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Better Because You Were There

Velvet Chainsaw

Work closely with your local chapter or Destination Marketing Organization to identify two or three local worthy causes that you’d like to help. This was shortly after the killings of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, in 2012, and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. Here are some suggestions. Choose Your Charity.

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NAACP Hosts Bias Training for New Jersey Police

Associations Now

Police admit training sessions won’t be a cure-all for biases, but dozens of law enforcement organizations have adopted training in fair and impartial policing to help educate officers about the implicit biases that may affect their performance. “We need police, and the police need us.”

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Report: Goodwill Locations Hit By Credit-Card Breach

Associations Now

A nonprofit organization that dovetails into retail is feeling the pain of a potential data breach this week. The charitable nonprofit group reported evidence that its payment systems were recently attacked and announced an investigation. Goodwill Industries International, Inc., a charitable nonprofit with more than 2,900 stores in the U.S.

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Baltimore Riots: NAACP Denounces Violence, Launches Satellite Office

Associations Now

Like Ferguson, Missouri, North Charleston, South Carolina, and Sanford, Florida, before it, Baltimore has found itself caught in the public outrage after the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of an authority figure. .” “We have always been committed to taking the NAACP to the heart of the community.

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Ferguson Suits Target Police Records, Crowd Control

Associations Now

The clashes between police and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, continue more than a week after Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer. Crump, who also represented the family of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, has been pushing for Wilson’s arrest on behalf of his clients. Protecting Protester Rights.