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This is a good site for resources on climate change, sponsored by Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) and the Massachusetts Library System.

https://guides.masslibsystem.org/c.php?g=1120347&p=8170593

One of Rachel Carson’s citation notes to herself as she was writing her first book, The Sea Around Us. Note the dates when climate change was first noticed in the Arctic.

If you've ever written a speech for a big shot, this one's for you:

“We (speechwriters) used to refer to ourselves as the sewer treatment plant.” – former gubernatorial speechwriter Peter Quinn, on converting policy briefs into effective State of the State messaging, via Politico New York (Full story below.)

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2021/12/21/hochuls-moment-new-yorks-first-female-governor-heads-toward-spotlight-1402423?nname=new-york-playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b74f0000&nrid=00000167-5123-d35f-a367-fd2785710001&nlid=630317&utm_source=First+Read+Albany+Agenda&utm_campaign=dfc9d9c7db-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_01_03_07_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4e700ecefc-dfc9d9c7db-35314095&mc_cid=dfc9d9c7db&mc_eid=d36ef1f0db

It’s Hochul’s time after months of dealing with Cuomo fallout The State of the State speech takes on special significance this year.

Important commentary on the Supreme Court’s erosion of workers’ rights. We must reform SCOTUS and the appointment process. https://twitter.com/flyingwithsara/status/1458764730131263488?s=21

Sara Nelson on Twitter “Workers are fighting battles we won decades ago: workplace safety, an 8-hour day, a living wage, healthcare & retirement security. ⁦⁩ can appoint judges who have been in the trenches w/ workers & break the cycle of courts undermining our rights https://t.co/cPOdMezNpd”

Once the heat creates climate refugees things could get really ugly.

Climate change could bring near-unliveable conditions for 3bn people, say scientists Each degree of warming above present levels corresponds to roughly 1bn people falling outside of ‘climate niche’

“In the past 200 years, the ocean's acidity has increased 30%—faster than any known change in ocean chemistry in the last 50 million years.” — The Smithsonian Institution

The cause is the burning of fossil fuels, which increases the level of carbon in the atmosphere and from there to the ocean.

Please use your VOTE to increase the use of renewable energy, such as solar and wind.

Please join my client, Rob Quinn of Scholars At Risk, for his new podcast -- Free to Think -- featuring conversations with inspiring people working at the intersection of power and ideas. Available on all the major podcast platforms, or at https://lnkd.in/e5y5KFi.

The first episode is “Women’s Rights, Whatever the Cost,” launched March 8th in honor of International Women’s Day. It features a conversation with Marcia Ross and Jeff Kaufman, the team behind NASRIN, a beautiful and inspiring new film about Iranian women's rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh. Please listen and share it widely.

Free to Think podcast | Scholars at Risk Free to Think features conversation with interesting, thoughtful, and inspiring individuals whose research, teaching, or expression falls at the always sensitive intersection of power and ideas. We'

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Women's History Month -- Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbossed and Unbought—illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.

My favorite of her many good quotes: "If they won't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."

Read my article, "The Nonprofit Sector Rests on Women's Shoulders" on Medium. https://bonniemcewan.medium.com/the-nonprofit-sector-rests-on-womens-shoulders-b4d1e319880c?source=friends_link&sk=0658f8b0328398870ac51388fc201b97

The Nonprofit Sector Rests on Women’s Shoulders News 12 in Westchester County, NY, had a terrific story on important nonprofit organizations in the county that are led by women. The…

Good argument for adding academic freedom to university rankings, especially now when there is so much censorship. Congrats to Rob Quinn of Scholars at Risk, one of the authors. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210311071016522

Why university rankings must include academic freedom By ignoring the impact of academic freedom on research, ranking companies risk complicity in censorship and worse. They must include academic freedom ...

Women's History Month --Ada Deer

I was privileged to know Ada Deer when she served on the Girl Scout National Board in the 1980s. She is one of my heroes.

When the U.S. government decided to terminate the rights of her native Menominee Nation (along with many other tribes) in 1954, Ada Deer led the charge to fight back, finally regaining recognition for her people in 1973.

She later served as chair of the Menominee and in 1993 was appointed Assistant Sec'y of the Interior and head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs by President Clinton.

Women’s History Month — Nancy Dickerson

In 1960, as Nancy Hanschman, she became the first woman to be hired as a network correspondent by CBS News and was a mainstay there and in the Washington bureau of NBC, in which she worked from 1963 to 1970.

Her son, John Dickerson, is now a news reporter for CBS, assigned to 60 Minutes.

Women’s History Month

Texas congresswoman Barbara Jordan (1936-1996) rose to the national stage from Houston’s largely African American Fifth Ward, becoming a public defender of the U.S. Constitution and a leading presence in Democratic Party politics for two decades. She was the first Black woman elected to the Texas state senate and the first Black Texan in Congress.

