Jubilee Family Development Center’s Post

I love the opportunity to talk about my Mom, the difference she made for students, and how we are carrying on her mission! Here’s the article from KRLD 1080 DFW https://lnkd.in/dPgWG2-J

Happy Birthday, Welman. - A Candid Note from A Co-Founder Today is Welman’s 8th birthday!! That means we are somewhere around the 3rd grade mark. Man, 3rd grade. It’s the time when math gets harder, you’ve bumped up to the older kid category at field day, and you’re officially now a pawn for state testing. On our birthday I usually talk about our humble beginnings and how we’ve grown. But we are 8 now, and there are a few birthday wishes I have that I’d like to share. Birthday Wish 1: I hope you know how much we love you. Welman exists because of you and for you. Educator focused, community driven, and with all the respect to Mama Nature. Welman is not about stuff. It’s about people exchanging ideas, offering support, giving their time, spreading joy and finding common ground to uplift the common good. Ok, and free stuff. Birthday Wish 2: Keep fighting the good fight. Welman shouldn’t have to exist. Teachers should be paid more with infinite access to resources and support. The planet should be loved on through responsible policies, intentional business practices, and careful consumerism. #nomoresingleuseplastics Birthday Wish 3: Stay involved. Vote for initiatives and laws that support teachers and protect our planet. Hone your critical thinking skills and ask hard questions. Education should not have sides and students should not be measured by what they know but rather by what they think, wonder, and create. Public education should not just be the only option for some but a great option for all. Earth doesn’t need more carbon footprints. Birthday Wish 4: See the world for what it could be, not for what it is today. Let hope and curiosity drive you to make this world better and brighter. Get mad, get sad, but don’t give up. Find a buddy and be part of a solution. Birthday Wish 5: A second bathroom at Welman HQ. Seriously, with 5,000 educators served just this summer…phew. Happy Birthday, everybody! Here’s to 8. Love & glitter & beautiful oopses, Vanessa #nonprofit #education #environment #sustainability #artseducation #artsandcrafts #fortworth #fortworthtx #happybirthday #teachers #savetheplanet

Need to SEARCH ALL COUNTRIES? Video #22 from our "Master StampAuctionNetwork in 30 Days" series. Here's the link to the video: https://lnkd.in/enGBHT5G #stampcollecting #topicalphilately #stamps #philately #philatelycollection #stampshow #stampauctionnetwork

Need to SEARCH ALL COUNTRIES? Video #22 from our "Master StampAuctionNetwork in 30 Days" series. Here's the link to the video: https://lnkd.in/enGBHT5G #stampcollecting #topicalphilately #stamps #philately #philatelycollection #stampshow #stampauctionnetwork

Need to SEARCH ALL COUNTRIES? Video #22 from our "Master StampAuctionNetwork in 30 Days" series. Here's the link to the video: https://lnkd.in/enGBHT5G #stampcollecting #topicalphilately #stamps #philately #philatelycollection #stampshow #stampauctionnetwork

Since the 2023 Giving Report underscored the nearly 15% decline in giving, we know that on that list, arts and cultural organizations are the least funded and the pandemic has been particularly challenging for performance organizations and museums where many beloved organizations have had to shutter their doors. At Because We've Been In Your Shoes, Tom Bull (He/Him/His) and I were so excited to have Calida Jones and Douglas R Clayton leading national arts consultants join us in a deep discussion about what is needed to prioritize arts funding, innovate the sector, and further equity and inclusion for more diversity in the arts nonprofits. They recently co-founded Creative Evolutions, an arts consulting practice focused on infusing more innovation, new models, and inclusive and equitable approaches to reframing the arts sector to be more diverse, strategic, and sustainable. And, through their collaboration, they recently received first place at the Yale Innovation Summit. Mission. What do you think when you hear that word? This is one of the words Calida and Doug push back on using because there can be a lot of negative energy around what a mission is and can create stress for nonprofit staff. They don't want nonprofit staff to feel like they have to fall on the sword for their organization's mission! They want to encourage healthy boundaries in working, consulting, and collaborating with nonprofits because gone are the days of a nonprofit leader wearing multiple hats and fulfilling multiple roles into one person's responsibility all for the sake of the mission. Calida and Doug, with their new collaboration Creative Evolutions, are not afraid to do things differently. They focus on innovation and human-centered work and analyze different angles to see what is best for their clients and the art sector as a whole. Tune in to this timely podcast episode as we hone in on the arts sector and how to deepen the work to build more inclusive and diverse arts and cultural organizations. #arts #nonprofits #creativeevolutions #socialimpact #podcast #EDI #DEI #equity #BecauseWeveBeenInYourShoes

Statements of Interest for ArtsHERE—a new grant program to increase opportunities for arts participation—are now open! 🎉 The National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with South Arts and the five other U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, launched ArtsHERE. This national program provides project-based grants of $65,000 to $130,000 to organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity in programming and practice. These non-matching grants and knowledge-sharing opportunities will provide valuable support for organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity. Apply by January 19, 2024. Learn more | bit.ly/3QRDtEW [Image description: Photo of a mural with text that says, Arts Here. Grants up to $130,000. Investing in organizations to increase arts participation for underserved groups/communities.] #Arts4SC #GrantsForArtists #SCArtists #SCAC #GrantMaking #GrantsForAll #ArtsOrganizations #SouthArts #NEAGrants #USRegionalArts #USRAOs #ArtsHERE

Arts organizations: Do you know your audiences as well as you think you do? Hear how several nonprofit arts organizations used data to uncover assumptions and bring in new audiences in this upcoming webinar. https://bit.ly/3xcUCTr

Wonderful feature about Nikki Saunders!

“How do you define a good fundraiser? Is it by the amount of money they bring in? Or the quality and volume of applications they send out?” Couple of the questions I ponder in my new A&B internship blog. Check it out x