Announcements

How important are age group definitions? A rose by any other name? This blog at the Center for Financial Inclusion discusses the implications of how we define age groups. Emphasis should be made on developing services that reflect realities of your stakeholders, rather than definitions surrounding generalized life cycle transitions. 

"One girl with courage is a revolution"

Girl Rising is a groundbreaking film, directed by Academy Award nominee Richard Robbins, which tells the stories of 9 extraordinary girls from 9 countries, written by 9 celebrated writers and narrated by 9 renowned actresses. Girl Rising showcases the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.

THE 10X10 CAMPAIGN AND GIRL RISING

World Council of Credit Unions is calling for nominations to World Council's Young Credit Union People (WYCUP) scholarship program, an international networking and educational opportunity for promising credit union leaders. The nomination deadline is June 3, 2013. The program and awards ceremony will take place at the 2013 World Credit Union Conference in Ottawa, Canada, July 14–17, 2013.

On January 21st, 74 finalists were selected for the nationwide JobRaising Challenge, an innovative competition to help job-creating nonprofits raise money and publicity. The Skoll Foundation, The Huffington Post, CrowdRaise, and knowledge partner McKinsey & Company have selected these organizations as the most innovative, feasible, and scalable candidates from hundreds of applicants representing 31 states and 110 cities across America!  The groups will compete to see how much they can raise via the CrowdRise platform. The top three finalists will receive part of the $250,000 prize.