than what a volunteer is supposedly worth.
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The Independent Sector @independentsector.bsky.social has released its annual update of the financial value of a volunteer hour. &, like always, nonprofits & others across the USA will use it as THE indicator of why to involve #volunteers. Which is such a lousy idea for oh-so-many reasons.
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So this is the tour of Spamalot we're talking about - you haven't undertaken Viking raids, have you? HAVE YOU?!?

Habitat for Humanity's Match That Tool Quiz Do you know each tool’s purpose in building safe, affordable Habitat homes? Get your score, and find your role on our build crew!

How well do you know the tools that are used to build safe, affordable Habitat for Humanity homes? Take the quiz to find out.
I got 5 out of 6. Which is better than I expected, but I think I'll stick to marketing & advocacy.
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More evidence that Biden was the best President of my lifetime on everything except the once-in-a-generation task—punishing Trump 45’s criminal regime—on which he utterly failed, and which renders his overall presidency a dismal failure.

The failure of Kevin Warsh to be able to state President Biden won the 2020 election or that President Trump lost the 2020 election is proof enough that Wash is unwilling to go against President Trump's dictates and independently do what is best for the nation's economy.

"You didn't pander to sensitive boys enough", from the same people that will write "Wokeness: pandering to sensitive minorities?" stories.

Palantir Has a Human Rights Policy. Its ICE Work Tells a Different For years, EFF has pushed technology companies to make real human rights commitments—and to live up to them. In response to growing evidence that Palantir’s tools help power abusive immigration

Palantir touts its human rights policy. But its tools help ICE run dragnet raids, detain people with no criminal record, and retaliate against protesters. Legal boilerplate is not human rights due diligence. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Ya'll need to be following the @mississippifreepress.org . Don't matter if you are from Mississippi or not (I'm not). The reporting is outstanding. And what they are reporting is under-reported elsewhere.

Opinion | States Shaped Who Stayed on Medicaid After COVID Aparna Soni writes about the reversal of high Medicaid enrollment from different state policies beginning in 2023.

OPINION: "During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people covered by Medicaid rose month after month—an unusual pattern for the government’s insurance program for people with low incomes and disabilities," Aparna Soni writes.

www.mississippifreepress.org/opinion-stat...

When Donald Trump gave Live Nation-Ticketmaster the green light to keep overcharging fans, guess who stepped up?

State Attorneys General. Jurors. Everyday people who are tired of getting scammed by giant companies.

This is how we win.

NASA rover adds to the list of organic compounds detected on Mars Performing a type of experiment never before tried beyond Earth, NASA's Curiosity rover has identified more organic compounds on Mars as scientists strive to learn whether the Red Planet ever harbored ​life.

NASA rover adds to the list of organic compounds detected on Mars reut.rs/4cxTMSg

OMG you are both so cute.
Thank YOU for all you do.

everyone with real American manliness and a basic knowledge of military history knows that serious war efforts have never been derailed by such trifling matters as "communicable diseases"

We are about a week past Sam Bankman-Fried's deadline to declare who has been helping him write his “pro se” briefs. No filing has appeared on PACER.

At the #PENLitAwards, we asked Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, one of the night's star presenters, for his perspective on writing in the age of generative AI. He spoke up for the irreplaceable value of the "human lens." Share your thoughts in the comments.

#AI #writers #writing

I don't give enough credit to Anonymous‬
@opdeatheaters.bsky.social for being an amazing virtual volunteering initiative.
#CommunityService #Volunteers #Tech4Good

The Epstein files | Binding Chaos Get more from Binding Chaos on Patreon

And for anyone who wants to completely marinate in how much Epstein stuff has been known and documented since 2014, read Heather Marsh on Patreon for the in-depth writing. Use those hyperlinks in this capstone article. Mind boggling.
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Called repeatedly, talked to many people, yelled (but never cursed or insulted), even cried at one point.
And, at last, I got a $635 refund on an unjust $805 bill.
The refund will cover a few therapy sessions to get over this.

I try to do this in staff meetings. I fail sometimes, but I do try. It's not just about kindness or respect - knowing what others are doing helps me do MY job better.

Bachelet’s pitch is the cause of urgent hope in a time that demands it. She is moving between UN languages—she’s old hat in these big multilateral settings, and she’s explicitly drawing on her experience as someone who’s lived through the violence of state repression

The Last Woman Who Knew Everything: The Omnivorous Mind of Clémence Royer. When Clémence Royer died on February 7, 1902, she took with her into oblivion perhaps the last human brain that believed in and aimed for Complete Knowledge. She had devoted her life to the propositio...

French polymath Clémence Royer was born 196 years ago today. Now she is most known for her 1862 translation of On the Origin of Species which pushed Darwin's ideas into the realm of human evolution, but in her day she was celebrated for her encyclopedic knowledge.

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#WomenInStEM

Want to lighten your mental load? First, let go of these gender myths "Men can't see the mess." "Women are better at chores." These myths position women to take on more emotional thinking, says researcher Leah Ruppanner. She shares what works to reclaim your headspace.

"Men can't see the mess." "Women are better at chores." These myths position women to take on more emotional thinking, says researcher Leah Ruppanner. She shares what works to reclaim your headspace. n.pr/48hkWLT

'I know everything': Brazilian model Amanda Ungaro, Paolo Zampolli, and how the Epstein Network Brought Them Both to Trump's White House Flown to New York on Epstein's jet at 17, partnered for two decades with the man who brought Melania to the US, deported before she could post bail after a single phone call to a federal official, Ama...

In 2002 a 17 year old from Londrina, Brazil boarded Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet in Paris and was trafficked to New York. Around 30 girls were on that flight. Ghislaine Maxwell prowled the cabin. Some girls sat on Epstein’s lap. The teenager was Amanda Ungaro.

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