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Every Parent's Worst Nightmare “school shooting” #mentalhealth #collective #grief Lots of prayers/ love and healing to everyone in Wisconsin Imagine your second-grader, trembling with fear, dialing 911 because there’s a shooter inside their school. Let that sink in. This is the reality we face. We have a gun problem. Gun violence is not normal. We must keep speaking up, demanding change, and refusing to look away while our schools become battlegrounds. As humans, we should never feel afraid to send our children to school. And our children—every single one of them—deserve to feel safe, happy, and protected in the place where they learn and grow. 314 school shootings. This year alone. How much longer will we allow this? How many more children will we ask to carry the weight of our inaction? Enough is enough. Let’s find real solutions. Let’s fight for their safety. MaaPaa.org lead with kindness Remember, we can only control what’s within our reach. Everyday blessed and highly favored #AMEN #divorced #fulltimemom #fullcustody #SupportSingleMoms #EmpowerMothers #MaaPaaCommunity #RaisingStrongSons #WomenEmpowerment #SingleMomSupport #CommunityImpact #NonprofitDallas #DallasNonprofit #StrongMoms #YouthEmpowerment #MotherhoodMatters #FamilyFirst #MomsInNeed #BreakTheCycle #FinancialEmpowerment #widow #EducationalSupport #suicide #MentalHealthAwareness #MothersAndSons #CommunitySupport #HelpingFamiliesThrive #EmpoweringWomen #BuildingFutures #StrengthInMotherhood #DallasCommunity #InvestInMothers #NonprofitSupport #StrongerTogether #ChangingLives #WomenSupportingWomen ✅Allen’s Grocery (75215) ✅MaaPaa Nonprofit ✅Diva Elite Roofing Company ✅Mental Health First Aid Trainings #MHFA

"We believe in the power of second chances and the profound impact of giving back." This is part of what The Furgiving Foundation is all about. How did I find out about TFF? This is my first semester working as an adjunct professor of business affiliated with Lewis Clark State College (Lewiston, ID), instructing specifically via their Prison Ed program. As part of our Foundations of Management Theory course (Business 311), I work with incarcerated individuals across three facilities in Idaho. One of my students founded an incredible non-profit that trains and provides service dogs to those in need at no charge. He manages the training of the service dogs "on the inside." Overall, my experience with LCSC and the Prison Ed program has made me want to do more and continue educating here. As is often the case in the classroom--virtual or in-person--I've become a student, too. If you want to learn more about The Furgiving Foundation, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/gWBxm6fi If you love second chances (and dogs), consider donating at that same link. #education #nonprofits #improveyourworld #servicedogs

I am thrilled to see MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving has provided support to so many wonderful organizations that are trying to reform the criminal legal system, reduce the use of incarceration, support children with incarcerated parents, help young people avoid justice-system involvement, and help those returning to their communities from incarceration. We know first-hand at the Center for Justice Innovation how a gift from Yield Giving can boost an organization’s impact and reach. No-strings-attached support makes a world of difference to innovative non-profits like Children of Promise, NYC and other grant recipients who are meeting important needs that no one was addressing before. The last paragraph of this Inside Philanthropy article says it all: “Scott deserves credit for understanding a reality that, as a society, we still haven’t learned: myopic ‘tough on crime’ measures and mass incarceration don’t reduce crime and are wildly expensive — as well as just plain cruel. … Investing in programs that work to prevent crime, reintegrate formerly incarcerated individuals who have served their time, and provide resources for those impacted by the criminal legal system are not only a more humane approach, but a far more effective one.” https://lnkd.in/eCQz4EFU

As the executive director of the MD_Reentry, these are some of the lessons that I’ve learned through five years of hard work, experience, and occasional heartbreak. Please take from my experience and put it to use at your nonprofit! Article link: https://lnkd.in/eHy_2k4k

Walls Turned Sideways was officially incorporated July 26, 2024. They held their official board meeting September 5, 2024 and elected officers. The next steps are to complete state filings and apply for tax-exempt status, which we will be doing next week. Congrats, WTS! Walls Turned Sideways is an art and community space dedicated to people impacted by incarceration, with a focus on collective liberation, healing, and abolition. Walls Turned Sideways is an outgrowth of teaching and learning with incarcerated artists and writers at Stateville prison. The organization is a spinoff of the Prison + Neighborhood Art/Education Project. The organization seeks to more deeply engage the wider community of people impacted by incarceration: the family, friends, and loved ones of people who are currently incarcerated. Nonprofit Utopia is the ideal community for leaders who want to start, manage and scale nonprofits. This is achieved through an online community, consulting, coaching and courses.

Check out this insightful article from Vanessa F. Bright, MBA, LMSW, Executive Director of the Maryland Reentry Resource Center. If you have a Nonprofit or considering starting one, I believe you’ll benefit greatly from this advice.

If you're looking for an exceedingly worthy cause for your year-end giving on #ColoradoGivesDay2024, look no further than Safe Passage Children's Advocacy Center What happens when kids are abused and have to go through "the system"? Well, before Safe Passage, they had to individually navigate each criminal justice and social services agency on their own. Imagine being a kid going through the worst possible moment of your life, and having to be questioned about it repeatedly by police, healthcare workers, district attorneys, mental health providers, foster care providers, and so on. And that's assuming you even know about any of those social services, and that you have an adult advocate to drive you around to their different facilities all across town, and so on. No matter how well-meaning each individual agency may be, they can't take responsibility for the big picture. But Safe Passage can, and does. Child victims come to the Safe Passage facility, which *co-locates* representatives from all of these agencies, and shepherds the kiddos through them. Kids get questioned ONCE, by a professional forensic interviewer who provides all the care and support and dignity the child needs, while also being skilled at ensuring their testimony will stand up in court. Kids then have access to on-site medical, mental health, housing services, and so on. It's the only co-located facility of its kind in Colorado. I know there are a ton of worthy organizations out there, but as Treasurer for Safe Passage, I can say with 100% certainty that your gifts will truly and directly help these kids. Thank you for anything you can give! https://lnkd.in/gi6HBNM5

And that is how its supposed to be! Class act.

I believe WE are ALL made for impact. Whether you're revolutionizing collegiate and soon-to-be professional sports, launching a new venture (details coming soon 😎 ), or working a part-time job, we all have the opportunity to see our neighbors and contribute something meaningful. Here's to each of us improving some part of our world. #Leadership #Kindness #Impact #Perspective

WHO WANTS CHIPOTLE???? Please join us for a fundraiser on April 10th to help raise money for this important program! Come for dinner at the Jefferson Road Chipotle 4-8pm, mention Ticket 2 Ride at checkout and a portion of your purchase goes to our program! Or order on-line and use the promo code on the flyer. SUPER EASY! The mission of Ticket 2 Ride is to provide affordable transportation in the form of bus passes to low-income individuals involved in the Monroe County criminal justice system. The objective is to enable them to attend court appearances, treatment sessions, parole and probation appointments, and educational and job training programs. The anticipated outcome is a cost savings to the community achieved by reduction in the number of bench warrants, less time needed by police to locate noncompliant defendants, decrease in the number of jail nights triggered by non-compliance, and smoother reentry to the community following incarceration.