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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American from New England who was an author, poet, and natural philosopher. Thoreau was a leading figure in the Transcendentalist movement which held,...
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Mary Eliza Church Terrell was a social activist and early feminist who advocated for women's suffrage and civil rights for African Americans. Born to free parents who...
Written by Casey Ruschman with some content from an earlier edition by Melia Tourangeau
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Teach for America is a nonprofit organization with the vision "one day, all children in our nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent...
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Suffrage is the right or privilege of voting and is frequently incorporated among the rights of citizenship (the duties and privileges of a person...
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton forever changed the social and political landscape of the United States of America by succeeding in her work to guarantee rights for women and slaves. Among the...
Written by DeAirra Goss
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Special Olympics is an international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become...
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Special events are social engagements that bring together people from the organization and community to raise awareness of a need, awareness of an organization, and support for a...
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The Sierra Club is the oldest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. The organization was founded in 1872 by a San Francisco group of professors, businessmen, and other...
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Evaluation is a systematic process for an organization to obtain information on its activities, its impacts and the effectiveness of its work, so that it can improve its activities and...