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Originally posted on the Global Circle blog. In a recent Wall Street Journal article about best (and worst!) tips for organizations soliciting money, philanthropy experts recommended many of the practices that we live by every day at AJWS. The article recommends that charities start working with donors at a younger age. This is the heart …
World AIDS Day comes at a critical moment in the history of the AIDS crisis. Reversing this epidemic depends on how our policymakers use three powerful forces: science, political will and money. Why Science? The annual UNAIDS World AIDS day Report for 2011 shows that in 2010 alone, more than 700,000 AIDS deaths were averted …
The fourth annual Delhi Queer Pride Parade happened this past Sunday and I was privileged to be there. The parade kicked off at Connaught Place with colorful ribbons, pulsating drum beats and this message to the citizens of Delhi, India, and the rest of the world: “We’re here, we’re Queer!”
1. The recent floods in Thailand have been the worst the country has experienced in seven decades. The floods have claimed over 600 lives since July when the water began traveling from the north of the country, submerging agricultural and industrial areas before drowning Bangkok in October. Damages have been estimated to reach 300 billion …
In modern-day America, Thanksgiving is not usually about thanks. It is about food. Families come for the turkey, the pumpkin pie, the cranberry sauce and the company. If there is a time for reflection, it takes second billing to football, chatting and dessert. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But what if we made …
