No blog entry this week, folks. I’m on Thanksgiving vacation — I’ll be back next week…
Happy holidays,
Amy

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Survey launched on discrimination against gender non-conforming people
Task Force on the way to gathering largest sample in U.S. history
In the wake of one of the most violent years on record of assaults on transgender people, and at a time when we are building support for a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), the National Center […]

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(I didn’t get a chance to comment on the election in last week’s blog post — I had the post pre-loaded and ready to go, because of some school work that I knew would be capturing my attention last Sunday. But, here goes…)
We won! (This is me, coming out as a Democrat.) We won! And […]

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Thanks to my friend Krisana for telling me about this brilliant, inspirational piece by Sasha Dichter on nonprofit fundraising: http://sashadichter.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/manifesto-in-defense-of-raising-money_sasha1.pdf.
Here’s an excerpt:
This is not about competition for resources, this is about increasing the size of the pie. We’ve seen an unprecedented growth in global wealth in the last two decades: there are currently 95,000 […]

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I had a fun time the other day doing an interview for WGDR Radio in Vermont, on a program called Woman Stirred Radio. Thanks to Merry, my excellent host and interviewer! We got to talk for about half an hour, covering everything from the difference between nonprofits and for-profits, to bisexual health and well-being, along […]

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