For nonprofits that don't have a specific mission to help immigrants or the marginalized, but have staff wanting urgently for the organization to speak out, SOMEHOW, consider adapting this sign from the Mennonites & displaying it in your lobby or on your front lawn. Easy to find/order online:
No, I did not participate in the Naked Bike Ride that went by the ICE facility in Portland yesterday.
And as you see, even the Unipiper didn't get totally nekkid - it was cold!
But this is what's ACTUALLY happening in Portland, contrary to what the current President of the USA is saying.
This is in response to a question on Perplexity, a free AI thingy that came with my new Android phone.
My first name is spelled incorrectly.
My co-author's last name is entirely incorrect.
In another answer, it called me Dr. Jayne Cravens.
AI is NOT RELIABLE. Always double check its results.
Willie Nelson, Eartha Kitt, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Phil Och, Zero Mostel, and My Queen, Jane Fonda.
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There is a prevailing narrative among many nonprofit "leaders" that people, especially young people, don't want to volunteer and aren't interested in volunteerism. I think the continuous growth of r/volunteer shows that that narrative is not true.
https://www.reddit.com/r/volunteer/Link in the comment so that you know the attached is real:
Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime.
An article from the New York Times, February 4, 1939, Page 1.
https://www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/archives/goebbels-ends-careers-of-five-aryan-actors-who-made-witticisms.htmlNetAid was an anti-poverty initiative, begun as a joint venture by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) & Cisco Systems, launched with a concert & a web site, & was the first global push regarding virtual volunteering. More about NetAid & where it led:
https://www.coyotebroad.com/unov/netaid.shtmlLaid on a blanket yesterday for a nap yesterday next to the Trask River and this was my view.
#Oregon #campingA Broken Aid System: Delivering U.S. Assistance to Taliban-Controlled
#Afghanistan. The last report, published this month, that will come from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The cover photo is so jarring - and accurate.
https://www.sigar.mil/Portals/147/Files/Reports/lessons-learned/SIGAR-25-29-LL.pdf
