September is National Hunger Action Month, a time meant to raise awareness about food insecurity in the U.S. Most of that conversation centers on grocery costs and supply chains, but there’s another huge part that rarely gets attention. As food assistance programs have shifted online, millions of people have been left behind simply because they lack digital access.
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August 17 marks National Nonprofit Day. On this day, we celebrate the amazing work nonprofits do across the country. At Mobile Beacon, we are proud to be one of these organizations, and we know from experience how much this work relies on dedicated people who often have to do their jobs with limited resources.
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In downtown Dallas, teens head up to the seventh floor of the public library, not for a quiet table or a stack of novels, but to slip into prom dresses. Out in suburban Denver, people who chase ghosts borrow EMF detectors and head off to see what’s hiding in the dark. And on Cape Cod, mushroom hunters grab mesh bags and field guides before they disappear into the trees.
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In New Mexico, JAG New Mexico (JAG-NM) works with young people ages 16–24 who are piecing together school, work, and daily life from shelters, drop-in centers, and homes far from workforce offices….
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When we think of deadly weather, we usually think of floods, tornadoes, or wildfires. But over the past 30 years, extreme heat has claimed more lives annually than any of them. In 2023 alone…
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Every so often, a single story does the work of a hundred white papers. Sean Gonsalves’ recent piece for Community Networks, “A Cap, Gown, and Connection,” is one of those. It’s the story of Belinda Parker-Mendoza, a 45-year-old mother on San Antonio’s East Side who walked onto her college campus for the first time to pick up her cap and gown.
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Every so often, a single story does the work of a hundred white papers. Sean Gonsalves’ recent piece for Community Networks, “A Cap, Gown, and Connection,” is one of those. It’s the story of Belinda Parker-Mendoza, a 45-year-old mother on San Antonio’s East Side who walked onto her college campus for the first time to pick up her cap and gown.
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