Barbara C. Jordan Texas congresswoman Barbara Jordan (1936-1996) rose to the national stage from Houston’s largely African American Fifth Ward, becoming a public defender of the

March is Women's History Month. You should know about:

Gertrude Stein, an American author and poet best known for her modernist writings, extensive art collecting and literary salon in 1920s Paris.

Congrats to Rob Quinn of Scholars at Risk for getting this excellent op-ed on NBC

In a democracy, the people have a

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/biden-promises-truth-after-trump-s-lies-how-hold-leaders-ncna1255905

Opinion | American needs a truth commission to examine Trump's lies Truth from leaders is a human right. To accept that politicians are allowed to lie is to accept the end of representative government.

This is hilarious, but it sure makes a PR pro cringe...

https://muckrack.com/blog/2020/12/23/this-month-in-bad-pr-pitches-37?utm_campaign=Monthly%20marketing%20emails&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=104807584&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--xBbkxhM3g_8Brk9x-Sfu5Y_PgxjKY0u0RVyVjJHBjs0X7l64AtdDmtL0zZG_eg2zo5o_PUS72MnprIiFqTBgHoAP13w&utm_content=104807584&utm_source=hs_email

This month in bad PR pitches: December 2020 Here are some of the more cringeworthy tweets from journalists about the PR pitches landing in their inboxes lately.

A helpful step-by-step guide to creating a social media plan for your organization.
https://blog.loomly.com/social-media-plan/

7 Steps to Create the Perfect Social Media Plan for Your Brand Free Template Included — Learn how to create the perfect social media plan & share your authentic brand story through high-quality content.

Interested in protecting in ? Attend the Free to Think virtual conference hosted by Scholars at Risk. Because ideas are not crimes.
https://scholarsatrisk.eventcreate.com/

Scholars at Risk - Free to Think Virtual Conference | November 18, 2020 - November 19, 2020 Join us on November 18

Here’s a thoughtful essay about asking clients to share their stories for your nonprofit PR or fundraising campaign.

https://bloomerang.co/blog/how-can-nonprofits-move-from-exploitative-storytelling-to-justice-oriented-storytelling/?fbclid=IwAR0KlZSIn4KN8_1MKbNKbdQq2yWmTxDZ4EfvHuw53xQ0VmO_7Te6T8F-qMU

How Can Nonprofits Move from Exploitative Storytelling to Justice-Oriented Storytelling? One day while searching through a greeting card section at a local store, I glimpsed at a card that read, “Be the author of your own story.” At that moment, I had recently been asked to tell my own story, once again, to a nonprofit organization looking

Reliable research shows that nearly 50% of consumers won't read or engage with content if it isn't relevant to their interests.

Think about this before you decide to blast a press release out to everyone on your email list.

5 Examples Of Nonprofit Social Media Strategies (And What You Can Learn From Them) Trying to develop a social media strategy for your nonprofit? Here are 5 great examples that you can use to get inspired.

Your best customers come from referrals, so cultivate your current customers. Read on...

https://blog.loomly.com/customer-marketing/?utm_source=Blog&utm_campaign=7e79812efb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_02_20_07_55_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3ca412ae04-7e79812efb-150070870

Customer Marketing: Your Brand's Most Overlooked Growth Potential | Loomly Blog In this guide, discover what customer marketing entails, why it matters more than ever & how you can design and implement it successfully for your brand.

Forests are in trouble. Did you know about this? change --

https://loom.ly/oM6oU3g

New England’s Forests Are Sick. They Need More Tree Doctors. Climate change is taking a toll on woodlands in the Northeast.

Time to stop talking and take action to make your nonprofit leadership team truly inclusive. Here's a good article on the topic.

https://racetolead.org/lets-talk-about-the-nonprofit-racial-leadership-gap-and-white-advantage/?fbclid=IwAR17IAYs5sHV4dfco_aIpbbS2zFxrVWhI46pWPm1Y5XtnY5FCWK6h6s6rdE

Let’s Talk About the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap and White Advantage | Race to Lead Last month, Building Movement Project released a new report, Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap.

I have long believed that the best media lists are built by hand for a specific pitch, not cobbled together from some giant, corporate list building platform. Here's a good article that endorses my view and also provides some useful tips for building a custom list.

How to get crucial data from your media list - PR Daily Here’s how one PR veteran argues you should think about cultivating connections with the media in the digital age. When I began my career in public relations in 2004, the act of building a media list was an isolated one. The output was limited to a list of names on a spreadsheet, which was stored ...

Important message from the Support Center for Nonprofit Management here in NYC:

Dear Support Center Colleagues:

If you have not followed the story closely (and we can well understand why that might be), you should know that a coronavirus stimulus package is well underway. While there is pressure to move quickly, we also need to ensure that our nonprofit organizations and workforce can tap into the same supports as for-profit corporations.

