Entries categorized as ‘Nonprofit’
March 2009 cover of This Active Life magazine, published by the National Education Association
Retired teachers are heading back to college with hundreds of thousands of Americans age 55-and-older.
Find out what it’s like for these teachers to be on the other side of the desk, and how thanks to generous state programs, some of them can pursue their higher education goals at little or no cost.
Read about this trend in the March 2009 cover story of This Active Life magazine, published in print and online by the National Education Association.
Categories: Education · Journalism · Nonprofit
Tagged: college, higher education, National Education Association, retirement, This Active Life, universities
Girl reading out loud during International Literacy Day celebrations in Zambia (photo courtesy of Room to Read)
In its first eight years of operations, the nonprofit organization Room to Read has created more than 5,000 school libraries in countries like Nepal, Vietnam, India, Laos, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Find out how Room to Read achieved such rapid success in a What Works – “Books to Grow On” case study for the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Categories: Case Study · Education · Journalism · Nonprofit
Tagged: Education, literacy, NGO, Nonprofit, Room to Read, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Sudoku via Wikimedia Commons (image by Tim Stellmach)
Want to keep your brain agile and active?
Take up sudoku, sip some red wine, learn to tap dance, study a foreign language and eat more salmon!
Discover more strategies for maintaining a healthy mind in this November 2007 cover story for This Active Life magazine, published in print and online by the National Education Association.
Categories: Food · Health · Journalism · Nonprofit
Tagged: brain exercises, dance, foreign language, puzzles, red wine, salmon, sudoku
Jordan Fisher Smith (publicity photo)
Guarding the U.S. national park system is a dangerous job.
Statistics from the Justice Department say Park Rangers are twice as likely get assaulted on the job as DEA agents.
Jordan Fisher discovered the risks and rewards of being a Ranger in California’s American River canyon.
Read more about Fisher and the book he wrote chronicling his experiences in this interview for Grist, a website providing environmental news and commentary since 1999.
If you had to guess which federal agents in the U.S. face the greater danger, who would you put your money on: the officers who wage the endless War on Drugs, or the rangers who patrol the green acres of the national parks? Well, it’s the rangers. According to a 2001 study by the Bureau of Justice, nature’s security guards are twice as likely to be assaulted on the job as agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Categories: Crime · Environment · Journalism · Nonprofit · Profile
Tagged: American River, California, DEA, Grist, Jordan Fisher, Nature Noir, Park Rangers, US National Parks
NYLCV Environmental Advocacy Workshop postcard by Dalton/Mabry
In 2002, the New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) decided to hold a series of workshops to teach citizens how to lobby effectively for pro-environment policies.
Working with skilled designer Dennis Mabry, I had the honor of helping to create the direct mail postcards that NYLCV used to boost attendance at these workshops.
Ultimately, these workshops taught participants the skills to be better advocates for neighborhood parks, safe drinking water and clean air in New York City.
Categories: Communications · Environment · Nonprofit
Tagged: clean air, Dennis Mabry, direct mail, New York City, New York League of Conservation Voters, NYLCV, parks, postcards, safe drinking water
