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Rail Passengers Association Takes Message on a Field Trip, (Mostly) By Train

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But when your organization is the Rail Passengers Association (RPA), you’re not really going on a roadshow—but taking a field trip, by Amtrak. Recently, field organizers for RPA started on a tour of southeastern states at a time when the association is advocating for more rail service in the region. Or, trying to, at least.

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New Partnership to Address HIV Epidemic in Southern Cities  

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The Southern Initiative will fund and equip local organizations to address the HIV epidemic in four cities. Atlanta, Houston, Memphis, and New Orleans—cities that have been designated by the Health Resources & Services Administration as being heavily affected by the HIV epidemic—are the focus of the initiative.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.9.18

Reid All About it

His “ there” is the Memphis sanitation workers strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. If your organization has a webinar or educational event coming up, please send me the link. Presenter: Sarah Sladek, author of Talent Generation: How Visionary Organizations Are Redefining Work and Achieving Greater Success.

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Coaches vs. Cancer: Groups’ Fundraising Strategy Eyes New Recruits

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ACS has raised about $100 million through Coaches vs. Cancer campaigns over the last 23 years, but this year the organization is hoping to bring the campaign to the national stage, according to Sharon Byers, chief development and marketing officer at ACS. Cancer “Come Play for Us” campaign to raise money for cancer research.

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Maine Nonprofits Say Property Tax Proposal Would Jeopardize Programs, Services

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If these organizations were forced to pay property taxes, [it] would undoubtedly result in staffing cuts that would diminish services for vulnerable populations and reduce programs that Maine residents rely on and value. Tax-exempt organizations in the state said the proposed property tax could have devastating effects.

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Study: In Charitable Giving, Middle Class Digs Deeper Than the Wealthy

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Many nonprofit leaders interviewed for the report believed the loyalty of the less-wealthy helped their organizations survive through the economic downtown. “It percent) and Memphis (5.1 percent more of their income. Meanwhile, Las Vegas was the only city to see a double-digit gain, with a 14.9 percent in 2012.

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What Your Magazine Cover Says About Membership

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If you judged the magazines of the Health Care Compliance Association and its sister organization, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, by their covers, you’d get the impression that their members matter a lot. “We’re a membership organization. — Roy Snell (@RoySnellSCCE) January 26, 2015.

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