Last week, the charitable non-profit community sent a very strong package of policy solutions that would address the immediate needs of organizations and the people they serve. You can read the letter here. Key provisions that the nonprofit sector is rallying around include: explicit nonprofit eligibility for emergency funding of $60B, improvements to the above-the-line charitable deduction (there is a petition that you can sign onto here) and nonprofit eligibility in small business loan programs (read here).

Writing your senators and representatives is easy; just click those links and find your officeholders. Tweeting is easy too. Go here to find your Senator’s or Representative's Twitter handle.

The message is simple: “I want you to understand what this pandemic is doing to the ability of my non-profit to serve your constituents.” Tell your story. Close with something like, “I urge you to include the policy solutions proposed by the non-profit community in any COVID-19 relief and stimulus legislation.”

Best,
Keith Timko and the Support Center team

If you are on the board of a nonprofit or on the senior management side, this planning document should be very helpful to you. "COVID-19: What Nonprofits Should Do Right Now."

https://nff.org/blog/covid-19-what-nonprofits-should-do-right-now

COVID-19: What Nonprofits Should Do Right Now This is part 1 in an ongoing series of advice for nonprofits. Visit our COVID-19 Tools and Resources for Nonprofits page for all the materials we've put out to date.

Kudos to our friends at Urban League of Long Island for getting this great op-ed published in Long Island Today. Please read and share. Thanks!

Housing Inequity Hurts All Long Islanders OpEd: Segregation harms our communities by limiting equity in fair housing choice and perpetuating other community problems, such as disparities in education and health.

Read my short essay: Branding is an inside job.

http://www.bonniemcewan.com/2020/01/31/good-branding-must-be-backed-up-by-great-customer-service/

Branding is an inside job. - @BonnieMcEwan Branding is an inside job. A clever campaign or a winning slogan will get you nothing if it's not backed up by great customer service.

There are simple things you can do to support our planet and mitigate negative impacts of fossil fuel burning.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/opinion/earth-environmentalism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Opinion | Effortless Environmentalism Here are some easy ways to live more gently on the earth. The key word here is “easy.”

Read this. You'll laugh, you'll cry.....

A sample annual appeal letter, if nonprofits were brutally honest with donors [ Hi everyone, this is the last post of this calendar year. NAF will take a short break and will return with a feisty article on January 6th, 2020. Happy holidays! ] [Image description: A blank whi…

https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/grant/exploiting-the-economic-muscle-of-nonprofits/?utm_source=Full+NPT+Active&utm_campaign=69d8b5fa82-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_06_02_38_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_639f323152-69d8b5fa82-96593975&mc_cid=69d8b5fa82&mc_eid=f28d74ad5c

Exploiting The Economic Muscle of Nonprofits Exploiting The Economic Muscle of Nonprofits

Manny Oliver is grieving...and pi**ed.

Parkland parents & survivors call us to action - @BonnieMcEwan Parkland parent Manny Oliver should be invited to perform in the Rose Garden, but of course he won't be. His performance art is searing. And unforgettable.

The power of women’s stories...!

The film, Parkland Rising, about the activist movement that arose following the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, won Best Feature Documentary at last weekend’s Woodstock Film Festival. Congratulations to Cheryl Horner McDonough, Molly McEwan, and everyone on the production team.
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/10/8524567/parkland-rising-documentary-interview-katie-couric-cheryl-mcdonough

Katie Couric & Cheryl McDonough On Making The Documentary The creators of the new documentary

Fox News May be going down...

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/madness-at-fox-news-as-trump-faces-impeachment-lachlan-murdoch

“It’s Management Bedlam”: Madness at Fox News as Trump Faces Impeachment A Trump identity crisis at Fox as Hannity frets, Lachlan Murdoch prepares for a post-Trump future, Paul Ryan whispers in Rupert’s ear, and Shep Smith and Tucker Carlson trade blows.

Through my partnership with JGTPR in Westchester, I get to work with the awesome Allison Lake, ED of Westchester Children's Association. Read her recent op-ed in the White Plains (NY) Examiner.

And How are the Children? - WCA Executive Director responds to Public Charge and ICE Raids - Westchester Children's Association It’s hard to know where to begin. There has been a steady onslaught of new policies and actions that have targeted children and families lately with little regard for the long-term implications. From the separation of children from their families … Read More »

Congratulations to Cheryl McDonough, Molly McEwan, and everyone at Gigantic! Productions on this achievement. We’ll see you at the premiere!

The Woodstock Film Festival is excited to announce the world premiere of award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Horner McDonough's Parkland The Documentary, a gripping new film following the survivors of the deadly 2018 school shooting in Parkland, FL as they build a national movement for gun reform. Get tickets for the October 4th screening here: http://bit.ly/2Zp4IKf