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Responding to Virginia TechIn response to the shootings at Virginia Tech and the reactions in the media, we talked to Christine Ahn from the Korea Policy Institute, and Larry Bilick, a social worker in California, to sort through issues of immigration, race, gun violence, and forgiveness. Download the podcast here.
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David Bollier
David Bollier is an independent policy strategist, journalist, activist and consultant with an evolving public-interest portfolio. His work tends to focus on a few key concerns: reclaiming the American commons, understanding how digital technologies are changing democratic culture, fighting the excesses of intellectual property law, fortifying consumer rights and promoting citizen action.
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Kim Klein and the Commons
Follow Project Team members Kim Klein and Sean Thomas-Breitfeld (along with guest bloggers) at Kim Klein and the Commons. Read their thoughts on immigration, taxes, nonprofits, and how to apply this frame to promote movement building and social change.
Last Chance to Take Our 3-Minute Online Communications Survey!
There’s still time to tell us how the Building Movement Project can better meet your needs through our online activities. Take our 3-minute survey now, and thanks in advance! One lucky respondent will win a tin of delicious cookies homemade by the staff of the Building Movement Project.
Show Me the Money! BMP’s Kim Klein offers free tax policy training for nonprofits
BMP's Kim Klein, one of the nation's best known and loved fundraising trainers, is offering Show Me the Money! workshops at no cost to nonprofits in the San Francisco bay area. Tired of delivering bad news about “doing more with less?” This two hour workshop will help energize your staff about revenue solutions instead of local and state budget cuts.
Coming Soon! A Quick Survey to Help Us Meet Your (Virtual) Needs
In a few days, you’ll be receiving an invitation to participate in a brief survey about your experiences with the Building Movement Project’s online communications. Your input will guide us in setting priorities as we enhance our online activities in the coming months. Many thanks in advance for your participation. We look forward to hearing what you have to say!
USSF 2010: Another Detroit is Happening!
We've just returned from the US Social Forum in Detroit, where over 15,000 grassroots community organizers, activists, social service nonprofits, and individuals envisioned another US! We will be sharing more pictures and report-backs from the Forum, and our two sessions, but for more information on what took place at the Forum, check out their website at www.ussf2010.org.
Why Should Nonprofits Care About Tax Policy and Reform?
Building Movement Project Team Member, Kim Klein, has recently been featured as a guest blogger on the Women's Foundation of California blog. The piece focuses primarily on the critical role that the non-profit sector can play in creating and maintaining a democratic society, and that a progressive tax structure, including accountability for the use of tax funding, is fundamental to building healthy communities.
Kim Klein and the Commons: Foreclosures
What is a commons solution to helping people keep their private property, particularly when the scale of foreclosure is so large? There are many creative solutions being proposed, but any solution must begin with the person affected at the center and not the bank. “What will help this woman and her dog stay in her home?” is a very different question from “What should a bank do with a person who can’t pay her mortgage?” The first step in transforming this economy is to ask entirely different questions.
Online Training: Fundraising in Uncertain Times with Kim Klein
On March 3, Project Team Member and internationally-renowned fundraising trainer, Kim Klein, will lead a 90-minute webinar on the advantages and opportunities inherent in economic turmoil, and how your fundraising program can thrive in this environment. Among other valuable tools and insight, participants will learn what systematic and disciplined fundraising looks like, how to make the necessary corrections in current fundraising efforts, and why focusing on individual donors will be more lucrative than all other strategies.