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From Community Activist to Builder
Blue Avocado has a great newsletter for the nonprofit community, and they have a great article by Bay Area community activist Brenda Crawford, discussing how she’s gotten “old and wise” and plans to use her long career in community activism to convene and strengthen her local community.
At Craigslist Foundation, we are passionate about the type [...]
Our New Home at 6th & Market
Craigslist Foundation has a new home and some fabulous new neighbors. Last week, we moved our offices to Market Street into a shared space with liveBooks, a design company that produces award-winning custom and pre-designed websites. Not only is the new space beautiful and spacious but liveBooks threw a welcome happy hour in our honor [...]
We are with you Haiti
I have been glued to my computer reading the latest news about the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010 and am overwhelmed with sadness about the situation.
NBC News Correspondent Kerry Sanders called Port-au-Prince “the saddest place on earth.” To see a good video from the Red Cross about the situation go to [...]
An Exploration of Service Learning
Earlier this year we teamed up with The Phoenix Project to look at the state of service learning. For those unfamiliar with service learning, it’s where a service project is integrated with classroom learning. This was a great opportunity for us to get a glimpse of how young people are actively engaged in strengthening their [...]
Craig Visits St. Anthony Foundation Tech Lab
Yesterday, Craig and I spent the morning with the great folks at St. Anthony Foundation in the SF Tenderloin.
Inspiring and important community building work going on there! Their Tech Lab is a great model. They are helping bridge the digital divide and enable those in need with some very valuable online time and instruction (from [...]
Upcoming Events
At Craigslist Foundation, our mission is to connect people to the resources they need to build stronger and healthier communities.
As part of that mission, we like to let you know about a few Bay Area events in October that you may want to check out:
October 22-23 – BizTech Day in San Francisco
October 29 – 2009 [...]
Nonprofit Pick of the Week
We’re flattered to be this week’s featured organization at Nonprofit Pick of the Week.
All for Good Coming to a Community Near You
One of the reasons we like the AllForGood application so much is that it’s such a match for what we do: connecting people to ways they can strengthen their communities. AllforGood is really one small part of a cultural shift that’s been brewing for a while. The news tells us the economy’s bad. People see [...]
Win The $100,000 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University has announced the call for applications for the 2009 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. All US-based 501(c)3-registered organizations are eligible.
Applications and more information are available here. Submissions are due by July 1 at 3pm PDT.
If you have questions about the application or award process, please [...]
Need Your Help On Service Learning
We’ve been doing some research with The Phoenix Project through a Learn and Serve America grant about service learning. Over the past few months, we’ve been talking to students and faculty in small group meetings about their current service learning experiences and what would make them better. Now we’d love your input. We’ve put together [...]
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