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Lessons Learned from March Madness

Association Leaders

As his North Carolina Tarheels found themselves down with the clock running out. The game was over, North Carolina lost. I have always thought of him as a ‘class act’ Yesterday, he proved it to the world. The referees gathered the two head coaches at center court and explained the situation to both.

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Design Group Pushes Back on North Carolina’s HB2

Associations Now

In the days leading up to a large-scale North Carolina furniture tradeshow, the American Society of Interior Designers is pressuring the state to repeal a new law that prevents local municipalities from expanding discrimination protections for LGBT people. North Carolina is not alone in this controversy.

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NCAA Tightens Rules Against LGBT Discrimination

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The strategy arose in response to a set of recent laws in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee that have been seen as discriminatory against gay and transgender individuals. Last year in Indiana, a religious-freedom law similar to North Carolina’s passed but was later revamped.

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Counseling Groups Partner to Fight Bill They Say Allows For Discrimination

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Last month a law signed into effect by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory that nullified local antidiscrimination ordinances was rebuked by many , including ASAE, and groups have been equally vocal in opposition to similar legislative moves in other states, including Indiana , although that law was later clarified and rolled back.

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[Opinion] Millennials and the Fight Against Hate

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She has also earned a MSRA in Recreation Administration for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a BS in Secondary Education from the University of Dayton. She served as the Associate Director of Research at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy before coming to Achieve in 2015.

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Study Looks at What Drives Volunteer Leaders’ Commitment

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Previous work looking at these kinds of things had focused a lot on individual characteristics of particular leaders,” said Matthew Baggetta, a professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs and a coauthor of “ Leading Associations: How Individual Characteristics and Team Dynamics Generate Committed Leaders.”.

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Millennial Women: Hear Them Roar

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She has also earned a MSRA in Recreation Administration for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a BS in Secondary Education from the University of Dayton. She served as the Associate Director of Research at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy before coming to Achieve in 2015.